Alpine goats are shrinking due to climate change, researchers have claimed. Scientists from Durham University say that the goats now weigh 25 percent less than goats of a similar age thirty years ago, and blame the shrinkage on the region’s
Convicted terrorists will be banned from running British charities under government plans to stop donations being transferred to extremist groups. The Prime Minister has announced that the government will give the Charity Commission new powers to prevent convicted criminals misusing
A High Court judge has called for the legal rights and responsibilities of marriage to be abolished, saying there is no difference between married and cohabiting couples, and condemned the divorce system for giving special protection to wives. The Daily
Hundreds of Sunni families in Iraq are fleeing into Kurdish territory fearing that anti-ISIS militias may wreak revenge as they advance on Tikrit. According to The Times, the exodus comes as the Iraqi army advances on the ISIS-held city, with
An apparent attempt by Islamic State militants to kidnap a Syrian rebel leader within Turkey has been foiled, raising questions about Turkey’s ability to stop militants operating within its borders. The Telegraph reports that Abu Issa, who leads rebel group
An investigation is under way after a large fire at one of Britain’s most important power stations. At its height, around 100 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze, which broke out at around 8pm last night. The BBC reports
Adult asylum seekers who lie about their age are being placed in British schools alongside children as young as 11, teachers have warned. School heads revealed that they discovered cases of men in their 20s being sent to school with
British police have foiled several terror attacks and arrested hundreds of suspects so far this year, a counter-terror chief has said. Mark Rowley, one of Britain’s most senior anti-terror officers, has said that police are dealing with an “exceptionally high”
London will have to build 42,000 new homes a year to deal with a massive influx of immigrants, a new report has warned. The study by MigrationWatch UK says that even that figure may not be enough if a million
A terror suspect accused of plotting an attack against Tony Blair sang “We’re gonna slit their throats” in an Arabic song praising jihadis, London’s Old Bailey court has heard. Erol Incedal, who is of Turkish origin, also told his wife
A British jihadi has taunted the West and dared it to send in ground troops to fight ISIS in a new video, vowing that he and his fellow fighters will “chop off their heads”. The man who calls himself Abu
The British government may demand that the UK be given an emergency brake on the number of EU migrants who can come into the country in a desperate bid to appear tough on immigration and hold off the UKIP vote.
As many as 30 British-born jihadists are now believed to have died fighting for Islamic State and other terror groups in war torn Syria, analysts estimate. The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR), which monitors the activities of
LONDON, United Kingdom – Former Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has called for Britain to abandon is carbon targets, saying that renewable energy cannot help Britain meet its energy needs and only a combination of shale gas, Combined Heat and Power
BBC make-up staff are too scared to touch guests from Ebola-hit regions of Africa out of fear of catching the virus, a newsreader has said. Speaking at an event for the Wellbeing for Women charity last night, Fiona Bruce said
American entertainment network E! has denied that its new show ‘The Royals’ is designed to mock Britain’s royal family. The show, which follows the exploits of a fictionalised royal family and stars Elizabeth Hurley as the conniving Queen Helena, William
Foreign Aid has absolutely no effect on the level of political freedom on the countries receiving it, with some countries even becoming less free despite receiving more money, a new report has detailed. The document compiled by the TaxPayers’ Alliance examines
The self-proclaimed Islamic State is coming under attack from within by a shadowy guerrilla group determined to avenge the treatment of the Syrian people, according to a Syrian Human Rights group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says there has
A nurse has been arrested in Italy for killing up to 38 patients because she found them or their relatives annoying, police have said. Daniela Poggiali, from the town of Lugo, also allegedly took a ‘selfie’ with a patient who
Thirty years ago, a terrorist bomb exploded at the Conservative Party conference, killing five people and wounding 34. Now, former party chairman Lord Tebbit has said he will never forgive the man who planted that bomb, branding him a “creature”.
Terrified Kobane residents have spoken of the horror inflicted on them by jihadist fighters belonging to the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Some of the atrocities include beheadings, amputations, eye gouging and the complete destruction of livestock, with refugees now flooding across
Students at a university in Britain have been urged to urinate in the shower in order to save water. The BBC reports that two students at the University of East Anglia, which is based in the city on Norwich, are
A British man is thought to have died of Ebola in Macedonia, despite not having visited Africa. The man, who has not been named, flew direct to the Macedonian capital of Skopje from the UK, raising the possibility that he
British airports are to start screening passengers arriving from West Africa in an attempt to stop the Ebola virus from entering the UK. Sky News reports that the government is expected to make an official announcement shortly, just hours after
A boy from Sierra Leone has been banned from attending a school in Britain after parents became worried he could spread Ebola. Nine-year-old Kofi Mason-Sesay was due to attend St Simon’s Catholic Primary School in Greater Manchester as part of
