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2018 online UK casino guide

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2018 online UK casino guide

According to many satisfied players in the United Kingdom, online casinos are much better compared to their physical counterparts. In fact, most people who have tried online casinos just once have stopped visiting brick and mortar casinos. Every year, these online casinos are revealing new options and features and that’s why you should stay up-to-date if you want to get most of your gaming experience. The following is a 2018 online UK casino guide that should help you make the right choice.

Things to look for in online UK casinos in 2018
Technology has made rapid progress in the last few years. It looks like we are witnessing the emergence of new, inventive features on the Internet almost on a daily basis. Of course, online casinos in the UK are not an exception. The best ones are always working on improving their offer and their features and options. So, what exactly should you look for this year when you are looking for a good online UK casino?

Software and graphics – If you want to stay on the safe side and maximize your profit, you should look for online casinos that use reliable software solutions. There are a few software developers that have developed a solid reputation in the last few years and they are expected to shine even more in 2018. Some examples of reliable software developers include Playtech, NetEnt, Microgaming, and Betsoft. When it comes to graphics, you should expect to find more 3D games and even virtual reality casino games on some online gambling sites. Obviously, if you have VR equipment, stick to the casinos that have VR games in their offer.

Smooth loading and gameplay – Almost all online casinos in the UK rely on HTML5 and even those that don’t will probably switch to HTML5 this year. Check the reviews and stay away from casinos where players are experiencing software crashes and lagging. This could ruin your gaming experience.

Selection of casino games – It doesn’t make sense to join an online casino that doesn’t have dozens of casino games in its offer. Slots, poker, roulette, and blackjack are a must. However, you should look for live casino games, VR games, and mobile games too.

Payment methods and security – Online UK casinos are adding more and more payment methods in their offer. This makes it much easier for all users to deposit and withdraw money. When choosing a casino, analyze these payment options. Besides credit cards and debit cards, many of them are supporting electronic payment processors like Skrill, PayPal, and Neteller. In addition, many casinos today are accepting cryptocurrency like Bitcoin too. Finally, make sure that their security is updated to the latest standards in this industry.

Mobile access
According to the latest statistics, more than half of website visits come from mobile devices. So, even if you are not using your mobile device to play casino games, you will probably start doing this in the near future. That’s why it’s a smart move to opt for online casinos in the UK that support mobile devices. We are talking about online casinos with a responsive design which means that you will enjoy playing games regardless of the device you are using. The resolution should match the display of the device you are using at the moment.

Recommended online UK casinos in 2018
It’s really difficult to recommend one online UK casino because it all depends on the needs, requirements, and desires of players. Yet, there are a few online casinos that stand out from the crowd in this 2018.

For instance, if you are looking for an online casino that has a wide range of casino games, you should check Casumo. This website has over 700 online casino games including slots, poker, blackjack and roulette games. On the other hand, Betway comes with a bonus package that goes up to 1000 GBP. InterCasino has a similar offer, but it also offers 110 free spins which is great for online slot fans.

Mobile casino players in the United Kingdom should give LeoVegas a chance because this slot has over 400 mobile-friendly games. Those who are fans of live casino games will be impressed by the games offered by BetVictor, 888 Casino and Grosvenor Casinos.

We hope that this 2018 online UK casino guide will help you find the best online casino.

Amber Rudd forcibly deports herself from job

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Home Secretary Amber Rudd has forcibly deported herself from her job, it has emerged.

The under-fire politician had to admit finally that a bombshell target of 10 million people wanting her to quit had been met.

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Ms Rudd had previously claimed she had no knowledge of anyone wanting her to leave her employment in the cabinet.

But in a shock announcement she ripped up her employment contract and left with immediate effect.

Without the correct paperwork, she was then forced to pack her bags and leave the country.

Political observer Lorraine Fisher, 34, said: “First she claimed she knew nothing of her resignation.

“Then she resigned.”

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It is now expected that Prime Minister Theresa May will appoint a safe pair of hands to run the Home Office, like Michael Gove.

“It will likely be a bit of a shambles,” Ms Fisher said. “You could say the Tories are Rudderless.”

