Jack Peat

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Jack Peat is a floating editor for JOE and the editor of The London Economic. His work has also appeared in VICE, The Big Issue, The Independent and HuffPost. In 2021, he authored "The Great Pie Revolt", a gastronomic guide to the Premier League and EFL.

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  • All passengers aboard Titanic sub confirmed dead after vessel suffers ‘catastrophic implosion’

    All passengers aboard Titanic sub confirmed dead after vessel suffers ‘catastrophic implosion’

    Their bodies may never be found, Admiral Mauger said All five passengers aboard the missing submersible Titan have been confirmed dead after the vessel suffered a “catastrophic implosion” at sea. Tributes have poured in for British billionaire Hamish Harding, 58, Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Suleman Dawood, 19, Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, and Stockton Rush, 61, […]

    2 years ago

  • Footage emerges of Domino’s testing jet suit delivery at Glastonbury

    Footage emerges of Domino’s testing jet suit delivery at Glastonbury

    WTF is going on! Footage of a man in a jet suit delivering pizzas to the Glastonbury Festival has emerged on social media. The event kicked off on Tuesday, with hundreds of thousands of people set to descend on Somerset for the fabled festival. But early arrivers were given a shock after a delivery driver-turned-pilot […]

    2 years ago

  • Gaming controller used to pilot lost Titanic submarine has received hundreds of negative reviews online

    Gaming controller used to pilot lost Titanic submarine has received hundreds of negative reviews online

    Users say it loses connection constantly and breaks ‘all the time’ The gaming controller used to pilot the lost submersible vessel exploring the Titanic has received hundreds of poor customer reviews online. Despite costing £195,000 per head, the OceanGate tourist vessel, the Titan, is actually steered using a $29.99 gaming controller that has received its fair share of […]

    2 years ago

  • £24k Glasto ‘tents’ come with swimming pool, dining lounge and clean loos

    £24k Glasto ‘tents’ come with swimming pool, dining lounge and clean loos

    How the other half live A glamping site is providing posh accommodation for fussier Glastonbury Festival goers – with a premium price tag of up to £24k for a stay. The Pop-Up Hotel, a luxury glamping company, has set up shop near Worthy Farm. Described as an “unforgettable experience”, customers can choose from several different […]

    2 years ago

  • Sunderland man who abused seagull due to be sentenced

    Sunderland man who abused seagull due to be sentenced

    David Lee has pleaded guilty to the offence A Sunderland man who watched porn as he masturbated over a captured seagull is due to be sentenced today. David Lee, who lives in the Roker area of the city close to the old football ground, admitted to causing unnecessary suffering to the bird at 1am last […]

    2 years ago

  • Banging noises detected from search area of missing submersible

    Banging noises detected from search area of missing submersible

    ‘There is cause for hope’ Underwater noises have been detected from the search area of a submersible that went missing near the wreckage of the Titanic. A massive search and rescue operation is being carried out in the mid-Atlantic after the tourist vessel, the Titan, went missing during a dive to the shipwreck with five […]

    2 years ago

  • Bookies launch innovative way of dealing with pesky protesters

    Bookies launch innovative way of dealing with pesky protesters

    Hopefully they’ll take off! A prankster bookie has drawn up plans to protect the British summer of sport from dangerous protesters – by sending demonstrators up in a hot air balloon. With the Grand National and the World Snooker Championships being targeted by campaign groups recently, Paddy Power is hoping to warn them off by […]

    2 years ago

  • Revealed: The 20 greatest dad jokes ever told

    Revealed: The 20 greatest dad jokes ever told

    A list of the most sigh-inducing gags ever has just been released The best dad jokes of all-time have been revealed – with ‘This graveyard looks crowded – people must be dying to get in’ being the most amusing. A poll of 2,000 adults has found what they consider to be the top 20 cheesiest […]

    2 years ago

  • <strong>Harry Styles is actually woefully underrated </strong>

    <strong>Harry Styles is actually woefully underrated </strong>

    We haven’t seen an artist like him since David Bowie I’ve always considered myself to be somewhat of a music purist. I still listen to albums from front to back, usually on an old record player I keep next to a collection of EPs that produces a lovely scratchy sound as original masterpieces from Revolver [&hellip;]

    2 years ago

  • Test cricket: Is this the year the phoenix rises from the Ashes?

    Test cricket: Is this the year the phoenix rises from the Ashes?

