By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food With an increase in restaurants that focus on communal dining and sharing plates, Forge & Co. has recently launched a new ‘Modern Grill’ at its Shoreditch High Street restaurant. Along with the new menu launch, head chef Timothy Brindley has recently joined the team, having previously worked at Tom’s Kitchen and The Ivy. Inside, the restaurant’s décor is unsurprisingly contemporary and the atmosphere is resplendently casual – a breath of fresh air juxtaposed to...

By Michelle Ryan (@ShellRyan33) These days when it comes to music, especially of the pop genre, it’s either music or lyrics. One will suffer to give centre stage to the other but every so often there are those exceptional moments when an artist gets it all right. Musically and lyrically Charlotte Carpenter has done just that. She knows what she’s doing and she’s not afraid to show it off on her new collection. From the very start, The Fault Line...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  British Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed that the new government jet was purchased “just to piss junior doctors off”. The news broke after junior doctors voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action due to ‘unsafe contracts’. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt stated that the doctors' decision was "very, very disappointing" as he boarded the new A330 wearing a beachcomber hat and Hawaiian shirt. He added that he “put forward a very fair offer for doctors”...

Sport News 24/7 By Billy Stephens  @BillyLaughs  @TLE_Sport A report on European youth football released by the CIES Football Observatory (www.football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/mr/mr09/en/) before the international break revealed that club-trained players plying their trade in the Premier League have been allowed the smallest percentage of playing time out of the top 5 European league so far this season.  The opportunities given to young English footballers, particularly in the top flight, have long been under scrutiny given the international side’s lack of success in...

Ben Fogle’s new programme “New Lives in the Wild UK,” is actually a Crowdfunded initiative, to dump him in the most isolated place in Britain, and leave him there once and for all. Mike Salisbury, 33 Exec Producer (well that’s what he told Ben) said: “He promised he would spend a year on that castaway island for the cameras, and then settle there for the rest of his life, but he hasn’t been off our screens since. “Our algorithm indicated...

By Steve Taggart The cost of offshore wind power could be reduced dramatically due to floating wind turbines. They could be generating power in UK waters by 2020, much cheaper than the cost of new nuclear. There are a number of designs in development and the race is on to prove that this floating technology can be a power source for states who have access to a coastline. Countries would anchor wind farms near their major cities and numerous places...

By Bea Patel, TLE Property Editor and Director of Shop for an Agent The world’s best selling board game – Monopoly - is a resident in many of our homes. Rewind to 1935 when the board came out, rental prices in many areas on the Monopoly board was much cheaper than today. Celebrating National Monopoly Day and the 80th anniversary of the game (19 November 2015), comparisons by Weroom of average rental prices on the board compared to 2015 reveal...

By Sam Webb As urban populations grow, people living in cities have gradually begun to feel disconnected to nature. With the already limited available space shrinking before our eyes, opportunities for gardening in cramped urban environments have become increasingly sort after. This has led to a plethora of products; from high-tech hydroponics to magnetic plant pots – all based around the same motivation, to grow plants, herbs and food in even the smallest of spaces. Cafédirect Producers’ Foundation (CPF), is...

By Steve Taggart After the sickening attacks in Paris, there have been many calls for the west to attack IS in Syria, but the conflict in this brutal civil war is larger than just ISIL. Understanding the history of this conflict is important as it let's us see the background, to the cycle of death, that appears to be never ending in this region. The death toll rises everyday and sadly there seems no end in sight.