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Eccles Cake banned as name confirmed as Beccles Cake

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Eccles Cake banned as name confirmed as Beccles Cake

Beccles cake

The world-famous Eccles Cake is being scraped into the bin after a landmark ruling confirmed it should rightfully be called a Beccles Cake.

Locals have always claimed the tasty teatime treat was invented in the north Suffolk town of Beccles in 1530, and quickly became a favourite of King Henry VIII.

But the original Beccles Cake recipe was lost in a serious fire, only to be revived a hundred years late with the incorrect Eccles Cake name.

The error gave the obscure town in Greater Manchester a huge financial boost, leaving Beccles in Suffolk nothing more to look forward to than a grim view of Norfolk over the River Waveney.

Now the Department of Food and Fisheries has acted as an intermediary between the two towns, and confirmed the recipe does indeed belong in Suffolk.

The Beccles Cake is a small, round cake filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter, sometimes topped with demerara sugar.

It is expected the Government ruling will prompt Beccles Town Council to apply for Protected Geographical Status, meaning only locally-make cakes can be named Beccles Cakes.

And Eccles will be forced to ditch its imposter cakes in order to prevent confusion.

Beccles baker Lorraine Fisher, 34, has been campaigning for years for the rightful return of the Beccles Cake name.

“Those people from Lancashire just seized upon the name when an old document about the cake was found at Hampton Court Palace, in the records from Henry VIII’s time.

“The document accidentally left the ‘B’ off the name of the cake, but Eccles didn’t care and cashed in on the recipe.

“This is a victory for common sense, and we can’t wait to serve up tasty Beccles Cakes to our hungry customers.”

An insider at Eccles Town Hall said they would be appealing against the Government decision.

“We have been making Eccles Cakes for hundreds of years. If this Beccles place wants the name back they had better prepare to fight us for it.”

Food lovers believe the Beccles Cakes will taste nicer than Eccles Cakes because of the better living conditions in the south of England.

“There is also better hygiene and more appreciation of fine cooking,” said Suffolk food writer Barbara “Baps” Appleton.

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‘Annoying’ caravans banned from Suffolk

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‘Annoying’ caravans banned from Suffolk

Caravan ban

By Laurie Hall, Transport Editor

Caravans are being banned completely from Suffolk because anti-social owners have become too unbearable, it has been confirmed.

Residents and officials have had enough of caravanners setting up home in laybys, pitching up in supermarket or public car parks – and taking over private land in villages.

They have to be evicted by local councils – and leave behind a terrible mess for everyone else to clean up.

As a result, the decision has now been taken to prevent caravans from using any roads in Suffolk.

County council caravan enforcement officer Lorraine Fisher, 34, explained: “Enough is enough.

“People in Suffolk pay their taxes to enjoy the services we provide. They expect all of our facilities to be respected.

“But now caravans are causing increasing issues. One might turn up in a public car park, and before you know it another 15 have turned up.

“And there they will stay for weeks before being evicted without paying any parking fees at all and leaving an awful mess behind.”

Ms Fisher explained it was approaching the time of year when thousands of extra caravans would have been entering Suffolk.

“They seem to turn up in huge numbers over bank holiday weekends and during the summer holidays, with many of them heading for our beautiful coastline.

“But no more!”

Brian Walshe, a spokesman for the Caravan Owners’ Club, said: “We will be having words with the authorities in Suffolk.

“It seems they have got the wrong end of the stick about most people who tow a caravan.”

This is not the first time Suffolk caravanning has got a bad press – this very newspaper revealed three years ago how North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had purchased a Suffolk caravan.

Retain muscle mass as you age

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Retain muscle mass as you age

Ageing comes with a myriad of effects on the body and one of them is the loss of muscles. For a majority of adults, they achieve optimal muscle mass during their late 30s to early 40s and from there they start having a gradual muscle mass loss. The loss goes on steadily into old age. This loss of muscle, strength and ability to work that is linked to ageing is referred to as sarcopenia.

Any serious loss of muscles mass should raise alarm as muscle mass and strength are highly related. Sarcopenia has many effects including ill health, poor quality of life and high health care costs incurred by the aged. It has been proven from research that a routine of resistance training workouts that result in rapid muscle growth can deal with sarcopenia. In addition, observing diet to ensure there is sufficient high-quality protein is crucial. To complement diet and exercises, the aged persons can consider making use of TB500, a substance that helps to keep fit and improve appearance.

