Charlie Herbert

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Charlie Herbert is a senior trending writer, who covers a variety of news and life stories. He joined JOE in March 2021, and his main areas of interest are sport and entertainment. Since then he has written several in-depth articles on subjects such as COP26, the Olympics, the Super Bowl and EURO 2020.

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  • Council bans puddings from school dinners in healthy eating push

    Council bans puddings from school dinners in healthy eating push

    Children will only be able to get fruit and yoghurt for dessert with their school dinners. Primary schools in Glasgow are banning sugary and unhealthy puddings such as jelly and jam roly poly in school dinners, as part of efforts to improve the diets of school children. Along with the ban on sweet treats, schools […]

    4 years ago

  • US doctor will refuse to see patients who won’t get Covid vaccine

    US doctor will refuse to see patients who won’t get Covid vaccine

    The doctor is based in Alabama, which has the lowest vaccination rates in the country. A doctor in Alabama has said that he will not see patients who have not been vaccinated for Covid-19. Coronavirus cases are going up across the US, but especially in the south. The top 10 states with the most Covid-19 […]

    5 years ago

  • Trump calls out Twitter for banning him but allowing Taliban on platform

    Trump calls out Twitter for banning him but allowing Taliban on platform

    The former president has been banned from Twitter since the Capitol riots in January. Donald Trump has called out Twitter for allowing the Taliban and some of its most prominent spokesmen on the platform whilst he is still banned. Trump was indefinitely banned from Twitter and Facebook following his role in the Capitol riots in […]

    5 years ago

  • Prince Andrew has been offered $100 million to take lie detector test on live TV

    Prince Andrew has been offered $100 million to take lie detector test on live TV

    The lie detector test would be televised and part of a pay per view event. An investigative journalist has offered Prince Andrew $100 million to take a public lie detector test over his relationship with the late pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Ian Halperin is offering the Duke of York the equivalent of £73 […]

    5 years ago

  • Sex workers devastated over OnlyFans’ ban on sexually explicit content

    Sex workers devastated over OnlyFans’ ban on sexually explicit content

    There are fears that the ban on explicit content will cut off the income for many. OnlyFans is coming under fire for its decision to ban sexually explicit content from the platform from October 1. The company has announced that while people will still be able to post nude content, it must comply with their […]

    5 years ago

  • OnlyFans to ban sexually explicit content in just a few weeks

    OnlyFans to ban sexually explicit content in just a few weeks

    The site looks to attract more investment from major banks OnlyFans has announced that it will be banning “sexually explicit” content being uploaded to the platform from October. However, users will still be allowed to post “nude videos and photos,” as long as the content adheres to the platforms terms of service. The move comes […]

    5 years ago

  • Family of boy who fell from aircraft out of Kabul explain why he left

    Family of boy who fell from aircraft out of Kabul explain why he left

    The boy was just 17-years-old The family of a boy who fell to his death after hanging onto an aircraft in a desperate attempt to escape Afghanistan have spoken of their loss. As thousands converged at Kabul airport to try and secure passage out of the city, distressing footage emerged which appeared to show people […]

    5 years ago

  • Ric Flair denies giving woman oral sex on train after picture goes viral

    Ric Flair denies giving woman oral sex on train after picture goes viral

    ‘The Nature Boy doesn’t ride trains!” WWE legend Ric Flair has denied viral claims that he gave a woman oral sex on a train. Who had this on their 2021 bingo card? Flair commented on the allegations that emerged after a photo started doing the rounds on social media, which some claimed showed the ex-wrestler […]

    5 years ago

  • Ginger men wanted for naked ‘Red Hot’ 2022 calendar

    Ginger men wanted for naked ‘Red Hot’ 2022 calendar

    We’ve given the world so much. Now ginger men are giving the world a calendar. Rupert Grint. Ed Sheeran. Prince Harry. Ben Stokes. Ginger men, ginger legends. For a group of people that make up about 1 per cent of the globe’s population, redheaded men have punched above their weight in what we’ve provided to […]

    5 years ago

  • Afghan boy, 5, ‘falls to death in Sheffield days after fleeing Taliban’

