BRITISH politicians may be struggling over how to resolve the Brexit issue but that hasn't stopped them enjoying a glass or two of wine. An article in The Independent says that wine consumption at government events rose by more than 20 per cent in the past year. Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan put it […]

IS sleep very important to you? Well if you want a luxurious kip, then the Daily Mirror will point you in the right direction:  Cookes Furniture store in Birmingham is selling the Vispring Diamond Majesty bed which will cost you £75,000! Apparently it features the ‘most valuable and rarest natural fibre in the world’- loose vicuna […]

A rare sight in the animal world... The Independent tells us that a farm in Somerset has announced a cross between a zebra and a donkey. Zippy the 'zonkey' was born on Kristine Turner’s 55-acre farm in South Barrow and until his arrival there was thought to be only one other zonkey in Britain. - Zambi […]

WHAT do you do when a 'party bus' fails to turn up for a six year old boy's birthday party? Wait for the police to arrive of course! The BBC tells us that when the bus didn't arrive for the party for Anna Banyard's son Alexander and 21 friends at her home in Warfield, Berkshire […]

THE death of the Queen's 12 year old dog Whisper has brought to an end a personal connection with the Corgi breed dating back to 1944 when she received Susan, her first Pembroke Corgi as an 18th birthday present. The Daily Mail said that Whisper had become a royal favourite following the death earlier this […]

SIGN of the times at an event in the House of Commons... The Daily Express says that a 'robot' called Pepper gave evidence to a Commons education select committee. Pepper is a "culturally aware" automaton based at Middlesex University as part of an EU-Japanese project to develop robots to help care for older people. “She” […]