By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor It was a raucous affair, like the last day of term at school before the summer hols, but without Hungry Hippos, Connect Four and any form of discipline. Over at the BBC, news of the tragic air disaster had been dropped, the BBC said it was a decision they had not taken lightly, but a car enthusiast with a decent right hook had been sacked. So it was a momentous day, “remember where you were...

By Alex Jones (@alex_jonze) It’s rare a band comes to the stage of releasing their seventh album and still has the world eager to hear what it will sound like. By now artists have usually laid their cards on the table for all to see, genres explored and boundaries well and truly pushed. And whilst this is certainly true of Muse, the stadium-sized trio still has the eyes (and ears) of the music world upon them. Their new record is...

By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent  A new survey has revealed money worries are the main thing keeping Brits awake at night with as many as nine in ten admitting they’re plagued with sleepless nights, mostly due to fretting over finances. The research of 2,000 adults found money worries topped a myriad of reasons Brits can’t get to sleep, with pressures at work, ill-health and mulling over family matters also a top cause of insomnia. Sunday was found to be the worst...

By Charlotte Hope, Lifestyle Editor @TLE_Lifestyle Zayn Malik signed off for stress Zayn Malik, one fifth of incredibly popular boyband One Direction, has been signed off a few shows on the band’s world tour, citing stress as the reason. This all has come quite close to the emergence of some photos of Zayn apparently holding hands with a girl from Essex, whilst the band were in Thailand. To be specific, news outlets are referring to the girl in question as...

The cost of desk space in serviced offices has grown by double figures across the UK in the past year, as the sector continues its expansion, according to research from the industry’s leading broker. The number of serviced offices across the country has risen by 3.6 per cent, in addition to an 11.4 per cent increase in desk rates.  Growth in the number of such spaces across Central London is as high as 17 per cent in Southbank and 11...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Tying in with World Malbec Day on April 17th – a celebration of one of the Argentina’s most popular wines – M Restaurants will be hosting a week-long celebration, between April 13th-18th, to honour the popularity of this seductive Argentine varietal. As would perhaps have been expected from Martin Williams, the former Managing Director of Gaucho Restaurants’ debut solo venture, M Grill and M Raw will be celebrating the event in style. Set to...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Located on the corner of a swanky Leicester Square hotel, Spice Market is the London outpost of World-renowned chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, inspired by the Pan Asian street food that he fell in love with upon his travels of the Continent. Offering a menu that includes a number of tasty Asian inspired treats, although delivered in an atmosphere that’s far more refined than street huts. Instead, Spice Market obtains a stylish ambience of dark wood...

By Corrina Antrobus, film reviewer @corrinacorrina Paul King’s theatrical adaptation of Michael Bond’s 1985 Paddington is not just a teddy bear’s picnic, it’s a big warm bear hug to London as a melting-pot. However you can banish any fears of saccharine soaked naffness. It obviates tokenism with its insistence on painting our capital with kaleidoscope colours and fond cultural salutes; Mum wears African prints, daughter is bilingual and the nautical nods from dad and Mrs Bird can’t be a coincidence....

By Max Bluer The sweeping presidential powers, the detention of political opponents, even the troop mobilisations are empty gestures. President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela's main goal is now to distract his people, and the world, from his country's problems.   Highly dangerous. A power grab. A smokescreen. The response from internal opponents and the international community to the Venezuelan Congress' decision to grant President Nicolás Maduro new decree powers has been overwhelmingly critical. The law, which in its preamble specifies its...