Charlie Herbert

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Charlie is a politics writer for JOE and The London Economic. Having previously covered everything from Eurovision and the general election to the Rugby World Cup and the Brits - along with a spell in charge of the famous JOE Friday Pub Quiz - he's since moved over to focusing on politics on both sides of the Atlantic. Now content editor at The London Economic, Charlie continues to be a contributor to JOE's political content. Away from matters of Trump and Starmer, he has a keen interest in pretty much every sport, and is a regular guest on the FootballJOE Quiz - with varying degrees of success!

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  • Love Island’s Mike Boateng on being a black police officer

    Love Island’s Mike Boateng on being a black police officer

    “A lot of my friends stopped talking to me.” Love Island star Mike Boateng has opened up about the moral dilemma he faced as a black police officer, and explained his reasoning for joining the force. Speaking to JOE as part of a panel discussing police violence and racism in the UK a year on […]

    5 years ago

  • US city votes to make abortion punishable with six months in prison

    US city votes to make abortion punishable with six months in prison

    The city has declared itself a “sanctuary city for the unborn.” A city in Ohio, USA, has voted unanimously to outlaw abortion. The city council in Lebanon, Ohio, voted unanimously on Tuesday night to pass an ordinance outlawing abortion there, and declaring the city a “sanctuary city for the unborn.” The practice will now be […]

    5 years ago

  • Irn Bru fish and chips are a thing and I don’t know how to feel about it

    Irn Bru fish and chips are a thing and I don’t know how to feel about it

    Only in Glasgow. There’s no doubt that Scotland is a country of many wonders, and Glasgow is a city of many wonders. And there is perhaps no world in which this is more apparent than the culinary one. Scottish salmon. Haggis. Deep-fried Mars bars. And of course Irn Bru, the drink of Scotland. Well now […]

    5 years ago

  • Channel 4’s Hunted is on the lookout  for new contestants

    Channel 4’s Hunted is on the lookout for new contestants

    The hit show is back for a new series, and is looking for “ordinary” people. One of TV’s most unique shows is returning for another tense series of hiding and hunting. Yes, that’s right, Channel 4’s Hunted is back, and they’re looking for contestants for the new edition of the show. The concept is simple: […]

    5 years ago

  • YouTuber arrested for tying dog to balloons and sending into the air

    YouTuber arrested for tying dog to balloons and sending into the air

    “It was the wrong content that has gone out.” A Youtuber has been arrested after making a video of him tying his pet dog to balloons and sending it floating into the air. Indian YouTuber Guarav – who has four million subscribers – was detained after attaching his pet dog ‘Dollar’ to hydrogen balloons. Footage […]

    5 years ago

  • Dog stabbed seven times and left to die is now living her best life

    Dog stabbed seven times and left to die is now living her best life

    She’s now been nominated for an award. Here’s a heartwarming story for you, courtesy of the The Naturo Superdog Awards. Yes, they are a thing, and yes, spending 10 mins browsing through the nominees is the perfect tonic to a stressful day and the goings-on in the world. For this story, we’re going to go […]

    5 years ago

  • Streamer hit in the head by woman after using racial slur in front of her

    Streamer hit in the head by woman after using racial slur in front of her

    “What the f**k you just said that first time?” An online streamer has recorded himself being hit in the head by a Black security guard in New Orleans after using a racist slur while talking to her. In the footage, the white streamer, who has been identified as ‘Loulz’, approaches the woman, who appears to […]

    5 years ago

  • Four-day work week in the UK ‘could drastically cut carbon footprint’

    Four-day work week in the UK ‘could drastically cut carbon footprint’

    It could shrink emissions by 127 million tonnes. A report has suggested that the introduction of a four day week in the UK would dramatically reduce the country’s carbon footprint and help it meet its climate targets. The study found that a four-day week by the year 2025 would shrink the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions […]

