The concillation service Acas has offered to step in and hold talks between trade unions and oil firms in an attempt to cool tensions and essentially avoid a strike by tanker drivers that could disrupt supplies to the whole of Britain. For those who haven’t been following the story, earlier in the week fuel [...]

Record quarterly reports that completely blew market expectations out of the water have led to Apple regaining its position as the world’s most valuable company. The company’s first-quarter profits have now more than doubled year-on-year, in turn leading to the company’s share price jumping by 6.65pc to $448.5 per share in early trading. This in [...]

The National Union of Students has revealed, through an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Breakfast programme, that, alarmingly, an increasing number of students in England are turning to prostitution to fund their way through higher education. Speaking on the programme, Estelle Hart, the NUS’s national women’s officer, said: “In an economic climate where there [...]

Legendary action-movie star turned politician Arnold Schwarzenegger has made a visit to 10 Downing Street, where he spoke with Prime Minister David Cameron about a range of subjects, including their respective efforts to tackle deficits. The governor of California and Mr Cameron then posed for photos, where the PM joked (I assume), that Schwarzenegger was [...]

Shadow chancellor Alan Johnson has hit out at spending cuts implemented by the coalition government, and accused the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats of basing their timetable for spending cuts on the next election rather than on what might make the most financial sense. Mr Johnson claimed that ministers would be “taking a huge gamble with [...]

A college In Lancashire has promised students who choose to sit their A-levels there that they will receive the sum of £5000 if they fail. It is hoped that the move will send a positive message to young people studying at Blackburn College that they will succeed if they study their A-levels there. However, as [...]

A pair of female entrepreneurs who set up Mazuma, an accountancy service aimed at sole traders and micro-businesses, have won the top prize at this year’s prestigious HSBC Start Up Stars Awards. Lucy Cohen and Sophie Hughes, both 27, set up the business in their spare room after realising there was a gap in the [...]

At odds which are well, probably pretty long, Israel’s latest lottery draw has produced the exact same numbers as it did three weeks ago. Israeli viewers were left shocked when the six numbers – 36, 33, 32, 26, 14, 13 – came out on live television, in the exact same order that they had three [...]

For the first time in its illustrious existence, the House of Commons has hosted an erotica party. The event, known simply enough as “Erotica 2010” was put on by the owner of Erotica Ltd, Savas Christodoulou, who in the past worked as rock group Pink Floyd’s accountant, and also owns the reputable sounding Buddha Lounge [...]

Hans-Rudolf Merz – Switzerland’s finance minister to the uninitiated – has managed to become an internet hit after footage of him cracking up with laughter during a parliamentary speech on spiced meat imports gained over 300,000 views on YouTube. The 67-year-old, who had never received much international acclaim prior to the speech, was so tickled [...]