A disabled woman says she was punched in the head for cruising around town on her bright pink mobility scooter - that is decorated with gemstones. Sarah Chelsom, who glammed-up her scooter with diamantes and rhinestones simply to make her neighbours' smile, says she was punched in back of ...
In 1853 in the run up to the Crimean War John Russell quoted Nicholas I of Russia as describing the Ottoman Empire as "the sick man of Europe". Over the years the term has been applied to most failing states within the continent and as 2016 ticked around it was Britain's turn ...
A former city Lord Mayor has been placed back in chains for making and distributing indecent images of children. Neil Taggart, 65, was jailed after he admitted eight child sex offences when he appeared at Leeds Crown Court, West Yorks. Taggart, who was a leading figure on Leeds City Council ...
Councillors are calling on the Home Secretary to sack a police and crime commissioner who suggested gun-toting civilians could be used to tackle terrorists. The Labour group on Plymouth City Council passed a no confidence vote in Devon and Cornwall Police czar Alison Hernandez over her "stupid and dangerous" ...
As a damning three year independent inquiry into child abuse in the Jersey care system has warned children are still at risk, the whistleblowers who originally revealed the extent of the organised abuse told The London Economic that perpetrators and those who covered up their crimes are still at large on ...
A student was almost blinded and left with facial scars after she was viciously glassed in the FACE by a man at a bar on holiday. Danielle Beavis-Smith, 22, was enjoying her last night of a break in Egypt with her boyfriend and family when she was attacked by another ...
Invigorated with a refreshingly ebullient zeal, the films of Edgar Wright have never been known to suppress their influences. His feature debut – A Fistful of Fingers, “the greatest western ever made… in Somerset” – was dedicated to Sergio Leone, amongst others, and delighted in imitating the gritty, sun-scorched design ...
We’re celebrating the release of what is destined to be an acid house classic with a great giveaway of the brilliant new Incidents album by Mr C as well as an interview with the London clubland icon, putting the world bang to rights. The London Economic caught up with the globe-trotting DJ ...
Of all the probing questions that might have been proffered up by Amol Rajan in the first episode of BBC Radio 4's Media Show since the General Election an examination into whether Fleet Street has lost its influence on British politics probably wasn't one of them. But as it was the episode, which ...