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The Church of Scotland has moved one step closer to the ordination of ministers in gay marriages after a vote allowing congregations to appoint ministers already in gay marriages was passed. The vote will have to be ratified at next

The European Commission is attempting to rush through new regulations limiting access to the internet for under 16 year olds. Children would be prevented from setting up social media accounts without parental consent, and would face restrictions on their use

Research into the public narrative surrounding the European migrant crisis has shown definitively that the viral spread of the photo of Aylan Kurdi, the toddler who drowned making the crossing from Turkey to Greece, was a watershed moment, shifting the language

A second major migrant camp is forming on the northern French coastline, where trafficking gangs are demanding large sums of money to ferry migrant across the Channel. The new camp is less than twenty miles from the notorious Calais Jungle,

A mother who spoke out against her daughter’s school imposing LGBT awareness week on its pupils has attracted the full force of liberal criticism, even being labelled ‘extreme’. The pupils at King Solomon High School were given rainbow badges to

In a house in Bradford, north England a scene is being played out that is as old as Christianity itself: the faithful gathering in a home to share fellowship and the gospel. The guests, some of whom have travelled from

The Department of Education (DfE) has instructed Britain’s education regulator, Ofsted, to prepare legal cases against the founders of three illegal Islamic schools in Birmingham, which were found to be teaching children extremist Islamic ideology. Fifteen such schools around the country

The Guardian has summarised Britain’s history as a litany of “Pirates, explorers, empire-makers, slavers,” and branded the British character as “insular”. Yet despite all this England-bashing, the author is surprised at the lack of pride among newcomers for their adoptive

The mastermind behind the November Paris attacks had photos of Birmingham on his smartphone, suggesting that he was perhaps planning an attack on England’s second city. At least one of the pictures may have been taken by Abdelhamid Abaaoud himself,

A Londoner who shouted “you ain’t no Muslim bruv” at a knife-wielding terrorist has said he fears retribution from the Islamic State for his outburst. He has partly hidden his identity in an attempt to make it harder for jihadists to

Video footage has emerged of John Rees, a co-founder of the Stop the War Coalition and an long-standing ally of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, declaring his support for terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Rees declared the two proscribed organisations, which

Media hysteria in the UK is normally the province of the tabloid papers and The Guardian, but now The Telegraph has got in on the act. It has taken a report ranking obesity as a major crisis and, in a

Lorry drivers using the Calais route “work in fear,” and are facing a “living nightmare”, a representative for the haulage industry has said. His organisation, the Road Haulage Association (RHA), has called upon the government to put more pressure on

Prime Minister David Cameron has indicated that he intends to push back a planned referendum on membership of the European Union, admitting that the migrant crisis which has swept Europe this year makes a ‘Brexit’ more likely. He hopes that

Parents at a Norwegian school were left astounded when the school asked permission for their children to take part in a Christmas ritual in which children dance around a tree singing carols. Some questioned just how much further schools will

Eighteen people have appeared in court in France accused of people smuggling in relation to at least 127 Albanians seeking to reach Britain. Prosecutors are seeking lengthy jail terms for a number of the accused, who are said to have

Germany has officially received one million asylum seekers in 2015. The figure has exceeded all official expectations, but may in fact be an underestimate as it takes time to register newcomers in the country’s ‘EASY’ computer system. “From January until

Uniquely among American universities, Harvard University is carving out a reputation for itself as a retirement home for failed Labour politicians, an American writer has noted. His observation follows the appointment of former shadow chancellor Ed Balls as a Senior

The French government is keeping tight-lipped on the subject of Britain’s renegotiation of the European Union treaties, for fear that discussion of the subject in public will encourage French voters to back the National Front. Their unwillingness to engage on

UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage has called on the British government to divert money from the country’s expanding foreign aid budget to help communities in the UK affected by flooding. In the aftermath of Storm Desmond, which battered parts of

A pro mass-migration, EU-funded pressure group has called on the British government to ban Donald Trump from the United Kingdom over his comments regarding Muslim immigration. British Future – which has a history of targeting people with anti mass migraiton views

Britain’s hard-left, “anti-war” movement the Stop The War Coalition has been forced to remove a statement its website which claimed the Islamic State are “closer” than Britain’s Prime Minister to “the spirit of internationalism and solidarity”. The “anti-war” group – which has been

Sweden has opened its first migrant tent camp in a bid to cope with this year’s unprecedented influx. Nearly 200,000 migrants will have arrived in the country this year, leaving Sweden’s asylum system on the verge of collapse. The camp,

Austria’s integration minister has slammed the country’s national employment service for offering segregated courses to Middle Eastern immigrants. He said that the move undermined Austria’s fundamental values and sent the wrong message to newly-arrived immigrants. The courses, run by The