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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  • Floyd Mayweather ‘tried to jump’ Jake Paul

    Floyd Mayweather ‘tried to jump’ Jake Paul

    Jake Paul has said he would be happy to fight Mayweather in a boxing match Jake Paul has claimed he was “jumped” by Floyd Mayweather and his entourage of “50 dudes” after they confronted the YouTuber following a basketball game. Last month, Jake suffered a split decision loss to Tommy Fury in Saudi Arabia and had been watching […]

    3 years ago

  • Scientists discover ‘miracle material’ that could change the world

    Scientists discover ‘miracle material’ that could change the world

    The discovery could lead to hyper efficient electricity grids and hovering trains A team of scientists say they have discovered a new superconductor material that could change the world of energy and electronics. Researchers from the University of Rochester say they have created a superconducting material that works at room temperature, a breakthrough that the […]

    3 years ago

  • Woman who ‘married’ her stepdad explains the real story

    Woman who ‘married’ her stepdad explains the real story

    She went viral after bragging about the marriage A woman who shared a video in which she claimed she married her ‘stepdad’ has revealed the truth about their relationship. After recently tying the knot in Las Vegas, besotted bride, Christy, broadcast her passionate first kiss with her groom moments after the pair exchanged vows. Christy […]

    3 years ago

  • Car button de-ices windscreen in seconds – but many drivers had no clue about it

    Car button de-ices windscreen in seconds – but many drivers had no clue about it

    Put that ice scraper down A video on social media has highlighted a button that de-ices your car windscreen in seconds – and most people had no idea it even existed. The trusty scraper is the go-to but somewhat taxing method of clearing the a frosty windscreen, but a TikTok account has revealed the simple […]

    3 years ago

  • Drivers face fine if they leave engine running to defrost windscreen

    Drivers face fine if they leave engine running to defrost windscreen

    Use the de-icer and scraper instead We’ve all been there. You’re running late one winter’s morning, you get in your car and then remember you’ve got to wait another five minutes for your windscreen to defrost. However it turns out that if you leave your car engine running as you do this, you could end […]

    3 years ago

  • Young boy dies after being crushed by two cars while changing boots

    Young boy dies after being crushed by two cars while changing boots

    Tributes have been paid to the ‘cheeky, funny and precious’ youngster A seven-year-old boy died after being crushed in a car park after a rugby match whilst he was changing his boots. Alfie Tollett had just watched his brother play in a match at his local club, Plymstock Albion Oaks Rugby, and was putting his […]

    3 years ago

  • Gary Neville cancels Monday Night Football appearance following Man United’s 7-0 loss

    Gary Neville cancels Monday Night Football appearance following Man United’s 7-0 loss

    Has Gary gone into hiding? Jamie Carragher has said that Gary Neville has “cried off” from appearing on Sky Sports this evening for Monday Night Football. Tonight, Brentford take on Fulham in a west London derby. Carra and Neville are usually the classic combo for Sky Sports’ Monday night games, looking back on and analysing […]

    3 years ago

  • Wakey Wines raided by police looking for Class A drugs

    Wakey Wines raided by police looking for Class A drugs

    Police closed the shop and brought in sniffer dogs Wakey Wines has reportedly been subject to a police raid for Class A drugs. Owner Mohammad Azir Nazir took to the store’s TikTok account, which has nearly 750,000 followers, to show a document declaring that nothing had been found in his shop. The Wakefield business has […]

    3 years ago

  • Lynyrd Skynyrd founder dies aged 71

    Lynyrd Skynyrd founder dies aged 71

    He was the last surviving original member of the band Gary Rossington, one of the founders of legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has passed away at the age of 71. The news was confirmed on the band’s Facebook page, with a cause of death yet to be given. The guitarist was the last surviving original […]

    3 years ago

  • Seth Rogen teaming up with Bad Neighbours co-star for new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie

    Seth Rogen teaming up with Bad Neighbours co-star for new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie

    Rogen has enlisted a star-studded cast Seth Rogen has announced a raft of big-name acting talent who are set to feature in the upcoming animation Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Rogen, who is serving as a producer for the remake of the cult-classic, made public the illustrious ensemble at Saturday’s Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. Included in the […]

    3 years ago

  • Dying wife asks husband if she can have sex with her ex one last time

    Dying wife asks husband if she can have sex with her ex one last time

    She says her ex was her ‘most physically compatible satisfying lover’ A husband has revealed his wife’s dying wish is to sleep with her ex one last time. Taking to the relationship advice subreddit, the husband said he had “no one I can tell,” and  gave an insight into his wife’s condition and how the conversation […]

    3 years ago

  • Woman leaves neighbours fuming after building 100ft fence around garden

    Woman leaves neighbours fuming after building 100ft fence around garden

    ‘It’s the ugliest fence in the world!’ Neighbour politics and relations can be a delicate balancing act. But one woman doesn’t seem to be too concerned by what her neighbours think, after she went ahead and put up a 100 foot fence around her front garden – all for her dog. Cindy Copley’s beloved Cocker […]

