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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  • Met Police responds to one million partiers ‘attending’ No 10 Christmas rave

    Met Police responds to one million partiers ‘attending’ No 10 Christmas rave

    ‘We won’t grass on yer’ The Met Police have replied to an invite from someone to a Christmas rave that more have 450,000 people will be ‘attending’ this year. Hundreds of thousands of people have responded to a Facebook event inviting them to attend a Christmas rave at 10 Downing Street, with the joke event […]

    4 years ago

  • Majority of people think Boris Johnson should resign, according to new poll

    Majority of people think Boris Johnson should resign, according to new poll

    The party that brought down a parliament? A new poll has found that the majority of the British public think that Boris Johnson should resign as prime minister, in the aftermath of the Downing Street Christmas party scandal. The snap poll, from Opinium, found that 53 per cent of those asked believed that the prime […]

    4 years ago

  • Pope says sex outside marriage ‘isn’t most serious sin’

    Pope says sex outside marriage ‘isn’t most serious sin’

    It’s after the Archbishop of Paris resigned over allegations of an intimate relationship with a woman During a question and answer session with reporters on a flight back to Italy from Greece on Monday December 6, the Pope said: “Sins of the flesh are not the most serious.” He said that pride and hatred were […]

    4 years ago

  • ITV News’ intro to Downing Street Christmas party clip is absolutely brutal

    ITV News’ intro to Downing Street Christmas party clip is absolutely brutal

    Tom Bradby was taking no prisoners. ITV News anchor Tom Bradby has been praised for his brutal introduction to the channel’s report on the infamous Downing Street Christmas party clip, in which staff at Number 10 laughed and joked about the party four days after it happened. On Tuesday, ITV got hold of a clip […]

    4 years ago

  • Largest weed brownie in the world is going up for sale

    Largest weed brownie in the world is going up for sale

    The brownie contains the equivalent of 25 joints A company in Massachusetts has created the ‘world’s largest’ weed brownie – and is selling the bad boy. MariMed, a cannabis operator in the US state, decided to create the monster edible to celebrate National Brownie Day and a new product they’re launching – Bubby’s Baked. These […]

    4 years ago

  • Viagra may lower Alzheimer’s risk, study suggests

    Viagra may lower Alzheimer’s risk, study suggests

    Scientists have found that those who take viagra could be 69 per cent less likely to develop the disease A study in the US has found that viagra could be an effective treatment against Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s, which is the most common form of age-related dementia, affects hundreds of millions of people around the world […]

    4 years ago

  • Electrician jailed after castrating several men at their request in Germany

    Electrician jailed after castrating several men at their request in Germany

    He performed the operations on his kitchen table, telling his victims he was a trained medical professional A German court has convicted a 67-year-old electrician of aggravated, dangerous and simple assault for removing the testicles of several men at their request. Between July 2018 and March 2020, the man castrated or partially amputated the genitals […]

    4 years ago

  • Nick Cannon reveals heartbreak after his 5-month-old son dies of a brain tumour

    Nick Cannon reveals heartbreak after his 5-month-old son dies of a brain tumour

    He made the announcement on Tuesday morning’s edition of his show Actor Nick Cannon has announced that his youngest son, Zen, has died from a brain tumour. Cannon shared the heartbreaking news on Tuesday morning (December 7) on The Nick Cannon Show, telling the audience his 5-month-old son passed away after previously suffering from hydrocephalus […]

    4 years ago

  • Salt Bae customer claims staff member refused £10 tip

    Salt Bae customer claims staff member refused £10 tip

    The man made the claim in an online review, giving the restaurant one star A diner at Salt Bae’s Knightsbridge restaurant has claimed that staff turned down a £10 tip. Restaurant Nusr-Et, by Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe aka Salt Bae, has made headlines in recent weeks for its ludicrous prices and gold-covered steaks. However it […]

    4 years ago

  • Elon Musk is being roasted for his super-villain haircut

    Elon Musk is being roasted for his super-villain haircut

    It’s a bold look, to say the least Elon Musk has unveiled a new look and Twitter has had a field day, roasting the billionaire for what seems to be the latest development in his transition into a real-life supervillain. The Tesla founder and world’s richest man unveiled his swirly mohawk haircut when he was […]

    4 years ago

  • Sports Direct staff self-isolating with covid told to go into work

    Sports Direct staff self-isolating with covid told to go into work

    Workers at two Sports Direct stores say staff were forced to come in instead of self-isolating Staff at Sports Direct were allegedly made to come into work when they should have been self-isolating, resulting in others catching covid-19. A former sales assistant at a Sports Direct store in Harringey, east London, told the Mirror that […]

    4 years ago

  • Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’ dad to release body to family for funeral

