The immigration fiasco that has rocked the Home Office is set to continue after the files of failed migrants whose visas were refused were found in meeting rooms and cupboards at offices in Sheffield. Some were even discovered in an
The Sweden Democrats, who caused Prime Minister Löfven to call a General Election only months after the previous vote had taken place, are climbing in the country’s opinion polls. According to a new survey by Swedish channel TV4, the right
David Cameron’s battle to renegotiate Britian’s relationship with the European Union has hit another stumbling block ahead of today’s Council meeting in Brussels. French President Francois Holland will tell Mr Cameron that he is “obsessed with his own problems”, the
IS fighters in Syria have unleashed a new weapon on the civilian populations of Syria and northern Iraq. The Express reports that bomb canisters have been packed with live scorpions designed to fling the venomous creatures into towns and villages,
The lawyers who headed the abuse claims made by Iraqi soldiers have refused to apologise for the turmoil they brought on the accused and the huge cost to the British tax payer. Following a six year, £31million investigation, the Al
A mosque near to NATO’s Brunssum command complex in The Netherlands has raised concerns with military top brass, De Telegraaf reports. The centre, which is where the Allied Joint Forces Command Headquarters is based, also serves as the NATO higher
MEPs voted today on an EU budget of €145,321.5 million as the Council and Commission gave in to demands for a reversal in budget cuts. The Council had wanted EU spending slimmed down but the growing problem of €30 billion
A 78 year old woman was violently attacked by a Slovakian career criminal after he was allowed to enter the UK under EU freedom of movement rules. Mario Stojka, who is wanted in his home country, has a string of
The General Court of the European Union has removed Hamas from their list of terrorist organisations. But the effect of annulling the decision to name the group on the terror list are maintained temporarily, meaning that the funding freeze against
Fanatical pro Brussels Tory Lord Heseltine has predicted the UK will end up scrapping the pound and adopting the euro. In an interview with the BBC the former Deputy Prime Minister rejected the idea that pro-European voices had “lost the
The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed the complaint of four attempted suicide bombers who said police denied them the right of access to a lawyer. The four men were arrested after bombs were detonated on the London transport
Judges at the European Court of Human Rights have ruled that ‘hearsay’ evidence can be used to convict someone in a trial. They were asked to investigate whether the human rights were breached in two criminal cases in the UK
New regulations designed to take more VAT from online giants such as Amazon will place extra burdens on small businesses. And it means niche companies who use the internet to sell items such as knitting patterns or music downloads for
At least 126 people, including 84 children have been killed in a Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan and around 122 injured, according to reports. Officials say at least six armed men stormed the military run school in the
Pope Francis has given four legged friends across the world an early Christmas present by saying that “Paradise is open to all God’s creatures”. In his weekly audience in The Vatican, His Holiness quoted the apostle Paul who told a
Half of all new laws to appear on the statute books come from European Union directives including ‘offences’ on olive oil which threatened small producers, restaurants and cafes, according to The Times. The Ministry of Justice has produced figures which
Celebrity horticulturist Alan Titchmarsh has found a variety of mushroom known for its hallucinogenic effect growing in the Queen’s garden at Buckingham Palace. The TV gardener, along with ecologist Professor Mick Crawley, was looking at the different species of plants
A candidate who was in the running to replace Greg Barker as MP for Bexhill and Battle faced a “double whammy of being brown and a woman”, according to the branch president. London barrister Suella Fernandes came third in the
A Labour MP has kicked off a sexism row after he suggested that the post of fisheries minister would be unsuitable for a woman. Frank Doran made the remarks in a Commons debate on the fishing industry and tried to
A 35 year old mother who dreamed of sending her eight-year-old son to fight in a holy war has been jailed for more than five years for using social media to incite terrorism. Runa Khan, who lives in Luton, said
A major British scientific group has published a booklet designed to give people advice in how to tackle climate change sceptics, or “ill-informed pub bores or the family know it all” as they call them. The booklet, by the Royal
An 84-year-old man is asking a sex change clinic to change its name so he stops getting letters from would-be patients, the Express and Echo reports. Vic Kellagher, whose house in Exeter is called ‘The Laurels’, says doctors from around
A teenager has been charged on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack in the UK as police across the country are investigating allegations of terror related activity. This week alone there has been police investigations in Cardiff, the West Midlands
The most senior judge in the EU has told Commission President Jean Claude Juncker that his job is to “defeat Euroscepticism”. Vassilios Skouris, the President of the Court of Justice, made his comments at an event which was supposed to
The Mediterranean, a holiday destination for sun seekers from across the world, is the “world’s deadliest sea” due to the high number of immigrants who perish trying to cross from Africa to Europe, according to the United Nations. The surge
