43,900 Winter deaths are highest since 1999
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Regrettably last year there were an estimated 43,900 death in England and Wales last winter. It was the highest number since 1999. A report has said that the flu virus was the major cause of the rise and most of the deaths involved people who are over 75. One of the reasons why so many people died due to the flu virus, is because the vaccine was less effective than previous years. There were more...
Parliamentary Sketch 25th Nov – Osborne’s slashing discredited
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor If you change your mind on something because of external pressure does that mean you have done the right thing, or have you been forced into it? For example, hypothetically, if I decided to slash my neighbour’s tyres for mowing their lawn on Saturday morning, but my girlfriend told me repeatedly it was an excessive resposne, and she might leave me if I did; I’d change my mind. Have I now done the honourable thing?...
Beer of the Week – Five Points Brewing Co. IPA
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Strength: 7.1% ABV Brewed: Hackney, London Based in the heart of East London’s Hackney, Five Points Brewing Co. first started to become established in 2013, following their Five Points Pale Ale, and now there are four beers within the brewery’s core range. We’ve already enjoyed the brewery’s Hook Island Red, but this week’s pick is Five Points’ IPA. Brewed using Cascade and Galaxy hops, the amber beer is topped with a very thin white...
How does Having Children Impact Relationships?
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent We all know that having children dramatically alters your life, but what effect does it have on your relationship? New research has revealed that new parents have less quality time together, go on fewer date nights and say ‘I love you’ less often than before they had children – but still manage to maintain their sex lives. After starting a family, parents admit they also kissed their partner less often, went on fewer nights out with...
In Defence Of Star Wars: Battlefront
Battlefront is getting a bit of a kicking. Actually it is getting pretty universally torn apart. The criticism is certainly warranted, it literally costs an arm and a leg (which might explain the flight controls) and there is about as much content as there are drag clubs in Saudi Arabia. Still, that being said it’s copping hefty criticism from all corners in the sort of mass ‘band-wagoning’ usually reserved for anything that smells or quacks like #gamergate. So, what is...
Starbucks or Syria: What Civilisation are we Fighting for?
By Darragh Roche Sitting in a packed Starbucks across from the Brandenburg Gate a few years ago, a Berlin-based friend pointed out the former Soviet embassy across the street, once the largest in the world. Sipping a frothy cappuccino in a café where the staff spoke English, I didn’t realise we were in the former East Berlin. The old heart of the repressive communist state is now crowded with pricey shops, American coffee chains and oblivious tourists. Starbucks, the shibboleth of...
Review: Redlight – X colour
If you’ve ever liked raving and misbehaving (post 1999) then you will probably have heard of Redlight. Known as a producer of quirky club music, the Bristol-raised, London-based producer has stepped away from his previous sound to deliver a bassline driven debut album: X Colour. The album is full of constant changes: an intro track eases in the listener and builds to the bass orientated house track ‘Gold Teeth’. It then unexpectedly shifts to the more radio friendly tropical house...
Where Will Osborne’s Axe Fall Today?
By Callum Towler When the Tories claimed a surprise majority back in May, we knew debilitating cuts were inevitable. Today, in his Autumn Statement, we’ll find out exactly where George’s Osborne’s axe will fall. Conservative ideology involves a ruthless commitment to shrinking the state. Balancing this with ambitions of winning an election in 2020 means targeting cuts at groups least likely to vote Conservative: the young and working poor. While safe-guarding mid to high income earners and pensioners, who turn out...
Businesses should ‘take on Charities’ role’ to end Global Poverty by 2030
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent Charities could be irrelevant by 2030 if business leaders put global prosperity on a par with profit, according to eco-entrepreneur Arthur Kay. The 24-year-old founder of innovative green energy business bio-bean and recent Green Challenge and Guardian Sustainable Business Leader of the Year winner, will call on fellow entrepreneurs to spell out how their future business models will actively create a fair, clean, green and equal world at the UCL Institute of Global Prosperity (IGP) event, Countdown 2030,...