The actions of an unmarried woman in Newcastle who has had seventeen consecutive children taken into care over the last 20 years have persuaded childcare charity Barnado’s to release funds to help her further. Barnado’s explained that it was likely that the woman had issues of mental health, domestic abuse, a chaotic lifestyle and possible substance abuse. Continue reading
Oniomania, the posh word for compulsive shopping, is as likely to take over and damage the lives of its sufferers as gambling, sex or work addictions.
This is the view of charity Action on Addiction which points out that compulsively spending time and money on something to lift a mood and seek a “high” puts it firmly in the category of addiction, and that the shopping addiction affects around 7% of the adult population. Continue reading
Portable loos at the Glastonbury festival are delivering charitable messages from Water Aid to music fans, using the voices of Brian Blessed, Kathy Burke and Cerise Matthew’s, to raise awareness of the 2.3 billion people worldwide who have no access to a basic toilet.
Some of the doors in the low cubicles have been fitted with two way mirrors, which give the impression to those sitting inside that they are visible from outside, while those outside just get their own reflections, the idea being, say Water Aid, to highlight those who have nowhere safe to go to the toilet by making those using the cubicles feel “exposed”.
MORE DIE ON DANGEROUS COURSE Four more riders have been killed at this years Isle of Man TT races. This brings the total to more than 260 people killed since the race …
BOOZE LAW BITES The Lush Bar in Magaluf, where a British teenager claimed to have been egged on by bar staff as he drank 75 Sambuca and caramel vodka shots, is being …
DON’T BE LATE EasyJet passengers arriving at the security check with less than half an hour before their flight leaves will not be allowed to board. The new policy, which is …
SAFARI ROCK The famous Glastonbury Festival could be moving 15 miles west, from Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset to Longleat, Wiltshire in 2019. The organisers, who …
BIG LONDON SPACES To the Hilton London Metropole hotel, Edgware Road, one of Europe’s largest with 1,059 bedrooms, dining space for up to 2,000 and conference …
HOTEL NEWS
o Twelve guests were rescued by fire crews at the 22-bedroom three-star Rushmore …
o BLOC Hotels, which currently has a unit in Birmingham and one in Gatwick, is …
o The St Regis Hotel, Dubai has opened the Sir Winston Churchill Suite. This is 9,828 …
(1900) NOVECENTO It could be argued that when Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci made “Twentieth Century” forty years ago in 1976, his memorable five-hour …
Four more riders have been killed at this years Isle of Man TT races. This brings the total to more than 260 people killed since the race, which brings in more than £250 million and attracts up to 50,000 valuable visitors every year, was started in 1907.
One of this years fatalities was Paul Shoesmith, 50, who has been honoured with a “Spirit of the TT” PR award by race sponsors Poker Stars, a gambling website based on the island. Race organisers are ACU Events Ltd. Continue reading
The Lush Bar in Magaluf, where a British teenager claimed to have been egged on by bar staff as he drank 75 Sambuca and caramel vodka shots, is being charged with illegally supplying alcohol to a customer who was obviously drunk, a law that also applies in the UK. The teenager, an 18 year-old man from the Midlands collapsed in the street and was treated in hospital for alcohol poisoning. Continue reading
EasyJet passengers arriving at the security check with less than half an hour before their flight leaves will not be allowed to board.
The new policy, which is similar to that of BA at Heathrow Terminals three and five, will please all those who always allow plenty of time for the irritating but essential security checks but annoy those types who like to cut it fine with just hand luggage to carry on and who are often to be seen jumping the queues to make their flights. These passengers can pay EasyJet an extra £7.50 “missed flight cover” and then be entitled to a full refund, or a booking on the next available flight, without paying the normal £80 for switching flights.
The famous Glastonbury Festival could be moving 15 miles west, from Worthy Farm, Pilton, Somerset to Longleat, Wiltshire in 2019.
The organisers, who only own part of the site say that this makes the future of the show less certain, and that there are concerns that a mains gas pipe that runs through the site could be fractured under the strain of 250,000 revellers. Continue reading
To the Hilton London Metropole hotel, Edgware Road, one of Europe’s largest with 1,059 bedrooms, dining space for up to 2,000 and conference space for up to 3,000.
Bedrooms are modern, comfortable and stylish, and all at Guest Room grade (274) have air-conditioning, mini-bars, tea and coffee making facilities, laptop safes, telephones and LCD satellite TVs, hairdryers, irons and ironing boards, 24hour in-room dining, work stations and wireless internet for which charges may apply. Deluxe Rooms (239) are on the higher floors with city views and Superior Rooms (307) are larger, with Family Superior Rooms (45) offering two queen-size beds, sofa and two TVs. Executive Rooms (170) and Suites (20) offer free access to the Executive Lounge for a complimentary continental breakfast and alcohols and snacks. The Executive Rooms have a large work station with an ergonomic chair and a bathroom with a separate shower stall. Suites offer a lounge, bedroom and bathroom, with Studio Suites (4) also incorporating a fully fitted kitchen for self-catering and longer stays. Continue reading
o Twelve guests were rescued by fire crews at the 22-bedroom three-star Rushmore Hotel in Trebovir Road Earls Court, when a blaze broke out on the second floor there on Sunday June 5. Ten fire engines and 72 firefighters were at the scene and 150 people were evacuated from nearby buildings. The cause of the fire is unknown and being investigated.
o BLOC Hotels, which currently has a unit in Birmingham and one in Gatwick, is planning its second hotel in Birmingham. (Business Desk) This will be a 25 storey tower building housing 238 bedrooms and will be located close to New Street Station and the Grand Central shopping area.
o The St Regis Hotel, Dubai has opened the Sir Winston Churchill Suite. This is 9,828 square feet in area (913 square metres) and features a huge living area, a study, a dining room seating twelve around the table, three bedrooms, a large majlis or Arabic meeting room, a spiral staircase leading up to a rooftop plunge pool with views over the city and another dining area, reproductions of fifteen of Winnies 500 paintings and one of his Cuban cigars. Oh and a rate of £13,950 a night, which may or may not include breakfast…