Lifestyle

By Charlotte Stringer, Style Editor at STYLIGHT.co.uk With one in three of us statistically likely to get cancer, it’s certain that everyone reading this article will either know, or be, someone who’s been affected by the illness. However, just because the disease is so prevalent in western society, doesn’t mean that we have no hope of beating it, which is where the Wear it Pink initiative comes in. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness month each October, Breast Cancer Campaign...

Durex and the MTV Staying Alive Foundation have initiated the new worldwide phase of their joint collaboration Someone Like Me which launched last year to promote better sex education, help improve the sexual health and wellbeing of young people everywhere and realise a world free from HIV. After its successful 2013 World AIDS Day campaign, the next phase of Someone Like Me has been developed as a social movement championing happier, healthier sex lives and respectful relationships for young people around the world, through...

Did you know there's a total of 15,516 CCTV cameras in the London Underground? Well, neither did we. But thankfully the people at AAI Security did, and they've created this lovely infographic for The London Economic highlighting which London Underground station has the most. Enjoy!

By Charlotte Hope Lifestyle Editor @charlottehope @TLE_Lifestyle Daylight saving ends next Sunday, did you know? That means it’ll be dark as you get ready for work, and dark when you’re going home from work. It also means that, if you’re me, your skin will start to flake in a reptilian way and your hair will dry and refuse to do absolutely anything you want it to do. Straighteners will snap bits off, brushing it will snap bits off and tying...

By Steve Taggart Halloween is nearly upon us and it really has cemented itself as one of the most exciting social occasions in the calendar. The London Economic doesn't like to miss out on a party either so we have put together a great selection of places to eat, drink and be spooky this October 31st. 1.Mortos Vivos at Las Iguanas Las Iguanas, experts in all things Latin American have devised two devilishly delicious cocktails for Halloween. MORTOS VIVOS, served...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Sophie Aldridge, 20, had no idea she was pregnant - having had no symptoms for the nine months before little Thomas' birth She was discharged from hospital when doctors were unable to find the cause of her back pain and was stunned – when she gave birth just hours later. Sophie from Dover had no idea she was pregnant when she felt a severe back pain, she put it down to period pains and tried to...

Going through a divorce can be a traumatic experience but there is some good news for divorcing couples that comes in the form of changes to mediation funding. Many individuals on low incomes are entitled to Legal Aid to fund their attendance at mediation to agree children and financial arrangements on separation.  However, one of the major problems that many couples find when applying for help from Legal Aid for mediation under the current law is that if only one...

Nona Avery, from Sheffield, 84 has been hand writing letters to her pen friend longest than most people live, sending over a 1,000 letters... In 1942 I saw an advert in the Girl's crystal annual for girl’s who lived all over the world, who wanted a pen friend. One advert caught my eye it was for a girl called Alice who was also twelve and lived in Columbus, Ohio in America. It sounded so exotic and so far away. I...

By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle I absolutely love caffeine. Don’t you? In particular, I seriously love coffee. Last night I actually fell asleep easier knowing I had set my alarm early enough to enjoy a leisurely coffee in the morning. I think this is complimented by the fact that I own one of those little Bialetti coffee percolators, something which, despite years of owning, still fills me with delight and joy when that sweet, hot, caffeinated nectar starts meandering...