    3 years ago

  • Mrs Brown’s Boys to return with four-episode mini series, BBC confirms

    Mrs Brown’s Boys to return with four-episode mini series, BBC confirms

    It will be the show’s first series since 2013 Mrs Brown’s Boys is set to return to television screens with a four-episode mini series later this year. Few things can split the nation quite like Mrs Brown. Since it first aired in 2011, the show has become one of the most divisive comedies of recent years, […]

    3 years ago

  • Chris Rock slams Meghan Markle over claims royal family are racist

    Chris Rock slams Meghan Markle over claims royal family are racist

    ‘Even Black people want to know how brown the baby going to be’ Chris Rock has taken aim at Meghan Markle in his new stand-up special, criticising her some of the things she said in her famous Oprah interview. The comedian slammed the Duchess of Sussex in his live Netflix stand-up special on Saturday night, in which […]

    3 years ago

  • Melle Mel says Eminem ‘wouldn’t make’ a top rappers list if he was Black

    Melle Mel says Eminem ‘wouldn’t make’ a top rappers list if he was Black

    ‘If he was a Black rapper, he wouldn’t even make the list probably’ Grandmaster Melle Mel has claimed that Eminem would not make it onto lists ranking the greatest rappers of all time if he was Black. During a new interview with Art Of Dialogue, the lead vocalist of Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five […]

    3 years ago

  • Farmers notice mistake Kaleb Cooper keeps making in Clarkson’s Farm

    Farmers notice mistake Kaleb Cooper keeps making in Clarkson’s Farm

    Some have pulled Kaleb up on his technique Farmers have noticed an apparent ‘mistake’ Kaleb Cooper keeps making on Diddly Squat Farm. The second series of Clarkson’s Farm started streaming on February 10, and sees Clarkson return to his 1,000-acre Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds alongside Lisa, Kaleb, Charlie and Gerald. It has been […]

    3 years ago

  • Andrew Tate ‘has suspected lung cancer’, according to reports

    Andrew Tate ‘has suspected lung cancer’, according to reports

    Tate has denied these reports Representatives for misogynistic influencer Andrew Tate have reportedly revealed he has a “dark spot on his lung” that is “most likely a tumour.” The 36-year-old former kickboxer-turned-influencer and his brother, Tristan Tate, are being detained in Romania on alleged rape and human trafficking offences since their arrest in December. Before his […]

    3 years ago

  • Stephen Bear jailed for 21 months after sharing sex video on OnlyFans

    Stephen Bear jailed for 21 months after sharing sex video on OnlyFans

    He was found guilty of voyeurism and disclosing private, sexual photographs and films in December Reality TV contestant Stephen Bear has been jailed for 21 months for sharing a private video of him having sex with his ex-partner. Bear, 33, shared CCTV footage of himself and Love Island star Georgia Harrison having sex, and uploaded […]

    3 years ago

  • Jeremy Clarkson voted ‘UK’s sexiest man’ in poll

    Jeremy Clarkson voted ‘UK’s sexiest man’ in poll

    Sorry, what? A poll of 2,000 women has ranked Jeremy Clarkson as the UK’s ‘sexiest man.’ The Diddly Squat Farm owner and Grand Tour host beat off competition from the likes of Idris Elba and Ryan Reynolds to the crown. IllicitEncounters.com, a dating site for extramarital affairs, asked 2,000 of its female members to score […]

    3 years ago

  • The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 336

    The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: week 336

    Time to quiz For absolutely no reason whatsoever, other than the fact I may finally have lost my mind, here is an intro in the style of Roy Batty’s ‘Tears in the rain’ monologue from Blade Runner, courtesy of ChatGPT: I’ve seen things you wouldn’t believe. The pixels of online quizzes scattered like diamonds across […]

    3 years ago

  • PSG and Morocco footballer Achraf Hakimi charged with rape

    PSG and Morocco footballer Achraf Hakimi charged with rape

    Reports emerged earlier this week of an investigation into Hakimi PSG and Morocco footballer Achraf Hakimi has been charged with rape. On Monday, there were reports that French prosecutors had launched an investigation into the full-back over the alleged rape of a 24-year-old woman. She is said to have accused the Moroccan international of raping her […]

    3 years ago

  • Leonardo DiCaprio’s ex Camila Morrone breaks silence six months after break up

    Leonardo DiCaprio’s ex Camila Morrone breaks silence six months after break up

    ‘I’ve never learned so much’ Leonardo DiCaprio’s ex Camila Morrone has spoken about how she’s “starting to feel like a woman” after turning 25 and following her highly-publicised breakup with the actor. Model-turned-actor Morrone marked her 25th birthday in June, and says she has never learned so much as she has in the period since. […]