So, what can you do to prevent, minimize or even turn around the negative effects of age-related muscle loss? Here are some practical, natural and easy methods you can use:

Increase the total protein that you eat
Protein is very useful for building and repairing muscle. The recommended protein per kilogram of body weight is 0.8g or 50g per day for men and women aged 19 and above. However, it has emerged from studies that 12% and 24% of men and women respectively aged over 70 eat far less than the recommended amount. Recent research has revealed that persons aged 65 years and above require higher levels of dietary proteins than the normally recommended amount. Healthy adults should consume between 1g and 1.2g/kg proteins per day while those with sarcopenia, need to take a slightly higher amount that is between 1.2kg and 1.5g/kg in a day.

Go for high quality proteins
All proteins are not created equal; some are richer in nutrients than others and play a crucial role in dealing with sarcopenia. Dietary proteins are constituted by many kinds of amino acids. There are majorly two types of amino acids-essential and non-essential amino acids. Essential amino acids must be got from protein-rich foods that contain them while the non-essential ones can be synthesized by the body using other amino acids. The amino acid leucine that preserves body muscles is an essential amino acid thus must be obtained from the food.

From a study done in 2010, it was established that eating leucine –enriched proteins promote manufacturing of muscle protein similarly in both the elderly and the young. Leucine is highly concentrated in animal foods such as beef, poultry, eggs, milk and others. Soya beans and other beans, nuts and seed contain minimal amounts. Some of the top protein food to have in your diet include: beef(grass-fed), lentils, raw cheese, raw milk,whey protein( from goat milk) and black (or other)beans.Other than maintaining healthy muscle mass, protein are essential for supporting tendons, ligament just to name a few body tissues.Protein also plays a great role in training as it aids muscle recovery, promote muscle making and act as a treatment for muscle ache.

Exercise
To keep of sarcopenia an inactive lifestyle is out of the question.Exercise comes in handy to persons with sarcopenia by enhancing strength, increasing the aerobic capacity and making of muscle protein. Resistance exercise is very significant for reducing weakness and increase strength in very aged persons. Daily exercise is great but where not possible, it can be taken thrice per week to minimize muscle loss.

Vitamin D
Low levels of Vitamin D can be associated with reduced muscle strength, high instability of the body, and disability among elderly persons. It has been observed that Vitamin D deficiency is very rampant among aged persons irrespective of the ethnic or racial backgrounds. Those suffering from Vitamin D deficiency can have supplementation of the same to enhance muscle function and mass.

Conclusion
Other ways of dealing with age-related muscle mass loss are increasing consumption of omega 3, checking hormonal imbalance, and increased consumption of anti-inflammatory foods such green leafy veggies and salmon among others. Other measures include reducing consumption of pro-inflammatory food such as highly processed foods.Reducing alcohol intake is also a great step towards keeping off sarcopenia. Quitting smoking is a great move as smoking is linked to several bad habits like reduced physical activity and poor nutrition.

Police bring back stocks to deter criminals

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Police bring back stocks to deter criminals

Stocks

By Hugh Dunnett, Crime Correspondent

Suffolk Police are bringing back public stocks to deter petty criminals from operating in Ipswich town centre.

Thieves, drug dealers and drunks will be locked up in the stocks and subjected to public ridicule.

The medieval-style detention devices, made from sturdy wood, are being set up on the Cornhill as part of the town centre redevelopment work.

Passers-by will be able to buy fruit and veg from the nearby market and throw them at the hapless criminals.

Police hope the humiliating punishment will be a huge deterrent while giving members of the public some excitement and something to shout about.

“This will also save our budget,” said a police force insider.

“It costs us a fortune to apprehend a suspect, detain them at the station, go through mountains of paperwork and then hope to get them up before magistrates or the crown court.

“But this is a quick and effective punishment that will cost us absolutely nothing.

“We will begin with three sets of stocks, but install more if they prove to be popular.”

Stocks clamps down around the neck and wrists of a criminal, who is then unable to move and can be subjected to verbal and physical abuse.

