300,000 bank payment have been held by a computer glitch at the HSBC bank with many people reporting they have not got their monthly salaries ahead of bank holiday weekend, some having to cancel their short holidays. HSBC has apologised for delays and said all payments held up would be processed on Saturday morning. HSBC…
Onam festival, in India which features “Onasaddya” the nine course grand feast of good exotic food featuring 13 dishes and traditionally served on a banana leaf, “vallamkali” boat races , song and dances including Kummatti kali – The Mask Dance, Pulikali / Kaduvakali, Kathakali, Thumbi Thullal and Kaikotti kali. According to the legend, Kerala was…
Sheffield based 29 year old Jessica Ennis Hill, now married and mother of little Reginald Ennis Hill, has won gold in the Heptathlon in Beijing – her second heptathlon in 6 years.
– The original duo are on the right. We’ve just had the fifth Mission Impossible to keep us on the edge of our seats and right behind Ethan Hawk and his band is Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin reinvented for a lengthy action packed big screen version of United Network Command for Law and Enforcement…
Day 4 Australia tour of England and Ireland, 5th Investec Test: England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 20-24, 2015 Australia 481 all out (125.1 ov) David Warner 85 off 131 balls , 11 fours, SPD Smith 143 off 252, 17 fours and 2 six, ST Finn 90-3, Ben Stokes 133-3, MM Ali 102-3 England 149 ( 48.4 ov) AN…
A can of Coca Cola (330ml) contains 35g of sugar which is almost nine teaspoons. A 45g pack of Starburst chews contains 9.3 teaspoons of sugar. These add highly to obesity and tooth decay problems. Labels are thought to be disguising the true amounts of recommended daily sugar levels and The Department of Health said…
There were at least seven dead and 14 injured at the Shoreham Airshow West Sussex, after a vintage Hawker Hunter fighter jet taking part in the show crashed on to the busy A27. Roads packed with cars and onlookers watched the explosion after the crash with horror. The pilot Andy Hill who could not eject, was pulled from the wreckage…
Day 3 Australia tour of England and Ireland, 5th Investec Test: England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 20-24, 2015 Australia 481 all out (125.1 ov) David Warner 85 off 131 balls , 11 fours, SPD Smith 143 off 252, 17 fours and 2 six, ST Finn 90-3, Ben Stokes 133-3, MM Ali 102-3 England 149 ( 48.4 ov) AN…
A big toy for a big boy on a power trip? Triumph is celebrating a decade of The Rocket and a new special edition. Its designed to take you on a trip – challenge your grip and make you feel on the edge as you speed along the highways. Triumph has “repatriated” the making of…
1,000 different varieties of apples are being grown including historic apple trees, by Prince Charles. Home Farm near Highgrove includes a variety brought to England by a Roman general and another from a tree once grown in Isaac Newton’s Lincolnshire garden. Genetic conservation is the main reason for the big variety of apples, some of…