    Afghan boy, 5, ‘falls to death in Sheffield days after fleeing Taliban’

    The boy was said to be looking out of a ninth-floor window at the OYO Metropolitan Hotel when the accident happened A five-year-old boy who fell to his death from a hotel window in Sheffield on Wednesday is thought to have been an Afghan refugee whose family fled the Taliban just days ago. The boy […]

    5 years ago

  • Joe Biden criticised for declaring Kabul chaos was inevitable in interview

    Joe Biden criticised for declaring Kabul chaos was inevitable in interview

    In an interview with ABC, the president was also questioned about pictures of Afghans falling to their deaths from planes. Joe Biden has continued to defend his handling of the situation in Afghanistan, describing the chaos in the country as inevitable, despite having appeared to say the opposite over recent months. Speaking to ABC’s George […]

    5 years ago

  • 12 deaths at Kabul airport confirmed as Taliban urges desperate Afghans to return home

    12 deaths at Kabul airport confirmed as Taliban urges desperate Afghans to return home

    They were reportedly killed by gunshots and stampede Chaos at Kabul’s airport has led to the deaths of 12 people since Sunday. The figure comes as the Taliban urged people to leave the capital’s Hamid Karzai International Airport where hundreds are still trying to secure flights since the insurgents took back control of Afghanistan. The […]

    5 years ago

  • Brave Afghan women stand up to Taliban in street protests

    Brave Afghan women stand up to Taliban in street protests

    ‘No force can ignore and stifle women.’ A group of Afghan women have been praised for their bravery in the face of the Taliban takeover as they took to the streets to protest against the Islamist militants. Four women dressed in black abayas and hijabs were filmed holding up signs and chanting “we want our […]

    5 years ago

  • Johnny Depp wins right to sue Amber Heard in $50 Million defamation suit

    Johnny Depp wins right to sue Amber Heard in $50 Million defamation suit

    Heard wanted the lawsuit from Johnny Depp to be dismissed. A judge has overruled Amber Heard’s plea to dismiss Johnny Depp’s lawsuit, allowing the actor to move to the next step of suing Heard for defamation. Depp is suing his ex-wife over a 2018 Washington Post piece in which she wrote about surviving domestic violence. […]

    5 years ago

  • Creepy footage seems to show ‘ghost soldiers’ running across road at Gettysburg

    Creepy footage seems to show ‘ghost soldiers’ running across road at Gettysburg

    “We saw these shapes moving in the darkness, they were the size of humans.” Footage taken by tourists visiting the famous American Civil War battle site of Gettysburg appears to show two ghost-like figures emerging from the darkness. Greg Yuelling and his family went to the battlefield in September last year to visit the place […]

    5 years ago

  • Afghanistan ‘will not be a country of opium cultivation anymore’, Taliban states

    Afghanistan ‘will not be a country of opium cultivation anymore’, Taliban states

    The country is currently the world’s largest supplier of opium. A spokesperson for the Taliban has said that drugs will no longer be produced in Afghanistan under the rule of the Islamist group. Zabihullah Mujahid said at a news conference in Kabul yesterday there will be zero drug production or smuggling in the country, adding […]

    5 years ago

  • Tory MP slammed for ‘vile’ comment about Afghans “queueing at the airport”

    Tory MP slammed for ‘vile’ comment about Afghans “queueing at the airport”

    Desmond Swayne’s comment was met with shouts of “disgrace” from across the Commons. Tory MP Desmond Swayne has been branded “vile” for suggesting that people fleeing Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover were wrong for doing so. MPs were recalled to Parliament on Wednesday for an emergency sitting over the crisis unfolding in […]

    5 years ago

  • First Afghans land in UK after pledge to take in 20,000 refugees

    First Afghans land in UK after pledge to take in 20,000 refugees

    Thousands have been evacuated from the country following the Taliban takeover. The first Afghan evacuees have landed in the UK as part of efforts to rescue thousands from Afghanistan following a takeover from the Taliban. The RAF plane landed at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at around 11pm on Tuesday, and was also carrying Brits that […]