    5 years ago

  • BBC cut away from Cummings just as he confirmed he was a Kuenssberg source

    BBC cut away from Cummings just as he confirmed he was a Kuenssberg source

    He said he spoke to Kuenssberg once every three or four weeks. The BBC spoke over Dominic Cummings at the very moment that he revealed that the only media person he had spoken to in recent months was the broadcaster’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg. In one of a number of eye-catching moments from his appearance […]

    5 years ago

  • Boris Johnson says ‘we did everything we could’ to protect NHS and care homes

    Boris Johnson says ‘we did everything we could’ to protect NHS and care homes

    It’s after Dominic Cummings’ scathing criticism of the government on Wednesday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected claims from his former aide Dominic Cummings that tens of thousands of people died of Covid because of government failings, and has insisted that he and the government did “everything we could” to save lives. Asked whether tens […]

    5 years ago

  • Hancock responds to Dominic Cummings’ claims he is a liar

    Hancock responds to Dominic Cummings’ claims he is a liar

    “I have been straight with people in public and in private throughout.” Matt Hancock has hit back at Dominic Cummings’ allegations on Wednesday that the Health Secretary repeatedly lied during meetings and conversations surrounding how the government was dealing with the pandemic last year. On Wednesday Prime Minister’s former aide claimed that Hancock should have […]

    5 years ago

  • Gordon Ramsay’s daughter spent 3 months in hospital after sexual assaults

    Gordon Ramsay’s daughter spent 3 months in hospital after sexual assaults

    She was reflecting on her mental health battle at university. Gordon Ramsay’s 21-year-old daughter Holly has opened up about her experiences suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), revealing that she spent three months in a mental health hospital after being sexually assaulted twice. Speaking in her podcast 21 & Over with Holly Ramsay, she said […]

    5 years ago

  • Jack Black pays tribute to School of Rock co-star Kevin Clark who died aged 32

    Jack Black pays tribute to School of Rock co-star Kevin Clark who died aged 32

    He was just 32. Jack Black has paid tribute to his School of Rock co-star Kevin Clark, who passed away at the age of just 32, describing him as a “beautiful soul.” Clark played drummer Freddy Jones in the classic 2003 comedy, but tragically died on Wednesday after he was hit by a motorist whilst […]

    5 years ago

  • The secret code word cabin crew use to signal that you’re attractive

    The secret code word cabin crew use to signal that you’re attractive

    Cabin crew have their own gossip and code words it would seem. In a job in which you are trapped in close proximity with hundreds of other people for hours at a time, is it any wonder that cabin crew have created their own codes and secret words to vent their true feelings to colleagues? […]

    5 years ago

  • 37 is the age you should stop going out clubbing, according to study

    37 is the age you should stop going out clubbing, according to study

    Got a few years left in the locker then. It’s got to be right up there as the thing that we’ve missed most since Covid entered our lives: going out to clubs. Well, at least it should be if you’re under the age of 37, because this is the age at which we should all […]

    5 years ago

  • Hot tub stream page on Twitch overtaken by videos of otters

    Hot tub stream page on Twitch overtaken by videos of otters

    It’s the controversy that has been gripping the platform in recent weeks. The Twitch hot tub story has been a while ride. If you’re not familiar with it, it goes a little something like this: Twitch’s policies allow content creators to wear certain clothing if it is in an appropriate setting, meaning that people have […]

    5 years ago

  • Seth Rogen just wants some comedians to accept their jokes haven’t aged well

    Seth Rogen just wants some comedians to accept their jokes haven’t aged well

    “Jokes are not things that necessarily are built to last.” Seth Rogen has spoken about the issue of comedians that have made jokes in the past that would be far less acceptable in today’s day and age, as he continues to promote his new memoir, Yearbook. Having spoken to the Sunday Times earlier this month […]

    5 years ago

  • Russell Brand criticises media and social media companies for ‘Hunter Biden censorship’

    Russell Brand criticises media and social media companies for ‘Hunter Biden censorship’