    Arthur Labinjo-Hughes’ dad to release body to family for funeral

    He hoped the decision to release Arthur’s body would give his mother a ‘tiny scrap of peace’ The father of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes will release his son’s body to his mother for a funeral. Thomas Hughes, who on Friday was jailed for 21 years for the death of his son, had been “passive” on the issue […]

    4 years ago

  • Jake Paul confirms Tommy Fury fight is cancelled – Woodley announced as replacement

    Jake Paul confirms Tommy Fury fight is cancelled – Woodley announced as replacement

    He has accused Fury of ‘fumbling’ the fight Jake Paul has officially confirmed that his fight with Tyson Fury has been cancelled, with Tyron Woodley announced as his replacement. Paul labelled Tommy Fury as “Tommy Fumbles” and said that he was up for fighting “anyone” when he heard Fury couldn’t fight. He added that Woodley […]

    4 years ago

  • TikTok ‘time traveller’ claims ‘humans’ lives will change forever on Christmas Day

    TikTok ‘time traveller’ claims ‘humans’ lives will change forever on Christmas Day

    Spoiler alert: they won’t A TikTok ‘time traveller’ has warned the world that on Christmas day 2021 the way humans live will be “changed forever.” The account called @ThatOneTimeTraveler shared the bold claim to their 1.3 million followers in the latest of their predictions about what is going to happen in the future. The person […]

    4 years ago

  • UK city says racist street names ‘will not change’

    UK city says racist street names ‘will not change’

    The city conducted a review of its streets in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement Sheffield City Council has said that street names in the city associated with “racist, outdated and uncomfortable messages” will not be changed. The city ordered a review of street names that “perpetuate” racism after protests in Bristol last […]

    4 years ago

  • Grandma takes 2000 mile trip round edge of England – using only pensioner bus pass

    Grandma takes 2000 mile trip round edge of England – using only pensioner bus pass

    The epic journey took almost six weeks and 120 buses A grandma has completed a 2,200 mile trip around the edge of England and Scotland by bus, using only her free pensioners’ bus pass. Penny Ibbott travelled anti-clockwise around the country in an epic journey, starting from the centre of the south coast on the […]

    4 years ago

  • Nearly all of UK under weather warning as wind and snow due to hit tomorrow

    Nearly all of UK under weather warning as wind and snow due to hit tomorrow

    It comes just days after Storm Arwen hit the country Almost all of the UK has been placed under a yellow weather warning from Tuesday December 7, with Storm Barra set to hit many parts of the country. The storm is due to bring more disruption following the recent Storm Arwen, with yellow warnings of […]

    4 years ago

  • Man tries to dodge Covid vaccine by wearing fake arm

    Man tries to dodge Covid vaccine by wearing fake arm

    He’s now facing charges of fraud as a result A man in Italy tried to avoid getting the Covid vaccine by wearing a fake arm to his appointment. The incident took place at a vaccine hub in Biella, near Turn, and the man has since faced a charge of fraud. Turning up for his appointment, […]

    4 years ago

  • Belgian court says enforcing Covid vaccine pass is illegal

    Belgian court says enforcing Covid vaccine pass is illegal

    The region will be fined until it stops enforcing the policy A court in Belgium has ruled that a Covid pass policy in a region of the country is unlawful and may be in breach of European law. The Covid Safe Ticket (CST) policy in the region of Wallonia, which had been in place since […]

    4 years ago

  • Cat suffers from rare condition that makes them gain insane muscle mass

    Cat suffers from rare condition that makes them gain insane muscle mass

    Purina gains. A cat has gone viral on Reddit for being an absolute unit. But it’s not because of any special diet or training regime, with the cat actually having a rare condition that makes animals gain insane amounts of muscle mass. According to the Reddit user who posted the image, the cat suffers from […]

    4 years ago

  • Yorkshire CCC sack entire coaching team after racism scandal

    Yorkshire CCC sack entire coaching team after racism scandal

    Yorkshire has said the decision was ‘difficult’ but ‘in the best interests of the club.’ The entire coaching team at Yorkshire County Cricket Club has been sacked in the aftermath of the recent racism scandal that the club has been hit with, the club has announced. It follows allegations of racist abuse from former player […]

    4 years ago

  • Bride faints on groom, vomits and gets pooed on during ceremony

    Bride faints on groom, vomits and gets pooed on during ceremony

    Well they say bad things come in threes… An unfortunate bride has shared the story of her wedding day, during which she fainted, threw up and was then pooed on by her baby nephew. Hollee Lynnea-Kolenda Darnell, 22, who is from the US city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, got married to her new husband, Jackson, at a […]

    4 years ago

  • The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 272

    The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 272

    I’m so quizzy, my head is spinning! Hello again. It’s that time of year once more. You can’t avoid it. It’s everywhere you go, and if you don’t like it then tough, people are still going to shout it from the rooftops. No, I’m not talking about Christmas, I’m of course on about Spotify Wrapped […]