    Swashbuckling cricket will have viewers glued to their screens to watch a format many thought was dead The first ball of the Ashes is always a momentous occasion. Spectators seated, commentator’s mics poised and a Barmy Army belted Jerusalem ringing in people’s ears, the roar that follows the bowler down to the stumps builds like an [&hellip;]

    2 years ago

  • Devastated radio caller demonstrates why Partygate verdict is no kangaroo court

    Devastated radio caller demonstrates why Partygate verdict is no kangaroo court

    Boris Johnson has been found to have been in “serious contempt” of Parliament Boris Johnson has been found to have knowingly misled Parliament by a cross-party investigation. The former prime minister, who resigned as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip on Friday having received a copy of the report, would have been handed a [&hellip;]

    2 years ago

  • US man shoots himself in his sleep while dreaming about a break-in

    US man shoots himself in his sleep while dreaming about a break-in

    He is now in trouble for using an unlicensed firearm to fend off the hallucinated intruder A man in the US is in trouble with the police for using an unlicensed firearm to fend off a hallucinated break-in. Deputies for the Lake County Sheriff’s Department arrested 62-year-old Mark M. Dicara on Monday in connection with [&hellip;]

    2 years ago

  • Brits embrace ‘mindful drinking’

    Brits embrace ‘mindful drinking’

    We’re a nation that does things by halves, apparently… Millions of consumers are now drinking more mindfully – being aware of why and how much alcohol they drink. A poll of 2,000 adults who have previously consumed alcohol found 57 per cent are choosing to ‘do things by halves’ – interspersing alcoholic drinks with alcohol-free [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • The average cost of a European city break is eye-wateringly high

    The average cost of a European city break is eye-wateringly high

    Could cruises be the antidote? The average European city break costs nearly £1,000 per person – the equivalent to a seven-day Spanish seaside holiday for a family of three. A poll of 1,500 adults who’ve been for a weekend away during the past three years found 50 per cent would think twice about going on [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Brits shun Ibiza for African resort where beers cost less than a quid

    Brits shun Ibiza for African resort where beers cost less than a quid

    Prices on the Spanish island have become unaffordable for most Brits looking for a fun summer getaway are shunning traditional resorts such as Ibiza in favour of an African destination where pints cost less than £1! Tourists who visited Ibiza last year gave the island a score of 8.5 out of 10, although they rated [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Evil mum and boyfriend found guilty of torturing their son and beating him to death

    Evil mum and boyfriend found guilty of torturing their son and beating him to death

    Alfie, aged nine, was found dead in an ice cold bath A monster mum and her boyfriend are facing jail after being found guilty of killing her nine-year-old son in the bath following a campaign of “sinister” punishment. Carla Scott, 35, and her partner, Dirk Howell, 41, killed little Alfie Steele after months of harrowing [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Amber Heard pays Johnny Depp seven-figure settlement

    Amber Heard pays Johnny Depp seven-figure settlement

    Depp says he will split the money between five charities Amber Heard has agreed to a seven figure settlement after losing a high-profile defamation battle with her ex-husband, Johnny Depp. The American actress, who has quit Hollywood and relocated to Spain following the trial, has handed over $1 million after initially been ordered to pay [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Names of promising students killed in Nottingham horror attack revealed

    Names of promising students killed in Nottingham horror attack revealed

    The pair both lived in the same halls of residence and were on their way home from a night out when they were attacked The names of the two students killed in Nottingham have been revealed as Grace Kumar and Barnaby Webber. They were stabbed to death by a random man in Ilkeston Road in [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Man peels bananas before weighing them to save money

    Man peels bananas before weighing them to save money

    Work smarter, peeps… A man who peels bananas before weighing them in a bid to save money has become a social media sensation, with people describing him as the embodiment of the ‘work smarter, not harder’ mentality. Posting on TikTok, his partner uploaded a video showing how he carefully unpeels every banana before weighing them [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Rackoon-based film to rival Cocaine Bear due to be released this year

    Rackoon-based film to rival Cocaine Bear due to be released this year

    It’s being dubbed the next film in the Cocaine Cinematic Universe A new film is due to be released this year that is expected to give the drug-crazed cinematic thriller that is Cocaine Bear a run for its money. Crackcoon tells the story of a small town that is left in constant fear after they [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • This Morning loses 200k viewers following Holly Willoughby’s statement

    This Morning loses 200k viewers following Holly Willoughby’s statement

    The speech was described as ‘insincere’ by some viewers ITV’s This Morning immediately shed 200,000 viewers after Holly Willoughby gave her highly-anticipated comeback statement, it has been revealed. The 42-year-old returned to the show on Monday for the first time since Schofield left the show amid a fallout with her and as the fallout over [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • The day Saudi Arabia bought world golf: Reactions flood in to shock merger