    He has claimed that the media “conspired to keep information away from you because it was not convenient to their agenda.” Russell Brand has accused mainstream and social media companies of suppressing reporting of allegations surrounding Hunter Biden made in the build-up to the 2020 presidential election. In October 2020, the New York Post reported […]

    5 years ago

  • A huge Italian street food festival is coming to Manchester

    A huge Italian street food festival is coming to Manchester

    It’s the biggest Italian food festival in the UK. Festa Italiana will be returning to Manchester for its fourth edition this year, bringing a taste of Italy to Cathedral Gardens over the August bank holiday. First launched in 2017, the event is the largest Italian food festival in the country, featuring delicious pizza, fresh pasta, […]

    5 years ago

  • People are already calling Anya Taylor-Joy’s new horror ‘the best film of 2021’

    People are already calling Anya Taylor-Joy’s new horror ‘the best film of 2021’

    The first trailer was released on Tuesday. Horror fans have been left delighted after the first trailer dropped for a new horror film featuring Anya Taylor-Joy. Directed by Edgar Wright, famous for directing the ‘Cornetto Trilogy’ and Baby Driver, Last Night In Soho looks like a mind-bending psychological horror featuring The Queen’s Gambit star Taylor-Joy […]

    5 years ago

  • Sikh boy, five, has ‘sacred hair cut by school bullies’

    Sikh boy, five, has ‘sacred hair cut by school bullies’

    The boy is said to be “deeply hurt.” A five-year-old Sikh boy has been the victim of a shocking attack by bullies, who cut his hair with scissors while at school. The boy, from Alexandra McLeod Primary School in South East London, has launched an investigation into the alleged incident. The boy has never had […]

    5 years ago

  • Hillsborough trial of former South Yorkshire police officers collapses

    Hillsborough trial of former South Yorkshire police officers collapses

    The trial involved two former South Yorkshire police officers and the force’s former solicitor. A judge has stopped the trial of two former South Yorkshire police officers and the force’s former solicitor, who had been charged with perverting the course of justice for amending police statements after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. The Guardian reports that Mr […]

    5 years ago

  • Love Island bosses ‘want bisexual contestants to make up almost half the new cast’

    Love Island bosses ‘want bisexual contestants to make up almost half the new cast’

    Producers are aiming for 40% of the contestants to be bisexual. Love Island bosses are reportedly looking to sign up bisexual islanders ahead of the new series of the show. Whilst this wouldn’t be the first time that the show has had bisexual contestants, previous seasons have focused almost entirely on mixed-gender pairings. ITV bosses […]

    5 years ago

  • Eight animal rights protesters charged after McDonald’s blockade

    Eight animal rights protesters charged after McDonald’s blockade

    The group blocked the entrance to one of the fast food chain’s distribution centres. Eight animal rights activists have been charged with aggravated trespass after using vehicles and bamboo structures to blockade a McDonalds distribution centre in Basingstoke on Saturday. Animal Rebellion carried out protests at depots in Hemel Hempstead, Basingstoke, Coventry and Heywood in […]

    5 years ago

  • First man to get Pfizer jab William Shakespeare dies aged 81

    First man to get Pfizer jab William Shakespeare dies aged 81

    He was only the second person in the world to get the jab. William Shakespeare, the first man to get the Pfizer-BioNTech, has sadly passed away at the age of 81, of an illness unrelated to the vaccine Coventry councillor Jayne Innes, a friend of Mr Shakespeare, said he had died on Thursday and added […]

    5 years ago

  • Police hunting four men over shooting of Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson

    Police hunting four men over shooting of Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson

    The 27-year-old was shot in the head in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police are searching for four black men over the shooting of Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson. Johnson was shot in the head in Peckham, South London after the four men stormed into a garden party and opened fire. However Scotland […]