    4 years ago

  • Mum in jail for murder pays tribute to son, 6, killed by his dad and new girlfriend

    Mum in jail for murder pays tribute to son, 6, killed by his dad and new girlfriend

    She described her six-year-old son as ‘the light of my life’ and ‘best friend.’ The mother of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, who was killed by his dad and stepmom, has paid tribute to her son from prison. Olivia Labinjo-Halcrow, who is serving a jail term for killing her boyfriend, described her son as “the light of my […]

    4 years ago

  • Man jailed for planting razor blades in pizza dough at supermarkets

    Man jailed for planting razor blades in pizza dough at supermarkets

    He told the court he did it to get revenge on the company that fired him. A man has been sentenced to almost five years in prison for putting razor blades and screws in pizza dough at a number of supermarkets in the US. Nicholas Mitchell, 39, from Dover, New Hampshire, was arrested in October […]

    4 years ago

  • Germany to announce nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated

    Germany to announce nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated

    Those who are unvaccinated are set to be barred from restaurants, pubs, gyms and non-essential shops. Germany is set to extend Covid restrictions in the country that will effectively mean a lockdown for those who are yet to be vaccinated. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her successor Olaf Scholz are meeting with regional leaders on […]

    4 years ago

  • Surgeon fined €2,700 for amputating wrong leg of patient

    Surgeon fined €2,700 for amputating wrong leg of patient

    The surgeon said it was ‘human error’ A surgeon has been found guilty of gross negligence and fined €2,700 after amputating the wrong leg of an elderly patient. The incident happened on May 18 earlier this year, when the 43-year-old surgeon marked the wrong leg of an 82-year-old man for amputation at the Freistadt Clinic […]

    4 years ago

  • Man suing company after being ‘hung upside down like meat’ at Christmas party

    Man suing company after being ‘hung upside down like meat’ at Christmas party

    He said he felt ‘degraded, humiliated and embarrassed’ A man is suing his former company for a prank that saw him “hung upside down like a piece of meat” whilst colleagues slapped him. Illyas Elkharraz moved from Morocco to Australia in 2018 to pursue a career as a carpenter. He got a job at Jaden […]

    4 years ago

  • Alec Baldwin claims he never actually shot gun on Rust set

    Alec Baldwin claims he never actually shot gun on Rust set

    ‘I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them, never’ Alec Baldwin has claimed that he “didn’t pull the trigger” in the tragic shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the film set of Rust back in October. On October 21, Hutchins was fatally shot after Baldwin accidentally fired a prop […]

    4 years ago

  • New covid drug that cuts risk of death by 80% given UK approval

    New covid drug that cuts risk of death by 80% given UK approval

    The drug is most effective in the early stages of infection UK regulators have approved a new drug that cuts the risk of hospitalisation and death from covid-19 by just under 80 per cent. Xevudy, also known as sotrovimab, has been developed by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Vir Biotechnology and is a monoclonal antibody […]

    4 years ago

  • Macron privately called Boris Johnson ‘a clown’, according to reports

    Macron privately called Boris Johnson ‘a clown’, according to reports

    Anglo-French relations continue to struggle A magazine in France has claimed that president Emmanuel Macron described Boris Johnson as a “clown” in a private conversation. The political magazine Le Canard enchaîné, which is often described as the French equivalent of the UK’s satirical news outlet Private Eye, reported Macron as saying Johnson has “the attitude […]

    4 years ago

  • Woman wins millions after suing mum’s GP for allowing her to be born

    Woman wins millions after suing mum’s GP for allowing her to be born

    Evie Toombes was born with spina bifida and can sometimes spend 24 hours-a-day connected to tubes. A woman who sued her mother’s GP for allowing her to be born has won the right to millions of pounds in damages. Evie Toombes, from Skegness, Lincolnshire, was born with spina bifida, and last month she sued Dr […]

    4 years ago

  • Anti-vaccine Christian broadcaster dies at 64 after contracting covid

    Anti-vaccine Christian broadcaster dies at 64 after contracting covid

    The network had asked viewers to pray for the recovery of its boss The boss of a Christian television network that vocally opposed covid-19 vaccines has died just weeks after catching the virus. Marcus Lamb was the co-founder and CEO of the conservative Christian Daystar Television Network, a channel which vocally opposed covid-19 vaccines. He […]

    4 years ago

  • Former British number one Johanna Konta announces retirement from tennis at 30

    Former British number one Johanna Konta announces retirement from tennis at 30

    She made the semi finals of Wimbledon, the French Open and the Australian Open Former British number one and Wimbledon semi-finalist Johanna Konta has announced her retirement from tennis at the age of just 30. She made the announcement on social media earlier today (December 1), saying she was “grateful” for the career she had […]