    5 years ago

  • Jimmy Carr pays emotional tribute to 8 Out of 10 Cats co-star Sean Lock

    Jimmy Carr pays emotional tribute to 8 Out of 10 Cats co-star Sean Lock

    “I’ll miss him so much.” Jimmy Carr has paid tribute to comedian and 8 Out of 10 Cats team captain Sean Lock after the devastating news of Lock’s passing was announced on Wednesday. The comedian died at the age of just 58 of cancer. In a tweet, the panel show host described it as “brutal” […]

    5 years ago

  • Sean Lock’s best moments prove he will be remembered as a comedy genius

    Sean Lock’s best moments prove he will be remembered as a comedy genius

    The comedian passed away on Wednesday at the age of 58. The world of comedy and entertainment has been rocked by the devastating news that Sean Lock has died of cancer. Over his career he produced a whole host of legendary moments, often alongside Jimmy Carr and Jon Richardson on the popular Channel 4 panel […]

    5 years ago

  • Ex-marine refuses to leave Kabul without his animal rescue staff

    Ex-marine refuses to leave Kabul without his animal rescue staff

    He said he would not leave them behind to “suffer a fate” that the West has put upon them. A Royal Marine veteran who founded an animal sanctuary in Kabul has said he will not be leaving the country without his staff. Paul Farthing has made a plea to the UK government to help his […]

    5 years ago

  • UK to accept 20,000 Afghan refugees following Taliban takeover of the country

    UK to accept 20,000 Afghan refugees following Taliban takeover of the country

    Women, children and religious minorities will be prioritised, but critics say the plans don’t go far enough. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce that the UK will take in 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan over the next five years under a new resettlement plan aimed to help those most at risk following the Taliban […]

    5 years ago

  • Everything we know about the Taliban’s new leader Abdul Ghani Baradar

    Everything we know about the Taliban’s new leader Abdul Ghani Baradar

    As the Taliban complete their takeover of Afghanistan, who is their new leader and most public face, Abdul Ghani Baradar The Taliban has well and truly taken over Afghanistan – so much so, that on Tuesday they gave their first press conference. The insurgents are now in a better position than they were when the US […]

    5 years ago

  • Prince Andrew is a ‘person of interest’ for prosecutors in Epstein case

    Prince Andrew is a ‘person of interest’ for prosecutors in Epstein case

    It comes after one of Epstein’s victims launched a lawsuit against the duke last week. A report has said that Prince Andrew is a person of interest for prosecutors in the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. US officials would like to interview the royal about his friendship with sex offender Epstein as they […]

    5 years ago

  • China says Afghanistan is lesson for Taiwan on how US abandons allies

    China says Afghanistan is lesson for Taiwan on how US abandons allies

    The warning came from a tabloid controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. Chinese state-controlled tabloid The Global Times has warned Taiwan that it could face the same fate as Afghanistan if it continues to count on the USA as an ally. The paper’s editorial began by describing how the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan directly […]

    5 years ago

  • Shamima Begum’s ex-lawyer facing investigation for Taliban tweet

    Shamima Begum’s ex-lawyer facing investigation for Taliban tweet

    A legal watchdog is starting an investigation Shamima Begum’s former lawyer is set to be investigated by the legal watchdog after a tweet he wrote regarding the Taliban takeover of Kabul. In the tweet, which he has now deleted, Tasnime Akunjee shared a picture of Taliban fighters in the presidential palace of Kabul with the […]

    5 years ago

  • New Zealand back in lockdown – after single Covid case found

    New Zealand back in lockdown – after single Covid case found

    Meanwhile, the UK reported over 28,000 cases on Monday. New Zealand is due to go back in lockdown on Tuesday after a person in Auckland tested positive for Covid-19. It is assumed that the case will be the more contagious Delta variant, although the government is waiting on the genetic sequencing results. Because the person […]

    5 years ago

  • UK ambassador is still in Kabul airport to process visas for evacuees

    UK ambassador is still in Kabul airport to process visas for evacuees

    He was reportedly personally processing visa applications for evacuees at Kabul airport. The UK’s ambassador to Afghanistan is still in Kabul despite the Taliban takeover of the city, as the British embassy continues to work to help British and Afghan nationals escape the country. Officials in the Afghan capital were left stunned by the speed […]