    The day Saudi Arabia bought world golf: Reactions flood in to shock merger

    Is this the first takeover of an entire sport? Saudi Arabia has proved it has the “sporting world at its feet” after PGA caved to its sworn enemy, LIV Golf. Writing in the Telegraph, Tom Morgan described the tour’s decision to cosy up to its fierce rival as the “biggest reverse ferret in the history [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • PoliticsJOE journalist speaks out about being groped in parliament bar

    PoliticsJOE journalist speaks out about being groped in parliament bar

    ‘Westminster is a hotbed of sexual misconduct’ A PoliticsJOE journalist has spoken out after being groped by a Conservative advisor in a House of Commons bar. Ava Evans opened up about the shocking incident on the Pubcast podcast, saying the unnamed advisor put his hand up her skirt in Stranger’s Bar in an intentional manner [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Phillip Schofield says his career is over and he’s ‘lost everything’

    Phillip Schofield says his career is over and he’s ‘lost everything’

    ‘I see nothing ahead of me but blackness’ Phillip Schofield has expressed deep remorse after he spoke out for the first time about his affair with a much younger colleague. The disgraced TV presenter gave two separate interviews to the BBC and The Sun after his career was effectively ended by the scandal. After fleeing [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Andrew Tate hits out at BBC over ‘hit job’ interview

    Andrew Tate hits out at BBC over ‘hit job’ interview

    It was his first television interview with a major broadcaster since being released from prison Andrew Tate said the BBC orchestrated a hit job on him after he faced tough questions on misogyny in a combative interview with Lucy Williamson. The controversial social media star was interviewed at his home in Romania as he remains [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Shocking footage shows Anthony Taylor being attacked by Roma fans at the airport

    Shocking footage shows Anthony Taylor being attacked by Roma fans at the airport

    Chairs and bottles were thrown at the referee and his family Shocking footage has emerged on social media showing Anthony Taylor being attacked by Roma fans on his way home from the Europa League final. The English referee officiated the tense game between Roma and Sevilla at the Puskas Arena. Gianluca Mancini and Roger Ibanez [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Burger King selling Chicken Royales for £1 across the UK for one day only

    Burger King selling Chicken Royales for £1 across the UK for one day only

    It’s Chicken Royale Day, baby! Burger King is offering Chicken Royales up for a bargain basement price next week. In celebration of the first-ever Chicken Royale Day, the popular high-street chain is giving Brits the chance to bag a Royale for just a quid, with the equivalent vegan alternative on sale for the same price. [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Landlord will win £50k if Josh Tongue plays cricket for England today

    Landlord will win £50k if Josh Tongue plays cricket for England today

    The pub owner saw his potential aged just six A landlord will win £50k if Josh Tongue plays cricket for England today – after putting £100 on him when he was 11. Tim Piper, 56, is friends with the Worcestershire fast bowler’s family. Seeing his potential aged just six, he tried then to back Tongue [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • World’s first 18+ chocolate shop is not for the faint-hearted

    World’s first 18+ chocolate shop is not for the faint-hearted

    Choc horror! The world’s first 18+ chocolate shop has opened – and it’s definitely not all sweet. ‘Goremet’ chocolate emporium, Lilith & Co, fuses an anatomical museum, an art exhibition and a shop. It sells life-sized chocolate human skulls and femur bones, realistic looking ‘Demon Hearts’ and chocolate runes. And 100 per cent of sales benefit gaming charity SpecialEffect, which [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Rishi Sunak wears his glasses in a really weird way

    Rishi Sunak wears his glasses in a really weird way

    Once you see it, you can’t unsee it Rishi Sunak was described as a “broken ChatGPT bot” in his latest interview as the row over the disclosure of Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and notebooks to the Covid-19 Inquiry escalates. Speaking to reporters in Kent, the prime minister reiterated that the government has handed over tens [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Dog becomes internet hero after refusing to walk past pub without going in

    Dog becomes internet hero after refusing to walk past pub without going in

    He could have just exposed her other half’s walking route! A dog has become a viral sensation after it dramatically refused to walk past a pub in Exeter without going in it. Kate Torney was out walking her pup Grenson on May 15th when her pup stopped outside the sports pub The Stand Off in [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Are you stuck in a rut? Take this quiz to find out

    Are you stuck in a rut? Take this quiz to find out

    New research has found a fifth of Brits are “too lazy” to shop around for the best deals Are you ‘changeaphobic’ – or happy to roll with the punches and go where life takes you? This quiz will find out if you’re stuck in a rut or willing to make the change where needed. It [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Subway moves away from ‘create your own’ sandwiches with ‘Series Menu’

    Subway moves away from ‘create your own’ sandwiches with ‘Series Menu’

    The new Series Menu requires no customisation Subway is set to take a historic step back from its “create your own” business model as the popular sandwich chain revolutionises the ordering experience both in restaurants and online. A new Series Menu will require no customer input, putting all the decisions in the hands of its chefs [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Major airline set to weigh passengers before they fly