Police say they expect members of the public to play fair and not give the criminals a quick slap.

The spokesman said: “We’re fine with some tomatoes, cabbages or eggs being lobbed at them, but would ask people not to be any more physical than that.”

Top brass are yet to specify how long criminals would remain in the stocks. “It’s to be decided, but we’re told shoplifting would mean two days, while drug dealing would keep you locked up on display for five days.”

But Lorraine Fisher, 34, from Criminals Have Human Rights Watch, said the stocks was a barbaric punishment that belong in the Middle Ages.

“Our lawyers will be waiting to represent any unfortunate person who finds themselves being subjected to public ridicule without trial.”

Turkish immigrant St George kicked out of Britain

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Turkish immigrant St George kicked out of Britain
St George expelled

Celebrated Turkish immigrant St George has been kicked out of England because he had no paperwork to prove he should stay.

The devastated saint, who ekes out a living slaying dragons, has been living in a castle in Suffolk for hundreds of years.

But immigration officials have chucked him out because he had no papers to prove his residency was above board.

St George was born in Turkey, and even worse had a Palestinian mother – raising further doubts about his claims to live rightfully in Britain.

And this newspaper can also reveal that the patron saint of England slayed his first dragon in what is now modern-day Libya, not East Anglia.

However, his supporters were fuming at news he has been chucked out of the country after being refused the right to dragon-killing work.

Lorraine Fisher, 34, fumed: “He is our patron saint. The Irish drink to St Patrick, so why can’t we celebrate St George?

“To be chucked out of our country is a disgrace and that Theresa May should be sacked.”

When it was pointed out that St George was actually half Turkish and half Palestinian, Fisher fumed some more.

“That is fake news,” she wailed.

“He is out patron saint and we are gonna support him – that is not being racist, it is celebrating our national identity. But Turkey, you say?”

A spokesman for the Home Office confirmed St George was one of many immigrants to be chucked out of Britain, despite having been invited here many years ago.

In post-war Britain there was a great need for good dragon slayers, and brave St George fitted the bill.

But border agencies controversially destroyed the paperwork that proved men and women like him had entered Britain quite legally.

“It’s a bit embarrassing. But St George is not British and has no passport, so he had to go back to Turkey,” the spokesman said.

Police hunt brutal PiggyBack Bandits gang leader

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Police hunt brutal PiggyBack Bandits gang leader

PiggyBack Bandits

By Hugh Dunnett, Crime Correspondent

Suffolk Police are appealing for help in the hunt for Alan “Porkie” Jenkins, leader of the notorious PiggyBack Bandits gang.

The outlaws have brought terror to north Suffolk for years, committing violent highway robberies before escaping across fields riding on the back of their pigs.

Detectives say new information has uncovered Jenkins as the brutal leader of the gang, which is thought to be responsible for 73 robberies on the A12 and A143 in the past four years alone.

The gang, normally consisting of three men on pigs, hide in bushes by the side of the road and pounce on unwary cyclists as they pass by.

Phones, wallets and watches are then snatched before the robbers turn tail and trot away.

Violent leader Jenkins, who is believed to have moved to Suffolk from Norfolk, is also wanted for burning down a village hall in Botesdale, beating up a pub landlord in Rickinghall, and attempting to bribe a police officer in Lowestoft.

A police spokesman said: “We will no longer tolerate Jenkins and his so-called PiggyBack Bandits.

“They had developed something of a cult status in Suffolk – but there is nothing glamorous about their crimes.

“It is only a matter of time before they kill someone.”

It is thought the gang, which has a hideout somewhere near Ixworth, trains the pigs which are cheaper than horses and can hide more easily in roadside verges.

Police denied they had made a pig’s ear of catching the gang red-handed last week when a passing patrol car allegedly stopped politely to allow some pigs to cross a country lane without realising gang members were crouched behind them.

“That is a rumour put about by local author Lorraine Fisher, 34, who has been writing a gangland book about the PiggyBack Bandits.

“She is just after easy publicity, so ignore her,” the police spokesman said.

Anyone with information about Alan “Porkie” Jenkins and his PiggyBack Bandits is urged to contact Crimestoppers immediately.

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