When Owen Paterson was sacked from his position as Environment Secretary back in June, he blamed the ‘Green Blob’ – a conglomeration of “powerful, self-serving” environmental lobbyists. Now an investigation by the Mail on Sunday has given shape to that
Another day, another round of infighting between the People’s Front of Judea and the Judean People’s Front. The Edinburgh University Student’s Association (EUSA) has been accused of “inconsistency” in its commitment to “end rape culture and lad banter on campus”,
A Copenhagen gallery has withdrawn from exhibition a number of artworks by controversial Swedish artist Dan Park, after the gallery owner received death threats against himself and his family. The exhibition, which had been organised by the Danish Free Press
A French mother of three has had to have all four limbs partially amputated after a routine abortion went wrong. She and her husband are now suing the medical team in Bordeaux University Hospital, and have decided to go public
Man-made climate change is a myth and all efforts to prove its existence have failed, according to Weather Channel founder John Coleman. The award winning weatherman, whose career spans over sixty years, drew on the support of over 9,000 Ph.D.
The Danish Parliament is set to once again debate the legality of male circumcision today, with the Red-Green Alliance and the Liberal Alliance teaming up to push for a ban on the practice. The other parliamentary parties are in internal
More than half of the UK’s donations to smaller charities working in Syria fall into the hands of ISIS and other Islamist groups, the London based anti-radicalisation think-tank Quilliam has claimed. Two charities who send aid convoys to the country
Spanish authorities have been roundly criticised by the UN after a video emerged showing an immigrant being beaten up and dumped back in Morocco when he attempted to scale a fence into the enclave of Melilla. The UN High Commission
225 children under the age of ten have been admitted to hospital in Scotland for alcohol-related injuries or illnesses in the last three years, according to figures released under a Freedom of Information request. The figure rose drastically to 4,884
The French government is drawing up plans to ban any immigrant whose “personal behaviour” is deemed to pose a threat to “security or public order”. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has made it clear that he wants to keep certain
A man has been convicted of possessing prohibited images of children thanks solely to his large collection of manga and animé cartoons. Robul Hoque, who was convicted at Teesside Crown Court after pleading guilty to ten counts of the charge,
The Austrian government is set to launch a telephone hotline intended to de-radicalise young Muslims, a government minister has announced during an interview. Certain details regarding the service, including the funding, are still being finalised, the Local has reported. Family
The legalisation of civil partnerships for homosexual couples will be debated on the floor of the Italian Senate by January at the latest, the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has announced. His announcement follows fierce fighting over the matter as
The Spanish nursing assistant who was the first person infected with Ebola outside West Africa has been given the all clear, after tests to ascertain whether she still had the virus were negative. A second negative test will be required
A Danish citizen accused of trying to assassinate Lars Hedegaard, an outspoken critic of Islam and defender of free speech, has been released from jail by Turkey, although it is not clear why. There are suspicions that the 27-year-old man,
Two German hostages who were being held by Islamic militants in the Philippines have been released in return for a ransom sum of £3.5million (€5.65million), their captors have claimed. The pair were sailing on board their yacht between Malaysia and
Conditions within Labour-run NHS Wales are worse than those faced by the patients neglected during the infamous Mid-Staffordshire scandal, according to relatives of those who have suffered. An investigation by the Daily Mail has uncovered incidents including patients dying whilst
Snap inspections have been carried out in six East London schools by Ofsted, over fears that another Trojan Horse plot could be underway in the borough of Tower Hamlets. The inspections were ordered by the Department of Education after concerns
Pope Francis’ efforts to inculcate a more merciful approach to homosexuals and divorced persons within the Catholic Church have failed to win the support of the majority of Bishops at the synod on the family. Conciliatory language used in a
Panic has swept through a luxury cruise liner following the discovery on board of a laboratory worker who handled clinical samples from Eric Duncan, a Liberian man who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. The
With just over a week having passed since the UK Independence Party won its first elected MP, and another defection victory on the horizon in Rochester and Strood, it is clear that the Conservative Party are still in a panic
West Midlands Police have admitted knowing since 2012 that 75 percent of child sex groomers in the Birmingham region of the United Kingdom are ethnically Asian, and more than four out of five of their victims are young white girls.
Uber has fallen foul of French law and is facing a fine of €100,000 after judges ruled that it was engaging in “deceptive business practices” by marketing UberPOP, as a ridesharing service. The Paris court found that, by charging a
E-cigarettes and paraphernalia will only be sold in tobacconists in Austria, thanks to a new ruling from the Austrian Ministry of Health. The intention is to prevent children from buying vaping products, but critics, including the owner of one of
The government has altered plans to allow gay couples to convert their civil partnerships to marriages, by allowing the conversion ceremony to take place at a range of venues including churches, synagogues, meeting houses, hotels and other registered venues. Previously,
