The leader of a Maoist sect from Edmonton, North London, has appeared in court in Westminster on 25 charges of false imprisonment, rape and child cruelty. Aravindan Balakrishnan, 74, was arrested in Lambeth in November 2013. He faces one charge
Drivers who smoke with children in the car would be fined £50, under plans being prepared by ministers. The plan aims to protect kids from second hand smoke by creating a new criminal offence – with police empowered to issue
Police in London are probing an alleged Westminster paedophile ring’s involvement in the death of three boys in the late 70s and early 80s. The officer leading Operation Midland, the investigation into an alleged VIP sex ring, appealed today for
Britain thwarted a Sydney-style ‘lone wolf’ attack just days before it was due to happen, London’s top policeman said on Wednesday. He also told LBC radio that his force had foiled five terror plots in the last four months alone.
Last night, van driving Croydonian, Ben Haenow, was crowned the eleventh X Factor champion in a result that left social media shocked. As with so many previous winners he was not the favourite, and many of his supporters seemed to
Director of Middle East at the British Foreign Office Edward Oakden renewed on Saturday his country’s support for President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s efforts to complete the transition stage in Yemen. Oakden stressed, during his meeting in London with Head
Ian Paisley jnr has hinted the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) might be willing to offer a pact with the Ulster Unionist Party (DUP) at the next General Election. He told an audience at Cambridge University that whilst his party had
Murderers were granted British passports by the Home Office because the they did not supply the paperwork proving their convictions, according to a new report. John Vine, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, found that failures to check
Essex University Students’ Union is due to vote tonight on whether to ban UKIP from its campus. The motion is being sponsored by a student who told his Facebook followers that he would like to send Conservatives to the gulag.
Adults who trawl the internet to ask children to take explicit photos of themselves will face two years in prison, David Cameron has announced today. Speaking at a conference into child abuse he said the new Serious Crime Bill would
Natasha Bolter, the UKIP member at the centre of allegations against party General Secretary, Roger Bird misspelt the name of the Oxford University college she claimed to have attended on her application to be a parliamentary candidate. Her handwritten application
Conservatives are manoeuvring themselves into a four party deal that could see David Cameron remaining as Prime Minister even if he loses the election. According to sources at Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, senior Conservatives are trying to keep a
Roger Bird, the General Secretary of UKIP, has been accused of sexually harassing Natasha Bolter during her three months as a party member. He claims they had a relationship, she denies it, and he has now been suspended by UKIP
The BBC has announced it is to open its first theme park, featuring popular shows such as Doctor Who and Top Gear. The new park will be part of the new Paramount Entertainment Resort in Kent due to open in
The US Ambassador to Britain has described the violence between black communities and the police in places like New York and Ferguson as ‘an American problem’ the country ‘needs to face’. His Excellency Matthew Barzun was commenting on violence that
Britain should stay in the EU asa “from a selfish point of view” it benefits America, according the US Ambassador. His Excellency Matthew Barzun made the comment at a lunch in the House of Commons for around a hundred journalists
David Cameron will travel to Turkey tomorrow to hold talks with the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over growing concerns that the country is being used as a staging post for British jihadists to travel to
The company set up by senior Police Officers to process applications for ‘speed awareness’ courses is under investigation after it was revealed it amassed a surplus of nearly £2m. Road Safety Support Ltd was established at the suggestion of the
The Green Party in Brighton has been criticised for selecting a candidate who once described the 1984 Brighton Bomb attack on Conservative Party Conference as “justifiable act of political warfare”. Richard Stanton was selected to fight Queen’s Ward on Brighton
Outside Westminster very few functionaries acquire genuine fame, and it might be hard for the public to understand the excitement created by the announcement that Paul “Gobby” Lambert is joining UKIP. Gobby is a well liked figure in the Westminster
One of the pioneers of British Food Banks has hit out at the Archbishop of Canterbury’s call for them to be nationalised as part of a new government department called Feeding Britain. Robin Aitken, who set-up the Oxford Food Bank,
London, UNITED KINGDOM – The US State Department has launched a competition for British and American students to submit a statement that best describes relations between the two countries. The winning entry will be carved into the stone wall surrounding
TV gardener and talk show host Alan Tichmarsh has expressed his admiration for Nigel Farage and hinted that he backs the party’s policies. Although the ‘Ground Force’ star refused to disclose his voting intention in an interview for the Daily
Jeremy Thorpe, the former Liberal Leader who was acquitted of murder in 1979, has died after suffering from Parkinson’s Disease for several years. The scandal that ruined his career came about when an acquittance of his, Norman Scott, claimed to
Boris Johnson has said that it is “human nature” to be fearful about being swamped by immigrants and those who seek to curb it are “not bad people”. The Mayor of London said it was the role of politicians to
