Will Aston Villa’s luck finally run out?
Sport News 24/7 By Nick Edmonds @nickedmonds575 @TLE_Sport For a Villa fan, 1983 was a cruel year to be born. Too late for the club's greatest party, when the heavily-fancied Bayern Munich side featuring Paul Breitner, Karl Heinz Rummenigge and co, were put to the sword on that balmy night in Rotterdam, when Villa joined the exclusive list of English sides who have lifted the European Cup. (That’s once more than Arsenal or Man City for anyone keeping count). "Shaw,...
Slam Dunk 2016 Announces First Round Of Acts
2016 marks the 10th Anniversary of Slam Dunk Festival and it looks like they're setting up to make it a big one! Panic At The Disco are set to headline in their first appearance at the festival, with Of Mice & Men, New Found Glory and Four Year Strong putting in killer sets, too. This is only the first round of acts to be announced, with 40+ bands still to announce over 7 stages. The dates and sites for next years' Slam Dunk Festival are:...
Charcuterie Specialists Create Hangover-Preventing Meat
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent With the festive season approaching work productivity is about to face its sternest battle of the year so far; the month-long hangover. In the UK alone, researchers estimate holiday-season hangovers cost businesses almost £260 million, with over half of Brits (53 per cent) admitting that they plan to drink more over the Christmas period. Which is why Peckham-based craft meat business, Serious Pig, has developed a unique snack that aims to stop your dreaded hangover before it’s even kicked...
Apple watch burns man’s arm and glows with heat
By Steve Taggart A Scandinavian man claims that his Apple smart watch overheated and severely burnt his arm. The Dane, Jargen Mouritzen believes that the strap began to overheat and became so hot that he could smell his flesh burning. He struggled to take the watch off, but when he did, he was left with pretty deep burns into his wrist. Mr Mouritzen has said that the Apple have not replied to his complaint and a separate investigation into the cause...
VIDEO – claims Russian made helicopter hit & marine killed
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A video of Syrian rebels allegedly hitting a Russian-made helicopter, and killing a Marine, which was searching for the pilots of the su-24 jet downed today on the Turkey/Syria border, has emerged. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, it was struck with an anti-tank missile. It is claimed a Russain marine was killed during the operation. In the film released by the FSA a missile can be seen travelling towards the helicopter, which...
Mafia has joined fight against IS
By Steve Taggart First it was hackers Anonymous now the Mafia has joined the fight against ISIS. A member of the notorious Gambino New York crime family has warned it not to try anything in the big apple, as it is under Mafia protection. The Mafia has apparently enjoyed a revival in America in the last few years as funding has been diverted away from fighting organised crime into the global threat of terrorism. In a TV interview Giovanni Gambino,...
Research Reveals Narcissistic Smartphone Epidemic Ruining UK Gigs
New research looking into the use of smartphones at live music events has found that we’re more interested in promoting ourselves on social media than taking the time away from our phones to enjoy the music. Nearly a quarter of those polled by Mobiles.co.uk said they would use their phone at a live music event to represent themselves in a certain way on social media, hunt for Likes (22%) and prove they attended the event (30%). In contrast, only 1 in 10 said they...
A Brief History of Austerity
By Harold Stone Austerity comes from the Ancient Greek austērós meaning harshness, sourness or bitterness. It roughly translates as “to singe the tongue”. From this idea of discomfort, an austere person came to mean a stern person, someone who treats others harshly. One of the slaves in the Bible for example, says to his master “I feared thee, because thou art an austere man”. Around the time Christians started to denounce the world (“do not love the world nor the...
Muslim woman thanks Geordie passengers who saved her from anti-muslim abuse
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A muslim lady was subjected to an anti-muslim rant during a journey on public transport, luckily other passengers stepped in to stop the abuse and eject the culprit. Ruhi Rehman, 23 from Newcastle was told she was going to "bomb the train" and told her it was "my country." Ruhi was sitting quietly on a Metro service - Newcastle-upon-Tyne's version of the London Underground - when a man demanded she get off the train. Luckily...