    5 years ago

  • Elliot Page praised for first shirtless pic since coming out as trans

    Elliot Page praised for first shirtless pic since coming out as trans

    The actor revealed he was trans in December last year. Elliot Page has been praised by fans and celebrities alike after posting his first topless picture on social media since announcing that he was transgender. At the end of last year, the actor, best known for his roles in Juno and Inception, revealed to his […]

    5 years ago

  • Eurovision winner to take voluntary drug test after cocaine accusations

    Eurovision winner to take voluntary drug test after cocaine accusations

    The Eurovision cocaine allegations rumble on. One of the more unexpected news stories of the year so far continues to develop as the lead singer of Eurovision winners Maneskin faces accusations of having been caught on camera taking drugs. During the show on Saturday night, footage of the band’s lead singer, Damiano David, went viral […]

    5 years ago

  • Marcus Rashford opens door to move to European giants

    Marcus Rashford opens door to move to European giants

    “I would never say no” Marcus Rashford has revealed in an interview that he is open to the idea of playing abroad at some point in his career. Speaking to the Guardian in wide-ranging interview covering his charity work, upbringing, and new children’s book amongst other things, Rashford said that he would “never say no” […]

    5 years ago

  • Downing Street “tried to block” data on Covid variant’s spread in English schools

    Downing Street “tried to block” data on Covid variant’s spread in English schools

    The lack of transparency has been labelled as “deeply worrying.” Downing Street reportedly put pressure on Public Health England (PHE) not to publish crucial data on how the new variant of Covid was spreading in schools. The Observer reports that it has seen documents and evidence showing that Number 10 removed a page of data […]

    5 years ago

  • Maneskin fans find ‘proof’ that Eurovision winner didn’t use cocaine during show

    Maneskin fans find ‘proof’ that Eurovision winner didn’t use cocaine during show

    Many have been quick to leap to the defence of the Italian rockers after the suspicious-looking footage went viral Fans of Eurovision winners Maneskin have defended the band after they faced accusations of drug taking during the live show on Saturday night. Footage from the show went viral on Twitter as many said that it […]

    5 years ago

  • At least 12 dead as cable car falls in Italy

    At least 12 dead as cable car falls in Italy

    The accident happened near Lake Maggiore in Northern Italy. Italian rescue services have said that at least twelve people have died after a cable car fell in northern Italy. Initial reports had suggested that eight had died in the accident. Alpine rescue officials have warned that the death toll may still rise. The accident reportedly […]

    5 years ago

  • Study finds Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines effective against Indian variant

    Study finds Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines effective against Indian variant

    “Get your second dose.” A study has found that the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines are highly effective against the so-called Indian variant of Covid after two doses. Both vaccines were only 33% effective against the variant three weeks after the first dose, compared to 50% effectiveness against the dominant Kent variant that gripped the country […]

    5 years ago

  • Policewoman who shouted “Free Palestine” at protest won’t be sacked

    Policewoman who shouted “Free Palestine” at protest won’t be sacked

    The officer was recorded shouting “Free, free Palestine” while on duty at a rally in London. A policewoman who publicly supported Palestine during a demonstration is reportedly set to avoid the sack. According to the Mail, colleagues of the officer believe that she will not be dismissed because those that took the knee to show […]

    5 years ago

  • UK’s James Newman fails to score a single point at Eurovision

    UK’s James Newman fails to score a single point at Eurovision

    It was an embarrassing night for the UK as Italy took the title The United Kingdom suffered a crushing defeat at the Eurovision Song Contest, as James Newman came away with zero points for his song Embers. The UK was the only country to not get a single point on the night from either the […]

    5 years ago

  • Germany bans UK travellers in response to Indian Covid variant

    Germany bans UK travellers in response to Indian Covid variant

    The travel ban will come into place from midnight on 23 May. Germany is to ban Britons from entering after the country’s Public Health institute designated the UK as a “virus variant area of concern”. From midnight on Sunday, May 23, only German citizens and residents will be allowed to enter the country from Great […]

    5 years ago