Jack Peat

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE).

He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author.

Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Super Bowl LI – If there is a God

It’s Super Bowl XLIX and Marshawn 'Beast Mode' Lynch has driven the ball to the half yard line for the Seattle Seahawks to set up second and goal with 27 seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter. With the score tensely poised at 28 points to 24 a...

The Queensferry Crossing as the final piece of deck is  lifted into position over the Firth of Forth. February 3 2017

Final section of £1.35bn Forth crossing fitted

The final section of the new Queensferry Crossing was lifted into place today, completing the 1.7-mile link across the Forth. The segment, which is one of 122, was slotted into place by engineers, marking the "culmination of a world class team effort". The £1.35 billion structure, which is replacing the...

GV of "Dr Evils Body Modification Emporium" also known as "Punctured Body Piercing & Modification" in Princess Alley, Wolverhampton.  (Friday 3 February 2017). A tattoo artist appeared in court yesterday (Fri) accused of splitting a customer's tongue, removing an ear and slicing off someone's NIPPLE.  See NTI story NTITATTOO.  Brendan McCarthy, 47, is accused of committing the bizarre offences at his salon, called Dr Evils Body Modification Emporium.  The tattooist was arrested in December 2015 after concerns over his lack of medical qualifications, the unsuitability of his salon and unregulated actions.  Yesterday (Fri), McCarthy appeared at Walsall Magistrates Court charged with three counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and three alternative counts of wounding without intent.  The charges relate to Ezechiel Lott and two other unnamed customers.  The offences are said to have taken place between August 2012 and July 2015, relate to the removal of a client's ear and nipple and splitting the customer's tongue.  McCarthy, of Wolverhampton, West Mids., didn't plead to the offences and only spoke only to confirm his name, age and address during the short hearing.

Dr Evils Body Modification Emporium – Which is just as bad as it sounds

A tattoo artist appeared in court accused of splitting a customer's tongue, removing an ear and slicing off someone's NIPPLE. Brendan McCarthy, 47, is accused of committing the bizarre offences at his salon, called Dr Evils Body Modification Emporium. The tattooist was arrested in December 2015 after concerns over his...

Does promoting a low-cost image at a high-cost airport work?

There's a deathly silence around the boarding gates of the newly built Terminal 2 at Heathrow. Silly season has passed and the departure lounges are filled with the dulcet whispers of business chit chat, a serene time to fly indeed. With low cost carriers relatively new to the scene at...

Video grab of the rock smashing into the back of a taxi injuring the two pensioners travelling in the back.  Four teenagers will be sentenced at Birmingham Youth Court today February 3, 2017, after being convicted of hurling stones through a taxi window - and leaving a 70-year-old passenger with a fractured skull.  See NTI story NTITAXI.  Shocking CCTV footage from inside the taxi shows the moment a rock smashes through the window, sending glass shards flying through the cab, and striking the woman on her forehead.  Birmingham Youth Court heard how the young louts - one aged 15, two 16 and a 17-year-old - pelted at least seven black cabs with stones as they travelled along Bristol Road on 25 May last year.  The three younger defendants all denied involvement but were found guilty of causing wounding and conspiracy to cause damage, while the 17-year-old admitted wounding but was found guilty of conspiracy to cause damage. None of the offenders can be named due to their age.  Police have praised the local community for coming forward to help convict the thugs.
Video grab of the rock smashing into the back of a taxi injuring the two pensioners travelling in the back.  Four teenagers will be sentenced at Birmingham Youth Court today February 3, 2017, after being convicted of hurling stones through a taxi window − and leaving a 70-year-old passenger with a fractured skull.  See NTI story NTITAXI.  Shocking CCTV footage from inside the taxi shows the moment a rock smashes through the window, sending glass shards flying through the cab, and striking the woman on her forehead.  Birmingham Youth Court heard how the young louts − one aged 15, two 16 and a 17-year-old − pelted at least seven black cabs with stones as they travelled along Bristol Road on 25 May last year.  The three younger defendants all denied involvement but were found guilty of causing wounding and conspiracy to cause damage, while the 17-year-old admitted wounding but was found guilty of conspiracy to cause damage. None of the offenders can be named due to their age.  Police have praised the local community for coming forward to help convict the thugs.

Teenage thugs spared jail after leaving OAP with smashed skull

Four teenage thugs who hurled a brick through a taxi window which hit an elderly woman passenger leaving her with a fractured skull, have walked free from court. The 77-year-old victim, who hasn't been named, was returning from a performance of 'The Sound of Music' with her husband when they...

Veg crisis: Have we really become this removed from food production?

Today an irate Sainsbury's shopper launched a scathing attack at his local store for having a fruit and vegetable selection "like a Third World country". Ray Houghton, 47, said that in this "day and age it's shocking" that the shelves have been left empty, adding that "with Donald Trump in power this...

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