The UK weather, characterised by cold snaps over the winter, will add £200-£1600 to average energy bills a year as small electricity suppliers like OVO and Co-operative Energy have amplified prices. This estimate of energy experts, regarding electricity price rise, is likely to worry the consumers as statistics have divulged that the British households spent an additional £40 heating their residences in March on account of the cold weather. The…

The London Met University has been authorised by the Home Office again to admit and teach overseas students, which is certain to be welcomed by the foreign students, who desire to accomplish their post-graduation from British universities. The London Met University’s permit to sponsor non-European Union students was contentiously cancelled in August 2012, which left several students of the university dismayed and bereft of courses. The Home Office has, however,…

Michelle Keegan topless picture on Twitter and Instagram has caused quite a stir forcing the Coronation Street star to clarify that it was not her picture. After Michelle Keegan topless picture which showed a pair of soapy boobs went viral, the star insisted that a friend stole her password. The photo went viral moments after she told fans she was enjoying a bubbly bath.

Youtube shutdown prank has left internet users shocked! In an elaborate April Fool’s Day prank, Youtube posted a 3.32 minute video on its home page yesterday which stated that the video-sharing website would shutdown to commemorate the best video over a contest spanning eight years. YouTube announced that it would shutdown at the end of the day to review all the video submissions it has received over the years, and…

Around 4,000 people flocked to seek jobs at the upcoming £84m Whiteley Shopping Centre in Hampshire braving bitter cold to the utter astonishment of staff of the supermarket who had to employ ‘one-in, one-out’ policy at the Solent Hotel in Whiteley where the job interviews were conducted. The Whiteley Shopping Centre, which is slated to open in May, will have 56 shops with restaurant chain Harvester expected to take on…

A 17-year-old London teenager has turned into one of Britain’s youngest millionaire after selling a popular smartphone app to Yahoo, which he developed when he was 15. Nick D’Aloisio developed Summly, an iPhone app that condenses news articles for reading on the move after he learnt to write computer code. Since its launch in 2012, Summly has reached close to 1million downloads and yesterday, Nick D’Aloisio announced that the free…

Google has launched a £2m ‘Global Impact Challenge’ competition which aims to find Britain’s most innovative social entrepreneurs, with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, and Sir Richard Branson and Google’s European boss Matt Brittin, judging the participants. The aim of the competition is to find not-for-profit organisations that could use technology to transform lives.

George Osborne chose the Budget Day to make his debut on Twitter. The Chancellor was bombarded with advice ahead of Budget 2013 and acquired 10,000 followers within an hour of his account activation. In his inaugural tweet, George Osborne proclaimed he would “present a budget that tackles the economy’s problems head on” and help those “who want to work hard & get on”. On Twitter, the chancellor symbolically posted a…

Some parents in Britain will be able to retrieve up to £1,200 a year for each child- or 20% of childcare costs- from 2015, as per the Coalition plans. Parents will be permitted to retrieve 20% out of a total of around £6,000. Initially, the ‘childcare costs retrieval’ scheme will cover kids up to five years old, but will grow over time to include all kids under 12. As per…