West Ham struggling to find home comforts
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport Six games, five defeats, 16 goals conceded – not quite the start to the season West Ham fans had in mind, especially given last term’s impressive seventh-place finish. After leaving their beloved Boleyn Ground in order to become tenants at the Olympic Stadium in a controversial move, the Hammers are finding tougher than expected to adapt to their new surroundings. So is it just a case of being...
AB InBev Takeover Means “Less Choice and Higher Prices” For Consumers
The SABMiller takeover of AB InBev will lead to less choice and higher prices for consumers, according to a leading expert. John Colley, of Warwick Business School, said cost rationalisation will mean substantial redundancies amongst SAB Miller staff and higher costs passed on to consumers because of the lack of competition. Although the merger is likely to line the pockets of the shareholders, Colley said customers will not see any benefit as "greater brewer market power is more likely to...
GALLERY: The International London Tattoo Convention 2016
If there's one thing that TLE learned from our experience at the London Tattoo Con this year it's that our ink game is weak. Over the course of the weekend thousands of tattoo fans descended on the Tobaccoo Dock in Wapping to take in the latest and greatest in tattoo culture and show off some serious pieces. The art on display this year - from over 400 esteemed tattoo artists and studios from around the world - was absolutely mind bending; a...
Where is the happiest place in Britain? Hint it’s not London
Ok it is pretty obvious, nobody seems to enjoy living in London, in fact a new study has reported that the capital’s inhabitants have the most anxiety in the UK. The question is where do you go to be happy, blissfully happy all day every day. Well the answer is the Outer Hebrides according to the ONS (Office for National Statistics). It is a long way from Oxford Circus. The research questioned 158,000 people, and asked respondents how satisfied they...
Beer of the Week – Fierce Beer Co. Peanut Riot
Strength: 6.5% Brewed: Aberdeen, Scotland Since launching their first proper brewery earlier on this year, Scotland’s Fierce Beer Co. has become intensely prolific. Having produced over 50,000 litres of beer within the past six months, the brewery offers a whopping core range of ten beers amongst some limited edition offerings and collaborative efforts of which are currently in the pipeline. Now operating from an industrial estate in Dyce, Aberdeen, Fierce was originally set up by joint owners Dave Grant (Managing Director)...
Junior doctors lose fight over new contract
The Government has dealt junior doctors a huge blow after they lost a high court battle over the new contract. Jeremy Hunt, Health Secretary, has defeated a group, Justice for Health, - founded by Dr Nadia Masood, Dr Ben White, Dr Fran Silman, Dr Amar Mashru and Dr Marie-Estella McVeigh - who had claimed the new contract was “unsafe and unsustainable.” However, Mr Justice Green threw this out of court. Green said Hunt had the power to impose the unwanted...
When one mum’s child died of cancer she set-up charity so others can fight disease
"Why we must improve data collection if we are to see cure rates for childhood cancers increase" Sally Hall lost her son, Skye, in 2014 from side effects of his treatment for Medulloblastoma; an aggressive and cancerous brain tumour. She has set up the charity Blue Skye Thinking to raise money for brain tumour research and also lobbies for data collection for Standard Treatment Protocol in the UK. When your child is first diagnosed with cancer, and after the initial...
Insta-scran: Why Are We Obsessed With Food Pics?
Does anyone remember the days when food was intended to be eaten? An absurd notion I know, and one that has probably been banished into the historical archives forever now, but one day I will sit in front of my children at a fancy restaurant as they fervently snap away at sparkling pork chops that have been served up in an old wellington boot and regale stories of how we once ate with our eyes and not our cameras. And...
Kagoule get Sinister in Video for New Track ‘Magnified’
Nottingham’s Kagoule have shared the video for brand new single ‘Magnified’, and it's a bit odd. The video shows the three-piece shrunk into tiny 3-D model versions of themselves, in this playful yet sinister clip, directed by Dogbrain Videos. Currently on tour with Brighton’s The Magic Gang, Kagoule recently unveiled ‘Magnified’ as the first single following the release of their acclaimed 2015 debut album Urth. Following their dates with The Magic Gang, they’ll hit the road with Manchester’s Spring King, culminating...