Hashtag #boycottbyron has gone viral after the popular burger chain was accused of laying an immigration trap for its workers. Dozens of workers at Byron Burger were arrested in an "intelligence led" raid by immigration officials last night after staff were lured into thinking they were attending a training day. Workers from ...
Many were dubious by the Ice Bucket Challenge that swept the digital universe in 2014, indeed we at the London Economic initially were not too impressed. We whole-heartedly apologise now, as it has actually achieved something. Millions of people, including high profile celebrities, filmed themselves having a bucket of ice ...
An astonishing video has been released that features an orangutan who can talk! Rocky has somehow managed to learn to talk like a human being. The eight-year-old primate has copied words and reproduced them to scientists in a "conversational context". Rocky mimicked the tone and pitch of human vowel sounds. ...
After the disgusting events of yesterday at a Church in Normandy, when a Priest was murdered in cold blood, the terrorists’ attentions appear to be turning to London. There have been images threatening attacks on the UK capital circulating via Telegram, a messaging app used by Islamic terrorists. The warning ...
More depressing UK economic news has been released, this time in relation to wage growth. Britain has seen a larger decline in real wages since the 2007 credit crunch than any other developed country apart from Greece. It is feared that Brexit may have an even more negative impact on ...
By Elena Orde, Editor of The Vegan You may have seen recent news stories about a malnourished child who was removed from his parents. A sad case, of course, but given that malnutrition affects over 3 million people in the UK, why has this particular story made international headlines? Because ...
The Secret Garden Party, a music festival in Cambridgeshire, was the first in the UK to use illegal drug testing, last weekend. It is thought around two hundred people used the service, so they could ensure that their illegal drugs did not contain any additional harmful substances, reports the Guardian. ...
Barack Obama's half-brother Malik has backed Donald Trump in the upcoming US Presidential election. The Kenyan pronounced to the BBC World Service "My name is Malik and I will be voting for Mr Donald Trump," in an interview where he backed the outspoken Republican candidate because he came across as a "straightforward ...
A teacher has decided to ditch her job as a £2k a month teacher to make a living playing Pokemon Go. It may seem far-fetched to many but it seems that it is possible to make substantial sums of money from the game. Sophia Pedraza, 26, plans to cash in ...