Lianna Brinded

News Editor

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Lianna Brinded is the news editor at International Business Times UK and has worked across print, online and TV. Her portfolio includes the Wall Street Journal Europe, BBC, CNBC and The Independent.

Lianna holds a Masters degree in Contemporary War and Peace Studies, specialising in genocide and ethic nationalist conflict, from University of Sussex, and a BA (hons) degree in English and American Literature from the University of Kent.

Lover of science, Star Trek, computer games, Warhammer, triathlons and roller derby.

The UK payday lending sector, which is worth £2bn ($3bn, €2.3bn) in the UK. The sector in 2013 has doubled from that of 2008 to 2009. (Photo: Reuters)

Britain to Impose 'Logical' Caps for Payday Loans Interest Rates

Chancellor George Osborne says cap is logical step to control cost of payday lending.

Vince Cable’s Advisor Lawrence Tomlinson Slams RBS for Engineering Struggling SMEs into Bankruptcy (Photo: Reuters)

Vince Cable's Adviser Slams RBS for Engineering Struggling SMEs into Bankruptcy

Cable hired Lawrence Tomlinson, a businessman, to help his department.

Britain's Chancellor George Osborne could create 20,000 jobs in just 12 months if he decided to use his Autumn statement to slash job taxes. (Photo: Reuters)

UK Chancellor George Osborne Could Create 20,000 Jobs in One Year on Job Tax Cuts

Quoted Companies Alliance says the December Autumn Statement could provide hope to the unemployed

Dangerman and Escapologist Jonathan Goodwin: Britains 21st Century Houdini [Part 1]

Everyone dreams of becoming a super hero but one of the only people that have come close to achieving this goal is the incredible Jonathan Goodwin.

(L-R) Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker speak to an audience of thousands for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary celebration (Photo: Lianna Brinded, IBTimes UK)

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Sylvester McCoy, Peter Davison and Colin Baker Mock Michael Grade for His 'Big Mistake' In Trying to Axe Doctor Who

The Doctors tells a panel audience about how the BBC show transformed TV scheduling and budgets

(L-R) Doctor Who's Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman at the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Celebration in London (Photo: Lianna Brinded, IBTimes UK)

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman Reveal Weirdest Autograph Signings

The 11th Doctor and his companion Clara tell all at the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Celebration event in London

(L-R) Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, Steven Moffat at the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary celebration in London (Photo: Lianna Brinded, IBTimes UK)

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Steven Moffat Laments 'Best Actor and Friend' Matt Smith

Moffat laments the departure of Matt Smith in a Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Celebration panel

Lianna Brinded takes you behind the scenes at one of the biggest Doctor Who events in London for

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Celebration: SFX Spoilers, Cybermen and Daleks

IBTimes UK's intrepid reporter braves Cybermen, Silurians and Daleks to report from London's special Doctor Who 50th Celebration.

“We have no signal that this is a sign as bigger things are to come,” said Elyes Fakhfakh, Tunisia’s Finance Minister, to IBTimes UK in Tunis. (Photo: Alfred Joyner, IBTimes UK)

Tunisia's Government Pledges to Tackle Terrorism and Jumpstart the Economy [VIDEO]

Tunisia is battling domestic terrorist attacks as well as a faltering economy

The remaining standing part of the collapsed Rana Plaza building. The disaster resulted in 1,100 garment worker deaths (Photo: Reuters)

Rana Plaza Disaster: Bangladesh Factory Inspections Start Following Retailer Pact and Pay Rises

30 teams will initially begin by assessing 200 clothing factories over the next eight weeks

Serco Loses UK Prisons Contract Amid SFO Fraud Investigation

Serco's CEO Chris Hyman and UK and Europe chief executive Jeremy Stafford have stepped down

Ofgem Rejects Five Big Six Energy Firms' Plans and Slaps on Price Controls

Energy watchdog aims to cut distribution costs which will lower household bills

UBS has scored another immunity deal related to the manipulation of some of the world’s most important interbank lending rates after inking an agreement with European Union authorities (Photo: Reuters)

Libor Fixing Scandal: UBS Scores Protection Over Future Fines With Another Immunity Deal

UBS scored immunity deals with regulators in the US, Switzerland and Canada last year.

