Is war between Turkey and Russia more likely as Russian warship enters Med?
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor It appears that tensions between Turkey and Russia are continuing to grow today, following the shooting down of a Russian jet yesterday. Mr Putin has said that he will send a new air defence system to Syria. alongside that he has despatched a warship to the Mediterranean sea. The advanced S-400 air defence system will be taken to a Russian base in the Latakia area of Syria, their defence minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed. To add...
An Idiot’s Adventures In Gameland – Steve McNeil
26: This Is My Island In The Sun…Heatwave! Hello, dear reader. Firstly, congratulations to those who recognised that this week’s title is a seemingly random reference to a line in The Muppet Christmas Carol sung by a rat. I love Christmas and, if you got the reference, I love you too. Despite loving Christmas, I’ve chosen to spend a lot of the last week on a tropical island. Not on a ‘winter sun break’ like those self-satisfied idiots you work...
The Legacy of Thatcherite Economics
By James Clark The Thatcherite legacy has remained ingrained in the centre right consensus of mainstream political politics for decades. The Winter of Discontent hammered the final nail of stigma into the British Trade Union movement. Whilst a crisis of supply side inflationary pressure eat away at pay packets, strikes were the only reasonable means of maintaining a decent standard of living for the average public sector worker. Thatcher’s response in countering these external supply shocks was to obliterate workers pay,...
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,...