Middleweight MMA fighter and The Ultimate Fighter Season 19 winner Eddie “Truck” Gordon was one of the memorable mixed martial artists on Fox TV's The Ultimate Fighter series. TLE caught up with him for an exclusive interview as he publishes his no holds barred memoir Forever Truckin and prepares to enter the ring again next Spring. As we found out, Eddie Gordon pulls no punches... @KonnichiwaJack interviews @TruckMMA_UFC for @LondonEconomic TLE: How did you get into fighting? Eddie Gordon: I got into this sport...

A randy teacher who sent a string of explicit emails acting out a schoolgirl sex fantasy has been allowed to keep his job. Christopher Perry used school computers to send messages, including telling the recipient: "I require you to be dressed as a schoolgirl with white knickers." In another message, Perry said: "You will kneel in the corner of the room, facing the wall while I set up my laptop. "You will be required to perform acts upon me live...

The 17-year-old boy may have been plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack at a JUSTIN BIEBER concert, the court heard. The lad searched for details of the venue's security just days before the Canadian popstar was due to play at the city's Principality Stadium, jurors were told. He also conducted more than 2,000 searches over a year including "Cardiff terrorist attack", "how to create a terror attack" and "how to pledge allegiance to ISIS". The defendant may have also been looking...

Royle Family actor Ralf Little outed Jeremy Hunt for lying to the public over a boast that he has overseen the "biggest expansion of mental health provision in Europe". Health Secretary Hunt bragged on the Andrew Marr Show that other countries are looking at we're doing in terms of mental health provision, in particular on anxiety and depression where he claims Britain is now considered a "world leader". But the statements have since been disputed by renowned actor Ralf Little, who...

John Laing Infrastructure reveals thinking on Labour PFI threats - in a trading update released today, John Laing Infrastructure Fund talks about various issues including the threat to PFI from a Labour government, a write-off in the portfolio and Catalonia. PFI At the annual UK Labour Party conference in September 2017, the UK's Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, John McDonnell, made comments regarding his party's intentions with respect to UK PFI contracts should the Labour Party come to power. These included...

Proposals to reduce the effects of global warming by imitating volcanic eruptions could have a devastating effect on global regions prone to either tumultuous storms or prolonged drought, new research has shown. Geoengineering – the intentional manipulation of the climate to counter the effect of global warming by injecting aerosols artificially into the atmosphere – has been mooted as a potential way to deal with climate change. However new research led by climate experts from the University of Exeter suggests...

A senior Royal Navy officer sexually assaulted nine young men but believed he was 'unassailable' because of his powerful position, a court heard on Tuesday. Charles Howeson, 67, sexually assaulted victims while serving with the Navy including groping a junior rating during a man overboard drill, a court was told. A complaint to Navy officials was made but he was let off with a warning and went on to pursue a successful career in the service, it was said. Charles...

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By Phil Norris Pulling up outside Zadar's Old Town at dusk after a brief jaunt up the Adriatic Highway, I was acutely aware that this imposingly beautiful setting would be best accompanied by a frosty pivo. Over the next two days, I fulfilled this (admittedly very achievable) goal many times over, as I explored an offbeat city made up of brutal socialist-era architecture, winding Dubrovnik-esque alleys, Roman ruins, tourist-filled squares and tiny, dimly-lit watering holes. On the face of it, Zadar...