Pope calls for religious Sundays
For a long time now there has been a small movement who are against the Sunday trading and entertainment culture that has developed, but these calls have more or less always fallen on deaf ears. However it appears that the Pope has now spoken out on this subject.
Pope Benedict talking in Austria has explained that [...]
Wetherspoons see sales drop
The owner of around 670 town centre pubs and bars JD Wetherspoons has announced that since the smoking ban in England has come into force, sales of drinks has fallen.
The sales figures from the outlets for the month of August had risen but by only 1.1 per cent, but the figures for the month before [...]
TV losing out to the Internet
In online survey organised by computer giant IBM, it would appear that the humble television is losing ground fast to the Internet.
The survey which took responses from a world wide point of view found that 19% said that they have spent six hours or more on the Internet every single day, whereas only 9% stated [...]
New record for Eurostar
The UK side of the Eurostar rail track has been seriously slow right from the word go, but thanks to a massive investment the track is now up to speed, in fact taking the train from now on could see you travelling at almost 200 mph in the UK.
The trip from Paris to London, St [...]
Brits prefer nights in
Entertaining at home is fast becoming one of the largest growing sectors of the leisure industry in the UK, according to the Future Foundation they found that over 50% of people in the UK entertain at home a least once a week and that 5% entertain every day!
It is believed that because people are spending [...]