    5 years ago

  • Taliban order CNN reporter to get out of their way because she’s a woman

    Taliban order CNN reporter to get out of their way because she’s a woman

    She also said that militants were chanting ‘death to America’ but ‘seem friendly.’ CNN reporter Clarissa Ward says she was told by Taliban fighters guarding the presidential palace in Kabul to get out of the way because she was a woman. Ward was reporting from the streets of Kabul following the Taliban’s takeover of the […]

    5 years ago

  • Photos show 640 Afghans crammed into fleeing US Air Force plane

    Photos show 640 Afghans crammed into fleeing US Air Force plane

    Thousands have been trying to flee the country on flights out of Kabul. A shocking new photo from the evacuation of Kabul shows how nearly 650 Afghans were crammed on one US Air Force plane out of city. The image shows hundreds of passengers crammed into the huge cargo jet. It is thought that approximately […]

    5 years ago

  • Malala calls on countries to open borders to Afghan refugees

    Malala calls on countries to open borders to Afghan refugees

    She said US President Joe Biden must “take a bold step” to protect the Afghan people. Malala Yousafzai has encouraged the world to take action to help the people of Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the country over the weekend. Monday saw chaotic scenes at Kabul’s airport as thousands desperately tried to secure a […]

    5 years ago

  • Cardinal who criticised vaccine placed on ventilator days after Covid diagnosis

    Cardinal who criticised vaccine placed on ventilator days after Covid diagnosis

    He had previously said that God is the “ultimate provider of health.” A cardinal who has been critical of the Covid-19 vaccine and quoted groups suggesting that it injects a “kind of microchip” has been placed on a ventilator after being infected with the disease. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke confirmed via his Twitter account that […]

    5 years ago

  • ‘My dad said I was asking for creepy remarks about my swimsuit’

    ‘My dad said I was asking for creepy remarks about my swimsuit’

    “Women who wear that kind of swimsuit top are asking men to look.” A woman has described her upset when her dad said she was “asking” for creepy comments and attention because of the swimsuit she was wearing. She was left in tears when a stranger made an inappropriate comment about her swimsuit, but instead […]

    5 years ago

  • Hashtag United to receive first-ever transfer fee for eSports FIFA player

    Hashtag United to receive first-ever transfer fee for eSports FIFA player

    They have received two offers for the player. Hashtag United are set to make history after they received offers for esports FIFA player Tom Leese. The club, who play in the Isthmian League North and were founded by YouTuber Spencer Owen, have received two offers believed to be in the region of £50,000-£100,000 for gamer […]

    5 years ago

  • US troops kill armed men at Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans try to flee Taliban

    US troops kill armed men at Kabul airport as thousands of Afghans try to flee Taliban

    Thousands have been converging at the city’s airport in chaotic scenes. US troops shot and killed two armed men at Kabul’s international airport according to a US official. It’s as huge swathes of people attempt to make it on to flights and escape the city following its takeover by Taliban forces. According to the official, […]

    5 years ago

  • ‘They’re coming to kill us’: Afghan filmmaker’s video pleas as Taliban moves in

    ‘They’re coming to kill us’: Afghan filmmaker’s video pleas as Taliban moves in

    The Taliban have taken full control of Kabul, with thousands fleeing for their safety. A prominent Afghan filmmaker has recorded her dramatic escape from the Afghan capital of Kabul, begging for help and saying that the militant group were “coming to kill us.” In an Instagram post on Sunday, Sahraa Karimi asked people to “pray […]

    5 years ago

  • I have accepted death, says British student on Afghanistan holiday

    I have accepted death, says British student on Afghanistan holiday

    “I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.” A British student who was on holiday in Kabul when Taliban forces entered the Afghan capital has admitted that he “accepted death.” Miles Routledge is a student at Loughborough University and deliberately seeks out visits to some of the world’s most dangerous places, saying that he likes […]

