Nick Hallett

There were fears today that Ebola has reached Australia after a nurse developed symptoms of the virus. Sue Ellen Kovack, who had been working with the Red Cross in Sierra Leone, one of the worst affected countries, returned to Australia

Spain’s health authorities are monitoring at least 50 people for signs of the Ebola virus after a Madrid nurse became the first person to contract the virus outside of Africa. Teresa Romero Ramos, 44, had caught the virus while treating

Goldman Sachs took staff members of the Libyan sovereign wealth fund on an all-expenses paid trip to Morocco during the Gaddafi era to persuade them to invest in high-risk investments. The visit involved “heavy drinking and girls” according to an

An Australian opera company is refusing to show a production of Georges Bizet’s Carmen because it is set in a factory that manufactures cigarettes. Australia’s ABC reports that West Australia Opera made the decision after receiving $400,000 from Healthway, a

Police and MI5 have foiled what would have been the first ISIS terror attack in the UK, it has emerged. Four men were arrested yesterday morning in connection with terror offences, but the full scale of their plot has only

Almost a third of English people are too embarrassed to fly their national flag – the cross of St George – due to its associations with lower class culture and the far right. The Daily Mail reports that social anthropologist

The BBC has published a report detailing the reasons why Western women are drawn to Iraq and Syria to join jihad. The report by Dr Katherine Brown of Kings College London cites examples of numerous women, saying that social media

Cannabis can be highly addictive, cause mental health problems and lead to hard drug use, according to a new study by a British addiction specialist. The paper by Professor Wayne Hall, who is an advisor for the World Health Organisation,

A British policeman is running a website that sells potentially lethal weapons as well as mugs decorated with swastikas and gas chamber signs described as “ideal of kids bedrooms”. The Liverpool Echo reports that PC David Woods of Merseyside Police

Elderly Syrian women are taking up arms in a desperate last bid to prevent their town falling into the hands of ISIS. The town of Kobani is barely 200 yards from the Turkish border, and has been described as the

Police have raided an Islamic tuition centre in London as part of a counter-terrorism investigation. The centre’s manager, Mizanur Rahman, was previously jailed for six years in 2007 after calling for the death of British soldiers serving in Afghanistan. The

Activity by counter-terror police is at its highest level for nearly ten years due to fears that Islamic State sympathisers will launch attacks in the UK. The Times reports that police are increasing armed patrols and are searching homes and

The number of mentally ill people who have been killed through euthanasia in the Netherlands has trebled in a single year, according to new figures. The Daily Mail reports that in 2012, 14 people with “severe psychiatric problems” were killed

A man who was arrested in Bangladesh for being a suspected volunteer for the self-proclaimed Islamic State was rock singer and guitarist with a recording contract. Asif Adnan was a singer with rock band Jahiliyyah, named after the period of

Islamic State militants are carrying out mass executions, abducting girls to use as sex slaves and have conscripted child soldiers to fight for them, the UN has said in a new report. The Daily Mail says that the report accuses

In a surprise visit to Afghanistan this morning, British Prime Minister David Cameron conceded that terrorist plots against the UK are still be planned in the country, and that Britain had paid a “very high price” for the war there.

UK jihadists are richer, better educated and have fewer criminal convictions than those from other European countries, according to new research. The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) says that many British jihadists have stayed in school until

British jihadists in Syria have threatened a “new 7/7” attack in the UK in revenge for air strikes against Islamic State fighters. Speaking over social media, the fighters threatened ordinary British people with mass bombings similar to the attacks in

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom – Prime Minister David Cameron has used his final party conference speech before next year’s general election to launch a tax cutting agenda designed to win over the wavering voters the party needs to cling to power.

Newspaper columnist Melanie Phillips has attacked Home Secretary Theresa May for “sanitising” Islamic extremism in her speech to the Conservative Party Conference today. Breitbart London reported earlier today that May used her speech to announce plans for new Extremist Disruption

Prominent Tory right-winger Liam Fox has launched a stinging attack on the government’s immigration policy, saying that net migration is a “stupid measure” in determining who should come into Britain. Speaking at a fringe meeting of the All Party Parliamentary

British Prime Minister David Cameron has apologised to the Queen for letting slip her delight at the result of the Scottish independence referendum. The Prime Minister was recorded earlier this week discussing the Queen’s reaction with former New York mayor

British Muslims whose families have lived in the country for several generations are more susceptible to radicalisation than recent immigrants, according to new research. A study by the University of London also found that radicalised British Muslims tend to be

An unidentified woman has released covert footage of daily life in the heartland of the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Hiding a camera under her niqab, the women took the footage in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto ISIS capital.