    4 years ago

  • Squid Game star Park Hae-soo to star in Money Heist remake

    Squid Game star Park Hae-soo to star in Money Heist remake

    He will be taking on the role of Berlin Squid Game star Park Hae-Soo will be starring in the Korean adaptation of the Netflix hit drama Money Heist. Haw-Soo, who played Cho Sang-woo in Squid Game, the dystopian Korean drama series that took the world by storm earlier this year, will be taking on one […]

    4 years ago

  • Scotland international rugby star Siobhan Cattigan dies aged 26

    Scotland international rugby star Siobhan Cattigan dies aged 26

    She was affectionately known as ‘Shibby’ and won 19 caps for Scotland Scottish rugby has been left reeling after the tragic news that Scotland international rugby player Siobhan Cattigan has died at the age of just 26. Scottish Rugby announced the news on Tuesday night (November 30) and offered their condolences to her friends and […]

    4 years ago

  • Pilot claims Prince Andrew was on Epstein plane ‘Lolita Express’ during Maxwell trial

    Pilot claims Prince Andrew was on Epstein plane ‘Lolita Express’ during Maxwell trial

    He also recalled flying Bill Clinton, Donald Trump  and Kevin Spacey. The long-time pilot of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has said he flew Prince Andrew on Epstein’s private jet, along with a number of other VIPs. Larry Visoski was the first witness called to testify at Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial. Maxwell is accused of recruiting […]

    4 years ago

  • Gran, 82, and husband half her age say ‘love conquers all’ as he finally arrives in UK

    Gran, 82, and husband half her age say ‘love conquers all’ as he finally arrives in UK

    82-year-old gran Iris first appeared on This Morning earlier this year – but this time she returned with her husband Pensioner and gran Iris Jones appeared on This Morning on earlier today alongside her husband Mohamed Ibriham to discuss their relationship. The reason they’re unique? Iris is 82 but Mohamed is just 36. Jones actually […]

    4 years ago

  • Man mistakes Jimmy Carr for Alan Carr on train

    Man mistakes Jimmy Carr for Alan Carr on train

    This has got to be deliberate, surely? A man has shared a video of himself meeting comedian Jimmy Carr on a train… but appearing to mistake him for fellow comic Alan Carr. In the clip which has since gone viral, the man spots the 8 Out Of 10 Cats host sat in a carriage and […]

    4 years ago

  • Child abusers could now face life in prison under government-backed plans

    Child abusers could now face life in prison under government-backed plans

    The new plans have been dubbed ‘Tony’s Law’ after seven-year-old Tony Hudgell The government has announced changes to the law that will see abusive parents who allow the death of their child or a vulnerable adult in their care face life imprisonment. The plans for tougher sentences come after a campaign from MP Tom Tugendhat […]

    4 years ago

  • University student dies after fraternity ‘fight night’ boxing match

    University student dies after fraternity ‘fight night’ boxing match

    He passed away four days after taking part in the off-campus fight A university student from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has died after he collapsed during a fraternity charity boxing match. Nathan Tyler Valencia took part in the annual ‘Fight Night’ run by fraternity Kappa Sigma, at Sahara Events Centre, on November 19. […]

    4 years ago

  • GMB star Alex Beresford ‘bedridden’ with covid

    GMB star Alex Beresford ‘bedridden’ with covid

    ‘I wouldn’t like to imagine how much worse I would be had I not had the vaccine’ Good Morning Britain presenter Alex Beresford has revealed that he is “bedridden” with covid-19. The 41-year-old shared the news with his followers on social media. In a tweet, he said: “Been in bed since last week with Covid. Feels […]

    4 years ago

  • Barbados ditches Queen as head of state and becomes world’s newest republic

    Barbados ditches Queen as head of state and becomes world’s newest republic

    The ceremony was attended by Prince Charles and Rihanna, who was named a national hero Barbados has become the world’s newest republic after officially removing the Queen as its head of state. In a special ceremony in the country’s capital Bridgetown, Dame Sandra Mason was sworn in as president, ending centuries of Britain’s influence over […]

    4 years ago

  • Outrage over dad’s method for making sure kids behave during Christmas

    Outrage over dad’s method for making sure kids behave during Christmas

    Brutal Parents have their own methods and theories for keeping their kids well behaved. The tried-and-tested method – especially at this time of year – is saying that Santa won’t be delivering any presents if you’re badly behaved. However one dad has decided to go quite a few steps further. His method to keeping his […]

    4 years ago

  • Sony confirms three more Marvel produced Spider-Man films are coming

    Sony confirms three more Marvel produced Spider-Man films are coming

    Tom Holland’s days as Spider-Man are set to continue for a while yet Sony has confirmed that at least three more Marvel Spider-Man movies will be made after Spider-Man: No Way Home. There was concern among fans that the events of the upcoming No Way Home would be the last in the franchise. However producer […]

    4 years ago