Parliament today heard the full horror of the Tories’ flagship policy that has left many families looking at the prospect of going hungry for weeks as Christmas approaches. The roll out of Ian Duncan Smith’s brainchild - the Universal Credit welfare overhaul has been criticised by MP’s from all quarters,...
Helen Goodman made a heartfelt plea for families on Universal Credit this festive period, saying it's not so much a merry Christmas as a Victorian Christmas that even Scrooge didn't think of. Almost a quarter of her constituents in Bishop Auckland will be affected by the changes in December which will leave...
By Michael McNulty Mudbound, directed by Dee Rees and based on the novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan, is a mud-caked American epic. Set in the Mississippi delta it tracks the tangled lives of two families over six years. It is both lyrical and poignant, an expertly crafted...
Middleweight MMA fighter and The Ultimate Fighter Season 19 winner Eddie “Truck” Gordon was one of the memorable mixed martial artists on Fox TV's The Ultimate Fighter series. TLE caught up with him for an exclusive interview as he publishes his no holds barred memoir Forever Truckin and prepares to...
A randy teacher who sent a string of explicit emails acting out a schoolgirl sex fantasy has been allowed to keep his job. Christopher Perry used school computers to send messages, including telling the recipient: "I require you to be dressed as a schoolgirl with white knickers." In another message,...
The 17-year-old boy may have been plotting an ISIS-inspired terror attack at a JUSTIN BIEBER concert, the court heard. The lad searched for details of the venue's security just days before the Canadian popstar was due to play at the city's Principality Stadium, jurors were told. He also conducted more...
By Phil Norris Pulling up outside Zadar's Old Town at dusk after a brief jaunt up the Adriatic Highway, I was acutely aware that this imposingly beautiful setting would be best accompanied by a frosty pivo. Over the next two days, I fulfilled this (admittedly very achievable) goal many times over,...
Preparations for the 'wedding of the year' involving Britain's most violent prisoner Charles Bronson were today (Tues) underway. A suit believed to be the one hardman Bronson, 64, will wear when he ties the knot to soap star fiancee Paula Williamson was hand-delivered to HMP Wakefield at 10am in a...
By Pat Levy Over the last couple of years Turkey has had a pretty bad press. On the border of a devastating war zone, damaged by political upheaval and terror attacks, trying to accommodate thousands of refugees , its tourist industry is taking heavy body blows. Which is a terrible...