By Michael McNulty Extraction could not have been more appropriately titled. Like having all four of your molars pulled at once it requires a general anesthetic to get you through it. As unimaginative as that was, it’s on a level with the quality of this film. Former CIA operative Leonard Turner, played by a Bruce Willis (who must have stipulated in his contract that he would only provide a level of enthusiasm equal to that of a slug) is kidnapped...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food At some point during our lives, many of us have spent at least one evening (still one too many) within the confines of an overly ostentatious themed pub or restaurant. Those that inspire us to lie, even to ourselves, in the hope of forgetting an establishment that is to good taste what Donald Trump is to common decency. Establishments that reap every opportunity to charge through the nose for an experience that’s often best...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Born from a competition between five of London’s top bartenders – Druid’s Botanist Cup uses Islay’s first and only dry gin – The Botanist – and is currently available from the award-winning Nightjar in Shoreditch until the end of this month. Created by Nightjar’s Nikolett Maczo, the key focus and inspiration for the drink is foraging, using a range of specialty ingredients such as mahonia flowers and rowan berries both handpicked from Haggerston Park....

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Bizarrely, Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary claimed people liked being sanctioned and having their benefits stopped. It is not known if he asked the thousands of people with disabilities, who are to have their ESA cut, if they liked their lowered income. During the shocking outburst he said it help people “focus.” Smith, with a straight face, said that people actually thanked him for cutting their benefits or taking away all together. He...

Rafa Benitez, the only manager in history to have won the UEFA Cup, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Champions League and FIFA Club World Cup has signalled an alien invasion that will end humanity, after signing for Newcastle United. The part-time football manager and full-time lizard king from Zakiza C in the Andromeda galaxy has lived among us for years. On Earth he quickly realised that as well as being an alien sent to wipe out humanity, he was also rather good...

A prominent pop group were left red faced after a full-to-capacity arena retaliated to commands to ‘sing it’ with deadly silence. The group, who had only been on stage for ten minutes, faced a fierce backlash from the crowd after crescendoing into a power chorus only to be met with boos and jeers when they pointed the mic in their direction. Reporters on the ground say fans were protesting to a 50 per cent increase in the cost of gig...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent Clive Bull's award winning show attracts 332,000 listeners each week. Direct Line Landlord Insurance has now signed as the sponsor of LBC's 'The Property Hour' segment. Property expert and advocate of landlord rights Paul Shamplina, founder of Landlord Action will join regular evening host Clive Bull on the programme to discuss the latest housing issues and trends. The Property Hour starts on 10 March and will initially...

Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter  @rgdewinter  @TLE_Sport Another week gone, another set of results that maintain Leicester City’s position of comfortable leaders of the Premier League.  The story has developed from ‘how long can they keep this run going?’ to ‘at this rate they might even make the Champions League’ to ‘wouldn’t it be great if they could win it’ to ‘seriously, this is getting ridiculous – they’re now favourites.’ It doesn’t really matter though whether Leicester do...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport We’re heading into the final quarter of the NBA season when things start to get very serious.  Remember it's the top 8 teams from each conference to go into the play-offs.  Then the winner of each conference goes on to the NBA finals.  So here’s what's going on Stateside. The Cleveland Cavaliers currently sit top of the Eastern Conference; Lebron James' team always looked set to win the East.  They have the...