    3 years ago

  • Glastonbury 2023 controversy as all-white, all-male headliners announced

    Glastonbury 2023 controversy as all-white, all-male headliners announced

    Emily Eavis has blamed the music industry for a lack of viable female headliners The first wave of artists for Glastonbury 2023 have been announced, including a trio of all-male, all-white headliners. Elton John had already been confirmed as the Sunday night headliner in December last year, but now festival organiser Emily Eavis has revealed […]

    3 years ago

  • ‘Time traveller’ claims people will mysteriously ‘fall from the sky’ this year

    ‘Time traveller’ claims people will mysteriously ‘fall from the sky’ this year

    And they won’t be falling from planes… A self-proclaimed time traveller apparently from the year 2671 has warned seven people will “mysteriously fall from the sky” in June. Eno Alaric – who goes by @radianttimetraveller on TikTok – has made a number of baseless predictions about the future. In his latest daft video shared with his 84,500 (?!) […]

    3 years ago

  • TikTok announces screentime limit for users

    TikTok announces screentime limit for users

    The screentime limit will be rolled out in the ‘coming weeks’ TikTok has announced it will automatically set a screentime limit on the accounts of all users under the age of 18, as part of a string of new safeguarding features for younger users. The video sharing app revealed on Wednesday that “every account belonging […]

    3 years ago

  • Jeremy Clarkson axed by ITV from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

    Jeremy Clarkson axed by ITV from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

    There will be one final season of the show with Clarkson Who Wants to Be a Millionaire will no longer be presented by Jeremy Clarkson after one final season. ITV boss Carolyn McCall confirmed the decision to end Clarkson’s time as host, revealing that the forthcoming season of the popular quiz show, which is now currently in […]

    3 years ago

  • Police officer who slept with six colleagues claims she was ‘sexually groomed’

    Police officer who slept with six colleagues claims she was ‘sexually groomed’

    Maegan Hall has filed a lawsuit against La Vergne Police Department A police officer who engaged in sexual acts with several of her colleagues has claimed she was “groomed for sexual exploitation.” Maegan Hall made headlines earlier this year when she was named at the centre of an investigation at La Vergne Police Department, Tennessee, […]

    3 years ago

  • Police extend search for missing baby to nature reserve

    Police extend search for missing baby to nature reserve

    The search for the missing baby has entered its second day The search for Constance Marten and Mark Gordon’s missing baby has been extended to a nature reserve as concern continues to grow for the infant’s welfare. Marten and Gordon were arrested on Monday in Stanmer Villas on suspicion of child neglect, after a member of […]

    3 years ago

  • Disney releases trailer for live-action Peter Pan with first look at Tinkerbell

    Disney releases trailer for live-action Peter Pan with first look at Tinkerbell

    Yara Shahidi is the first Black woman to ever play the iconic role of Tinkerbell Disney has released the first trailer for it’s upcoming live-action Peter Pan movie. Fans were given a first look at ‘Peter Pan and Wendy’ at Disney’s D23 Expo in September last year after some exclusive footage was shown. But now […]

    3 years ago

  • French football mourns as legendary World Cup star Just Fontaine dies

    French football mourns as legendary World Cup star Just Fontaine dies

    He holds the record for the most goals in a single World Cup Legendary France footballer Just Fontaine has passed away at the age of 89. Tributes have poured in from across the world of French football for the striker, who is best known for scoring the most goals in a single World Cup after […]

    3 years ago

  • Ed Sheeran reveals wife’s tumour diagnosis

    Ed Sheeran reveals wife’s tumour diagnosis

    His wife’s tumour diagnosis was one of several events in early 2022 that caused Sheeran to ‘spiral’ into depression Ed Sheeran has revealed that his wife Cherry was diagnosed with a tumour while pregnant with the couple’s second child. The singer made the revelation in a post on Instagram announcing his upcoming sixth album ‘Subtract.’ […]

    3 years ago

  • Missing baby feared dead as police arrest parents on suspicion of manslaughter

    Missing baby feared dead as police arrest parents on suspicion of manslaughter

    Police are searching a 91-square mile area for the infant A couple have been arrested on manslaughter charges as police continue to search for their missing baby. Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were arrested on Monday in Stanmer Villas on suspicion of child neglect, after a member of the public reported seeing them shortly before […]

    3 years ago

  • Two thirds of Brits want new political party to fight against Tories and Labour

    Two thirds of Brits want new political party to fight against Tories and Labour

    Pessimism amongst voters has hit a record high amid widespread ‘disdain’ for politicians in general Almost two in three Brits want a new political party to be set up to take on the Tories and Labour, a new study of trust in politics has found. The annual Edelman trust barometer poll found that voters have […]

    3 years ago

  • Several Love Island stars to be axed in shock mass dumping

    Several Love Island stars to be axed in shock mass dumping

    It’s set to be ‘the most dramatic moment yet’ Several Love Island stars are reportedly set to be dumped from the villa as part of shock plans from show bosses. Maya Jama will apparently be returning to the villa to break the news to the islanders, which will leave many of the contestants at risk. […]

    3 years ago