The NHS has pulled funding for cancer treatments affecting 5,500 patients claiming that the drugs involved, which prolong human life, are not cost effective. In total it has now halved the number of cancer treatments on offer, citing financial pressures.
Five of the wealthiest Muslim countries have taken no Syrian refugees in at all, arguing that doing so would open them up to the risk of terrorism. Although the oil rich countries have handed over aid money, Britain has donated more
The Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the migrant crisis emanating from the Middle East on America. He also blamed European states for backing US efforts to spread democracy, which he said were responsible for the current exodus of people
An Egyptian billionaire has appealed to the governments of Italy and Greece to sell him a Mediterranean island so that he can house the migrants fleeing the Middle East and give them jobs. He plans to use the island as
The Apple App Store has approved an app which enables haulage drivers passing through Calais to be alerted if their lorry is infiltrated by migrants. Hauliers face fines of £2,000 if they are caught with a migrant in their lorry.
One of Syria’s most senior Catholics has issued an impassioned plea to young Syrians, begging them to stay. Describing the exodus of Syria’s young as a “tsunami”, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregorios III warned that the scale of youth immigration
A Church of England clergyman who wed his male partner will have to wait until next year to find out whether his attempts to sue the church for unlawful discrimination have been successful. Jeremy Pemberton, who lost his job as
A former soldier and father of five is heading to Iraq to join the fight against ISIS as he believes the British government is not doing enough to help Christians there. He is self-funding the trip from his income as
A Norwegian bank has issued a credit card featuring an anti-Semitic cartoon. The bank allows customers to design their own card and suggested that in this case their system failed to detect and reject the insulting image. But the customer
A group of Israelis visiting the site of Auschwitz death camp have slammed as “distasteful” and “offensive” the decision to install mist-spray showers near the entrance to the museum. But managers of the memorial site have defended their decision, explaining
Polish gangs have been stealing alcoholic hand gel from London hospitals in a bid to fuel their drinking habits. The dozens of thefts have led to at least three deaths since 2008. Speaking to the BBC, Polish migrant Bartlomiej told
A Pakistani Christian businessman has risked official retribution by constructing a 140-foot cross in concrete and steel, the BBC reports, following a Breitbart London story from over two months ago. Although Pakistan used to be a tolerant multi-faith society, it
In the latest flare up of the migrant crisis engulfing Europe, hundreds of migrants have been protesting outside a train station in Budapest this morning after police sealed off the terminal and refused them passage through the EU. The crowd chanted
Britain, France and Germany have joined forces to pressure the EU into setting up migrant detention centres in Italy and Greece by the end of the year. The migrant centres would distinguish between genuine refugees, who would be allowed to
Support for gay marriage is higher among American Catholics than it is in the general population, a new study claims, with one in six Catholics giving the go-ahead to same sex unions. The study comes as Catholics worldwide urge Pope
Chrissie Hynde has spoken out against the idea of rape culture, saying that women who dress provocatively and then get drunk should take some responsibility if they are then attacked and raped. Recounting an episode from her youth in which
Four terrorism suspects with links to ISIS executioner Jihadi John have been awarded hundreds of thousands of pounds of British taxpayers’ money in legal aid to sue to government for slapping counter-terrorism orders on them – despite having fled the
Kent Police are investigating the provenance of leaflets distributed throughout Margate calling on residents not to support the town’s gay pride event. “Margate will never be MarGAYte”, the leaflets proclaimed. However, officers from the same force led the parade, driving
Police in Northern Ireland are spending valuable resources investigating an alleged hate crime after three men holding a Northern Ireland flag stood outside an Islamic prayer centre. A member of the public contacted the police, complaining that the men had
A recent claim by two men that a Nazi train laden with gold has been found buried beneath a Polish castle has gained significant credibility, with Poland’s deputy culture minister stating that he is “99 per cent certain” the story is
New European Union tax rules introduced in January have already driven thousands of small companies out of business, with thousands more set to follow as awareness of the change in the VAT law grows. Research has shown that incompetence on
A new poll has shown that atheism is on the rise in Scotland, as nearly half of Scots now say they are of no religion, up from 40 per cent in 2009. On current trends, Christianity will become a minority
Germany has thrown open her doors to Syria, declaring it will welcome all that country’s asylum seekers. In doing so, it has overturned a EU convention which insists that asylum seekers must register in the first country they reach. Germany will
A Jewish organisation dedicated to opposing the anti-Israeli Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is seeking to take Leicester City Council to court over its recent decision to boycott Israel. The organisation has accused the council of anti-Semitism, likening the
The UN Security Council has held its first-ever meeting on LGBT rights. US Ambassador Samantha Power called it a sign that gay rights are “being injected into the mainstream at the United Nations,” as she called on all countries, including
