The Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has criticised America’s Episcopal Church for inventing a religious ceremony for gay marriages and referring to God in gender-neutral terms. Welby, who serves as symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, of which
Support for Spain’s radical leftist Podemos party is falling as the crisis in Greece deepens, latest polls suggest. Since it was founded last year, the party – whose name translates as “We Can” – has generated a huge amount of
A hospital in Manchester, UK has dropped a proposal to close a Catholic chapel and turn it into a prayer room for Muslims after thousands signed a petition against the move. Breitbart London reported on Monday that the petition had
Britain must completely ban parents from smacking their children, a report submitted to the UN has demanded. The UK’s four children’s commissioners call for the “immediate” repeal of all laws permitting parents to physically chastise their children and tell the
The UK’s revenue from oil and gas has plummeted by 54 per cent in the space of a year from £4.7bn in 2013-14 to just £2.1bn in 2014-15 as world oil prices continue to drop. The fall is more than
A crowd of assorted far-left activists gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square last night to rally in “solidarity” with the Greek government. Speaking at the rally were many of the usual suspects including Labour leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn, Green MP Caroline
The BBC has wasted no time expressing its unreserved joy at the news Lancashire County Council has rejected a planning application from Cuadrilla to drill for shale gas near Blackpool. The decision – which appears to be based on little
Nearly 5,000 people have signed a petition protesting a proposal to turn a Catholic hospital chapel into a Muslim prayer room. The chapel of St Raphael at North Manchester General Hospital has been open for 15 years and is one
Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned that weapons capable of firing 1,000 rounds per minute are being smuggled into Britain by criminal gangs as fears grow of a “copycat” attack after the Tunisia beach massacre. More than 30 Britons
At least 30 Britons are expected to among the victims of Friday’s Tunisia terror attack, the BBC reports. So far 15 of the 38 confirmed dead are British, with the country paying by far the highest price in terms of
Rising immigration helped push the UK population up by almost half a million in just 12 months. Net migration rose to almost 260,000 last year, which when added to the natural growth of births over deaths comes to just under
Britain has doubled its usage of biomass to generate electricity in the space of a year – despite repeated warnings that the “renewable energy source” generates even more CO2 than traditional fossil fuels. New statistics from the Department for Energy
Three London teenagers have invented a condom that changes colour if the wearer has a sexually transmitted disease. The condoms, made from a rubber called S.T.EYE, react to various pathogens that cause STDs, turning green for chlamydia, blue for syphilis,
The Queen’s treasurer issued an unprecedented statement last night as Buckingham Palace was forced into a humiliating climb down over claims the Scottish government was to cut royal funding. Sir Alan Reid, who holds the title ‘Keeper of the Privy
Argentina has appointed a general who served in the occupying forces during the Falklands War as its new army chief. Ricardo Luis Cundom was chosen by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as a replacement for General César Milani who stood
Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has said it has identified about 300 possible suspects in an investigation into child sex abuse in the town of Rotherham. Steve Baldwin, senior investigating officer at the NCA, said the 1,400 victims in the
A leaked EU report has shown that Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sir Tim Hunt, who was hounded out of his academic positions for making sexist remarks, was actually joking when he made the comments. Sir Tim was forced to resign from
Scotland’s nationalist government has been accused of refusing to pay its share of the costs of funding the monarchy, as royal sources revealed the Queen may have to move out of Buckingham Palace while a massive refurbishment takes place. The
More government departments have revealed their plans to fly the rainbow flag during London’s gay pride march this weekend. There were reports Monday of a split in the government between the Foreign Office – who have declined the fly the
A former Labour MP accused of multiple child sex offences made official visits to parliament even though he had been diagnosed with dementia so severe that he could not stand trial. Lord Janner visited Westminster three times even though medics
The tiny Pacific territory of Pitcairn has passed a law allowing same-sex marriage – despite having only 48 inhabitants, no gay couples and potentially no one to officiate any such wedding. The British Overseas Territory initially passed the law on
An evangelical Christian pastor has said he would rather go to prison than withdraw a comment calling Islam “satanic”. Pastor James McConnell of the Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is facing prosecution under the Communications Act 2003 for
Some 185,000 people applied for asylum in an EU country in the first quarter of 2015, up 90 per cent from the previous year, new figures reveal. According to the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat the number of people seeking asylum
A London police officer appeared to remove his ‘Help for Heroes’ wristband after being criticised by Islamist hate preacher Anjem Choudary. A video uploaded to Youtube shows Choudary walking up to the officer and asking him whether he is a
One out of every 35 men in Britain have paedophile tendencies, crime chiefs believe. According to analysis by the National Crime Agency (NCA), up to three quarters of a million men may have a sexual attraction to children, with 250,000
