LISTEN – Osborne’s car crash interview why he keeps missing targets
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Chancellor faced some very tough questioning this morning on Radio 4’s Today programme, turning into a car-crash interview, which will be music to the ears of left wingers and probably quite of lot of euro-sceptic MPs in his own party. Osborne was asked why he kept missing his targets on the economy, but he didn’t have an answer. John Humphreys wasn’t in the mood to let him off the hook. Humphreys: My question to...
Farage is starting to sound like Trump
By Harold Stone Nigel Farage dominated Tuesday’s EU referendum debate. Some of us booed him, but that didn’t stop him getting massive applause. “Obama is the most anti-British president America has ever had,” was met with cheers from the audience. “In Brussels,” he continued, “they’re hell-bent on building a European army.” At this point Nick Clegg intervened, raising his voice to be heard over the crowd, “The much bigger danger than this fantasy fear of a European army is Vladimir...
London As It Was 100 Years Ago
Popular streets and areas of London such as Clapham, Brixton, Whitehall, Piccadilly Circus, Harrods and Covent Garden have been given a historical makeover thanks to cutting-edge Google Street View technology. Using street maps, Expedia has documented how these areas have transformed in the last 100 years. They selected 14 different areas of London and obtained Google Street View footage of them, and then took olden images from up to 100 years ago in order to lay these over the top of the modern streets....
Beer of the Week – Rocky Head Zen
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Strength: 4.8% Brewed: Southfields, London Set up by a small group of friends in the summer of 2012, Rocky Head Brewery is heavily inspired by the American craft beer scene, operating as a microbrewery from a site in South West London. Although a somewhat ramshackle organisation, using equipment sourced from various sources, the brewery is becoming known to produce some of London’s finest beer, having even collaborated with the likes of Selfridges in order...
Jeremy Hunt warned NHS now hit ‘crisis point’ with patient safety & care now at risk
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The NHS has hit crisis point with safety and patient care now at risk, a damning report will reveal. The report said that hospitals are really struggling because of pressure on them to make “efficiency savings” of £22bn over four years. Added to that spending by acute hospital trusts on agency staff rose 24% between 2012-13 and 2014-15. These extra costs have added a colossal £880million this year taking the total bill to £4bn. The Public...
Awe, Triumph and Countless Deaths in Dark Souls 3
By Grant Bailey (@GrantDBailey) The Old Truman Brewery, Shoreditch, London – The 2016 PC Gamer Weekender is in full-swing. Friendly neckbeards wander the floor with Wargaming.net swag-bags. A Warhammer 40K spider unit bursts through the wall in a shower of painted card and Styrofoam. Downstairs, grey-clad early birds don HTC Vive headsets to bumble around a virtual reality playpen, confirming VR’s place beside long-time champion the Wiimote as the new Flailing, Failing and Looking Generally Uncomfortable while Gaming accessory. In...
Harry Styles cures teenager’s fear of needles
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A teenager with crippling phobia of needles was cured in time to get a lifesaving jab - thanks to HARRY STYLES. Beth Sansford, 15, refused to have all forms of injections - including the cervical cancer jab, which could have had worrying implications for her long term health. But now she is happy to go under the needle, after a hypnotherapist taught her to visualise her celebrity crush, the One Direction hunk. Beth, who has now...
Transgender taxi driver tracks down attacker in less than 24 hours via facebook
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Melissa Ede, 55, from Hull was attacked driving her cab, but she tracked the culprit down on social media within 24 hours, due to the help of the public. Transgender Melissa was driving her cab on Sunday 31st Jan 2016 when she picked up four rowdy passengers, two male and two female, outside a Casino. She says: “After a few minutes of the journey I started to feel uncomfortable, as the male in the front...
2016 Budget A ‘Toxic Dose Of Austerity’
The 2016 Budget has been hailed 'a toxic dose of austerity' by Green Party leader Natalie Bennett. Early calculations show that the poorest ten per cent of families see no gain from income tax cuts in the budget but the richest ten per cent get almost £200 a year. Bennett said: "The Chancellor’s repeated claim that the Tories have a long-term economic plan that is delivering a stronger economy is looking more absurd by the day. Let's not forget that this latest...