
Britain has been put on a high state of alert for another beheading attack on its streets, after intelligence services picked up a high level of “chatter” on the internet. Military and police personnel are likely to be primary targets,
by Donna Rachel Edmunds13 Jan 2015, 6:51 AM PST0

Labour leader Ed Miliband has been heaped with ridicule after suggesting that Eurosceptics were endangering the people of Britain by putting the country at increased risk of terrorism. Critics have pointed out that membership of the EU has in itself
by Donna Rachel Edmunds13 Jan 2015, 6:41 AM PST0

UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has called on Europe to defend its Judeo-Christian culture. During a debate within the European Parliament on the Paris terror attacks of last week, Mr Farage also laid the blame for the rise of
by Donna Rachel Edmunds13 Jan 2015, 5:11 AM PST0

A Ugandan fisherman has tracked down and killed a massive crocodile, armed only with a spear, after it ate his pregnant wife. Locals have hailed the man as a hero, as the crocodile was thought to have eaten six other
by Donna Rachel Edmunds12 Jan 2015, 9:09 AM PST0

Attempts to ‘green’ the national grid are posing a security threat as they make the system more vulnerable to hacking, it has emerged. The revelation comes amid warnings that Britain’s National Grid is under constant attack by hackers. A Member
by Donna Rachel Edmunds12 Jan 2015, 8:31 AM PST0

Two young girls killed at least three people yesterday when they blew themselves up in a market place in Potiskum, northern Nigeria. They were thought to have been around ten years of age. The attack comes just days after another
by Donna Rachel Edmunds12 Jan 2015, 8:07 AM PST0

There are calls for BBC reporter Tim Willcox to resign after he told the daughter of holocaust survivors live on air “Palestinians suffer hugely at Jewish hands as well”. A petition has been launched calling for his dismissal, whilst on
by Donna Rachel Edmunds12 Jan 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

As the hashtag #JeSuisJuif (I am Jewish) trended yesterday on Twitter in memory of the four hostages killed at a kosher supermarket in Paris last week, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament David Ward took to Twitter to declare “Je Suis
by Donna Rachel Edmunds12 Jan 2015, 5:41 AM PST0

An Islamist alleged to have mentored the Kouachi brothers who were behind the Charlie Hebdo attack on Wednesday now works as a trainee nurse at the very same Accident and Emergency department that some of the victims of that attack
by Donna Rachel Edmunds12 Jan 2015, 3:00 AM PST0

The offices of a German newspaper which reprinted Charlie Hebdo cartoons depicting Mohammed has been firebombed. No-one was hurt in the attack. The Hamburger Morgenpost, a regional daily paper located in the northern port city of Hamburg, printed three Charlie
by Donna Rachel Edmunds11 Jan 2015, 4:22 PM PST0

French police stopped surveilling the deadly Parisian terror cell which this week killed 17 people six months ago as they were deemed to be ‘low risk’. One of the members, Hayat Boumeddiene, the wife of supermarket gunman Amedy Coulibaly, is
by Donna Rachel Edmunds11 Jan 2015, 4:20 PM PST0

A London-based cleric and preacher has told his followers “Britain is the enemy of Islam”, and defended the murders at the Charlie Hebdo offices just hours after the horror unfolded. Cleric Mizanur Rahman, of Palmers Green, north London gave a
by Donna Rachel Edmunds11 Jan 2015, 8:22 AM PST0

Culture Secretary Sajid Javid has said that it is “lazy and wrong” to suggest that the Paris attacks have nothing to do with Islam. Javid, who is himself of Muslim heritage, also said that the Muslim community has a “special
by Donna Rachel Edmunds11 Jan 2015, 8:21 AM PST0

SAS troops, counter-terrorism police and army personnel are joining forces to stage the biggest security operation on British streets since the 2012 Olympic Games. Their deployment comes amidst statements from Al Qaida warning Britain: you’re next. According to the Sunday
by Donna Rachel Edmunds11 Jan 2015, 6:24 AM PST0

A Birmingham police officer’s double life as a gangster, running brothels and dealing drugs, was uncovered after he drove a £170,000 Ferrari to work. Colleagues grew suspicious after he showed up in the car and investigated, uncovering brothels in London
by Donna Rachel Edmunds9 Jan 2015, 9:14 AM PST0

The BBC has refused to interview a black history month campaigner because he would not remove a large golliwog doll from around his neck. A BBC spokesman said that they asked Chaka Artwell to remove the doll because it might
by Donna Rachel Edmunds9 Jan 2015, 7:55 AM PST0

The mob has triumphed: Ched Evans will not be signed by Oldham Athletic Football Club. The club dropped their offer to sign Evans after staff and their families were threatened. Evans has released a statement in which he blames “mob
by Donna Rachel Edmunds9 Jan 2015, 7:34 AM PST0

Just a twenty minute car ride from Marais, the chic quarter of Paris in which the Charlie Hebdo offices are located, lies Gennevilliers, a northern suburb home to 10,000 Muslims where the Kouachi brothers were raised. Seven miles separate the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds9 Jan 2015, 4:32 AM PST0

A stockbroker has been sacked, and is being investigated by police after tweeting “Think I just hit a cyclist. But Im late for work so had to drive off lol.” He later issued an apology and claimed the tweet was
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Jan 2015, 6:10 AM PST0

British forces are being withheld from Iraq as the government fears casualties during a general election period. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced in December that hundreds of Briish troops would be sent to Iraq in January to help in the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds7 Jan 2015, 9:10 AM PST0

A senior ISIS militant who oversaw the beheadings of captives has been killed, along with five other militants, by Syrian civilians in revenge attacks. As ISIS continues to impose draconian Sharia law across the territory it holds, civilians are increasingly
by Donna Rachel Edmunds7 Jan 2015, 8:18 AM PST0

Fourteen NHS Accident and Emergency departments have now declared major incidents, cancelling all but the most essential operations and calling in extra staff to cope with the surge in demand that winter brings. Yet NHS bosses are still insisting that
by Donna Rachel Edmunds7 Jan 2015, 6:18 AM PST0

Growing discord within the European Union has topped a top ten list of global threats, ahead of Putin’s Russia and ISIS. The list was compiled by leading risk consultancy Eurasia Group, who warned that the rise of populist parties threatened
by Donna Rachel Edmunds7 Jan 2015, 2:51 AM PST0

Just three months ago, President Rousseff of Brazil told the UN “Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our times,” but in a rare example of realism winning out over political correctness, she has now appointed a climate
by Donna Rachel Edmunds7 Jan 2015, 12:00 AM PST0

Britain’s fresh food supplies are coming under increasing threat, as lorry loads of fruit and vegetables are being destroyed when illegal immigrants are found hiding within them. Last month British Border Officers found 3,000 stowaways hiding on trucks crossing the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds6 Jan 2015, 9:12 AM PST0