    Major airline set to weigh passengers before they fly

    The new policy will be introduced from June A major airline is reportedly going to weigh all passengers travelling internationally from June. Air New Zealand will bring in the policy to help pilots work out the balance and weight of the aircraft before embarking on long-haul journeys. The information will help the airline to fly [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Arctic Monkeys delight fans with setlist full of old-school classics

    Arctic Monkeys delight fans with setlist full of old-school classics

    The Sheffield-based band kicked off their UK stadium tour in Bristol this week The setlist for the Artic Monkeys’ 2023 UK stadium tour has delighted fans, with the band opening the show with an old-school favourite. The Sheffield-based rockers returned to the big stage for the first time in years this week, performing at Ashton [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • 83-year-old Al Pacino expecting fourth child with 29-year-old girlfriend

    83-year-old Al Pacino expecting fourth child with 29-year-old girlfriend

    Co-star Robert De Niro, 79, has also recently welcomed a new child to the world Al Pacino is set to join the old dad’s club after it was revealed he is expecting a fourth child at the tender age of 83. The Oscar-winning actor and his girlfriend Noor Alfallah, 29, are expecting their first child [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Couple take alcohol measurer on all inclusive holiday to answer age-old question: Do they water down the drinks?

    Couple take alcohol measurer on all inclusive holiday to answer age-old question: Do they water down the drinks?

    The ‘scientific’ TikTok experiment should put your worries to rest If you’ve got an all-inclusive holiday on the horizon and the thought of watered-down cocktails sends shivers down your spine, the Cheap Holiday Expert, aka Chelsea Dickenson, has conducted a “scientific” TikTok experiment that might put your worries to rest. With a trusty alcohol measurer [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Dr Ranj hits out at ‘toxic’ This Morning culture after Schofield exit

    Dr Ranj hits out at ‘toxic’ This Morning culture after Schofield exit

    ‘It takes more than one person to create a culture’ Former This Morning star Dr Ranj has hit out at the show’s “toxic” culture following Phillip Schofield’s admission of an affair with a younger ITV colleague. The veteran TV presenter, 61, resigned from the broadcaster on Friday and was dropped by his talent agency YMU [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Elon Musk’s brain chip approved for human trials

    Elon Musk’s brain chip approved for human trials

    It could offer a cure for paralysis and blindness A brain chip being developed by Elon Musk-backed Neuralink has received approval from the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to conduct its first tests on humans. The company, founded in 2016, has been developing microchips to treat conditions such as paralysis and blindness, and to [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • TikToker says she’s suing her parents for having her without her permission

    TikToker says she’s suing her parents for having her without her permission

    She is urging parents-to-be to use a psychic medium to contact their unborn child and ask if they “actually want to be here” A TikToker has hilariously announced that she is suing her parents for having her without her permission. Kass Theaz took to her social media page to blast her parents after they selfishly [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Just Stop Oil protesters disrupt Chelsea Flower Show

    Just Stop Oil protesters disrupt Chelsea Flower Show

    The Met Police say the gardens have been “criminally damaged” Just Stop Oil activists have staged a protest at the Chelsea Flower Show, releasing an orange powder in the show gardens as the event opened on Thursday morning. Three campaigners wearing Just Stop Oil T-shirts were arrested by police on suspicion of causing criminal damage, [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Piers Morgan clashes with TikToker who entered a stranger’s home for a prank

    Piers Morgan clashes with TikToker who entered a stranger’s home for a prank

    ‘I just think you’re an idiot’ Piers Morgan has furiously clashed with a TikToker who stages bizarre pranks ‘for a trend’ on social media. Bacari Ogarro, known as Mizzy on social, posted a video of himself entering a London home as a “prank” two weeks ago. It was met with shock and anger, with many [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • The world pays tribute to legendary singer Tina Turner

    The world pays tribute to legendary singer Tina Turner

    “We have lost one of the world’s most exciting and electric performers”, Sir Elton John said Tributes have been paid around the world to Tina Turner who died on Wednesday aged 83. The singer’s representative announced the news on Wednesday evening (GMT), saying: “Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock’n Roll’ has died peacefully today at [&hellip;]

    3 years ago

  • Reform UK eyes major role if PR gets ushered in at next election

    Reform UK eyes major role if PR gets ushered in at next election

    “Our ambition is that the Tories could never govern again without us” – Richard Tice An anti-Tory pincer movement could see the Conservatives indefinitely swept into the electoral wilderness after the next election, it has been claimed. With a minority Labour government on the cards, Sir Keir Starmer may be forced to offer a copper-bottomed [&hellip;]

    3 years ago