Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, aged 37, revealed this week in The New York Times, in an article titled ‘My Medical Choice’, that she recently underwent a double mastectomy after being told that she has the faulty gene BRCA1, a gene that means she has an 87% risk of developing breast cancer and a 50% risk ... more
1st October 2012 marks the tragic day that five year old April Jones disappeared from a local park in ... more
This morning Sir Alex Ferguson announced he will retire at the end of this season after leading Manchester United ... more
Three women who went missing over a decade ago, presumed to be dead, were today found alive and healthy ... more
Europe’s youngest monarch was sworn in on Tuesday, following the abdication of Holland’s Queen Beatrix in favour of “a ... more
The Bank of England has announced the Winston Churchill will be the face of the five pound note due ... more
On Sunday the streets of London were in complete lockdown as thousands of people bravely took on the challenge ... more
The double bombing of the Boston Marathon on 15th April 2013 killed 3 people (amongst them an eight year ... more
The first and only female British Prime Minister, Baroness Margaret Thatcher, sadly passed away at the Ritz Hotel in ... more
The recent Cyprus banking collapse led to a news feed breakthrough as Wall Street analysts resorted to Twitter for ... more
The right to ride a bike may not strike many women as the most fundamental of liberties, but women ... more
The Office for Budget Responsibility has estimated that the average UK household is £600 a year worse off, while ... more
Nick D’Aloisio, a 17 year old London teenager, has recently become one of Britian’s youngest millionaires due to his ... more
Negotiations to reach an Arms Trade Treaty reconvened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York last week, and ... more
The election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now known as Pope Francis, signals a period of fundamental positive change ... more
February 12th 2013 commemorated the tragic twentieth anniversary of James Bulger, a two year old boy murdered after being ... more
Madeleine Albright once said, "there's a special place in hell for women who do not help other women". Sheryl ... more
The recent murder of 16 year old Christina Edkinson on a bus in Birmingham has highlighted the need for ... more
The leader of Egypt’s Second Army Division, Major General Ahmed Wasfi, has pledged that the army will uphold its ... more
Major investment houses say Britain’s index of top shares, the FTSE 100, will end 2013 comfortably above 6,000 — ... more
The appeal of crowdfunding — the rapidly-growing phenomenon that allows those with even modest means to invest in companies ... more
Like some strange creature in a political fairytale, Julian Assange — who is being sequestered in the Ecuadorian Embassy ... more
While the recent horsemeat scandal has rocked supermarkets, London’s local butchers have experienced a boost in sales from customers ... more
On the anniversary of the death of great Austrian footballer Matthias Sindelar, Emiliano Bosi explains how a frail centre ... more
By Tej Dodhia-Shah (age 6) The London Eye is the biggest tourist attraction in London. It is located on ... more
The Eurozone’s beleaguered economy is showing signs of recovery according to a survey conducted by financial information group Markit. ... more
Venus Nights will celebrate women in song and raise funds for three women’s charities. A talented array of all ... more
Rubbish, a puppet show for young children aims to educate children on the things we discard, engaging with the ... more
A historic House of Commons vote on 5 February has paved the path for legalising same-sex marriage in the ... more
The environmental impact of the forthcoming UK high speed rail network can be lessened with careful planning and compensatory ... more
Football, like all sport, is a weighted random number generator that constantly asks the question “who is best?” and ... more
In England, one person takes their own life every two hours — over twice the amount of people killed ... more
These days, it’s not uncommon to see upwardly mobile professionals adopting coffee shops like Starbucks and Caffè Nero as ... more
Christopher Edge, author of Twelve Minutes to Midnight and Shadows of the Silver Screen talks to The Positive about ... more
The wilfully misleading biopic on the life of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman begins with the opening of a stand-up ... more
“We were grass-crossed lovers,” says artist Heather Ackroyd of her relationship with creative collaborator Dan Harvey. “It was grass ... more
‘Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken,’ so said Frank Herbert, author of the ... more
“It looks like we’re entering a bouncy castle!” one woman says as she enters an inflatable pod-like structure. It’s ... more
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