Former Co-op Group's Chairman Paul Flowers was later found to be embroiled in a crack cocaine, crystal meth and ketamine-fuelled sex orgies (Photo: Co-Op)

'Crystal Methodist' Former Co-op Chairman Paul Flowers Arrested in Drugs Investigation

Flowers was found to be embroiled in a crack cocaine, crystal meth and ketamine-fuelled sex orgies.

JPMorgan Eyes Pay Freeze to Cope With $23bn Legal Issues

JPM is dealing with multiple probes and lawsuits worth billions of dollars.

Barclays has so far set aside £8bn to deal with the PPI scandal (Photo: Reuters)

Mis-Selling PPI Scandal: Barclays to Axe 244 Jobs in Glasgow

Barclays became the most complained about bank in Britain on a deluge of PPI complaints.

Battersea Power Station Snags £790m Bank Loan

CIMB, OCBC, Standard Chartered, and Maybank issue syndicated loan for the development

Tunisia has around a quarter of a million unemployed graduates but officials are pinning their hopes on a post Arab Spring society to create more jobs. (Photo: Reuters)

Tunis Business School Graduates Aim to Make Government Work for Them [VIDEO]

Salah Benabdallah tells IBTimes UK about hopes for the new generation of graduates

Garment workers clash with locals, who they believe are supporting the garment factory owners, during a protest in Dhaka September 23, 2013. (Photo: Reuters)

Bangladesh Approves 77% Pay Rise for Garment Factory Workers

The official wage board approves pay rise after a wave of strikes and Rana Plaza disaster

China has beaten the United States for having the youngest billionaire population in the world as well as having the highest percentage of self-made billionaires in any country. (Photo: Reuters)

China Beats US for Youngest Billionaires in the World

China records second largest billionaire population after the United States.

Guernsey’s finance industry is forging stronger ties with China after the British Channel Island’s banking, private wealth, investment and insurance sectors featured heavily in meetings with regulatory authorities in Beijing and Shanghai (Photo: Reuters)

Guernsey's Finance Industry Forges Stronger Links With Wealthy China Investors

British Prime Minister David Cameron recently said that Guernsey is not a tax haven

Daily Mail's MailOnline Revenues Jump 48% in 2013

Daily Mail and General Trust reveals revenues rise to £41m from £28m in 2012

France Investigates Ikea for Allegedly Spying on Employees [VIDEO]

French prosecutors put local unit of Ikea and two top executives under investigation.

ActionAid has slammed Barclays for claiming to be a “force of good” despite promoting the use of offshore tax havens to big companies operating in Africa. (Photo: Reuters)

ActionAid Slams Barclays for Corporation Tax Avoidance Promotion in Africa

Charity says tax avoidance by big companies drains billions of pounds from poor countries.

The collapse of the Bangladeshi Rana Plaza factory killed 1,100 people (Photo: Reuters)

Global Retailers Agree on Pact to Avoid Another Rana Plaza Disaster

The collapse of the Bangladeshi factory killed 1,100 people and highlighted the cost of cheap fashion

Incomes Data Services survey reveals manufacturers offered the steepest rises with an average 2.5% increase (Photo: Reuters)

British Pay Rises Slower Than Inflation at 2% for Third Quarter 2013

Incomes Data Services survey reveals manufacturers offered steepest rises of average 2.5%.

The multi-trillion dollar foreign currency markets are currently largely unregulated (Photo: Reuters)

FX Fixing Scandal: FCA Eyes Currency Market Regulation

Multi-trillion dollar foreign currency markets largely unregulated.

Npower's Paul Massara went on BBC's Hardtalk and pledged to not give up his bonus (Photo: Screengrab picture from BBC's Hardtalk)

Will Npower's Paul Massara Now Give Up His £150,000 Bonus Please?

Npower becomes most complained about energy firm in Britain and has axed jobs despite bumper profits

Philippines’ economic planning chief Arsenio Balisacan has revealed that the reconstruction following Typhoon Haiyan may reach $5.8bn. (Photo: Reuters)

Typhoon Haiyan will Cost Philippines $5.8bn in Reconstruction [VIDEO]

Philippines' economic planning chief Arsenio Balisacan says costs of reconstruction may reach 250bn pesos.

'Crystal Methodist' Paul Flowers Scandal: Co-op Group and Board Chairman Len Wardle Resigns

Ursula Lidbetter replaces Wardle after he led the board that appointed Paul Flowers who was filmed buying drugs