    5 years ago

  • At least five dead amid Kabul airport chaos as Taliban takes capital

    At least five dead amid Kabul airport chaos as Taliban takes capital

    Hundreds can be seen desperately trying to leave the capital. There have been chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as the Taliban took full control of the Afghan capita, with witnesses reporting that at least five people have died inside the airport. Huge swathes of people can be seen trying to secure flights and a way […]

    5 years ago

  • Teacher beaten by parent on first day of school over mask dispute

    Teacher beaten by parent on first day of school over mask dispute

    The teacher needed hospital treatment after the incident A teacher has been left with “lacerations on his face” after they were attacked by a father in a dispute about the school’s face mask policy. The incident occurred at the end of the first day of the return to in-person classes at Sutter Creek Elementary in […]

    5 years ago

  • Director Ken Loach says he has been expelled from the Labour party

    Director Ken Loach says he has been expelled from the Labour party

    Loach suggested it was because he would “not disown those already expelled.” Left-wing filmmaker Ken Loach has claimed that he has been expelled from the Labour Party, hitting out at an alleged “witch-hunt” within the party. Loach is well-known for his left-wing beliefs and has become famous for his films which tackle societal issues related […]

    5 years ago

  • Police urged to take misogyny more seriously after Plymouth shooting

    Police urged to take misogyny more seriously after Plymouth shooting

    There are also calls for the government to treat ‘incels’ as terrorists A top prosecutor has called on the police to take misogyny more seriously, in the wake of the horrifying shooting carried out by Jake Davison in Plymouth on Thursday. Davison killed five people, including his mother and three-year-old girl, in a gun attack […]

    5 years ago

  • Mum says speed of ‘aggressive’ Aldi cashier left her ‘crying and shaking’

    Mum says speed of ‘aggressive’ Aldi cashier left her ‘crying and shaking’

    She says that the incident has “knocked her confidence” We all know that the Aldi checkouts are not for the faint-hearted. Only the seasoned pros are able to deal comfortably with the rapid scanning and lack of holding bay for the groceries. It’s a process that has caught out many who may be more used […]

    5 years ago

  • Plymouth shooting: Community pays tribute to victims at candlelight vigil

    Plymouth shooting: Community pays tribute to victims at candlelight vigil

    “There is nothing more community than this right now.” Hundreds of people gathered in North Down Crescent Park in Keyham for a vigil to remember those who were killed in the horrific gun attack this week. The candle-lit vigil took place on Friday evening after five people, including a three-year-old girl, were killed by gunman […]

    5 years ago

  • Nicki Minaj and husband sued by woman who accused him of attempted rape

    Nicki Minaj and husband sued by woman who accused him of attempted rape

    The woman claims she was offered a huge financial sum by the couple to withdraw her claims Rapper Nicki Minaj and her husband Kenneth Petty are being sued by a woman whom Petty was convicted of trying to rape in 1994, after she claimed the duo offered her half a million dollars to take back […]

    5 years ago

  • Real Madrid ‘studying’ possibility of joining the Premier League

    Real Madrid ‘studying’ possibility of joining the Premier League

    It’s as tensions grow between the Spanish giants and La Liga bosses. Real Madrid are reportedly considering the possibility of leaving La Liga and joining the Premier League, with club president Florentino Perez keen on a switch. Perez and Los Blancos are at the middle of a row with the bosses of the Spanish top-flight […]

    5 years ago

  • Local police under investigation after Plymouth shooting

    Local police under investigation after Plymouth shooting

    There are questions over how the Plymouth gunman had his firearm and license returned in July. The police watchdog are investigating Devon and Cornwall police after it emerged that Jake Davison, the man who killed five people in a horrific shooting spree in Plymouth on Thursday evening, was given back his confiscated gun and permit […]

    5 years ago

  • The best time of the day to have sex, according to science

    The best time of the day to have sex, according to science

    This might change how your date night plans… When we think of love and romance, most of us probably see evening and beyond as the most romantic part of the day. Setting suns, candle-lit dinners, nights of passion… Well, we may just need to rethink that. Whilst no one is doubting that the moonlit hours […]

    5 years ago

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