Britain’s Catholic bishops have today published a letter urging worshippers to back political candidates who support marriage and oppose abortion. The document, drawn up by a team of four bishops, has been launched by Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
A British soldier who left his base to fight Islamic State has been found, the Defence Secretary has said. Sky News reports that Michael Fallon said the 19-year-old was being returned to his unit after disappearing to join Kurdish fighters
A controversial Islamic preacher who described homosexuality as a “scourge” has been invited to speak at a London university’s Islamic society just a day before a national gay pride event takes place there. Haitham al-Haddad, who has been invited to
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced plans to tighten citizenship laws to tackle home-grown extremism. Mr Abbott said that dual nationals could have their Australian citizenship suspended or even permanently revoked if they are found to be involved in
There is a “real and present danger” that Russia will try to destabilise Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, Britain’s defence secretary has said. Michael Fallon said he was concerned about the “pressure” Putin was putting on former Soviet states, especially in
A judge has criticised senior managers at Darlington Borough Council after a child was taken into care due to the father’s links with the English Defence League. Sir James Munby, the most senior family court judge in England and Wales,
A couple who were arrested after trying to stage a bogus wedding have been jailed – after the groom forgot the bride’s name. Zubair Khan, 28, from Pakistan, and Beata Szilagyi, 33, from Hungary, were exposed after Khan had to
The presence of British flags on the government’s business advice site is off-putting to women, a Liberal Democrat MP has said. Lorely Burt, who is a junior minister in the Treasury and the government’s Ambassador for Women in Enterprise, made
Three women were arrested after man was “glassed” at a screening of Fifty Shades of Grey at a Glasgow cinema on Valentine’s Day. The man was reportedly attacked when he asked a group of drunken, rowdy women to quieten down.
The number of areas in Britain now being supported by the government’s ‘Prevent’ strategy, which aims to stop young Muslims becoming radicalised, has risen by 50 percent since the project was introduced. As ISIS and other terror groups prove increasingly
Prime Minister David Cameron has signed a pact with Labour leader Ed Miliband and Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg pledging that all three of their parties will work together to tackled climate change. The pledge, which has been brokered by
The Church of England is set to call for greater European integration in a highly political move that will anger Eurosceptics just months before the general election. In a document advising Britain’s 25 million Anglicans on voting in the election,
Twelve Sunni Muslim men have been barred from gathering in large groups, with four also banned from burning items in protests, following violent sectarian outbursts at a rally led by radical preacher Anjem Choudary. The Daily Mail reports that Judge
A couple who bullied an 11-year-old girl into taking part in ‘black magic’ sex sessions where they sucked her blood have been jailed for 17 years. Carolee Hickman, 64, of St Athan, Wales, convinced the girl she was part of
An Islamic primary school run by a charity once described by Prime Minister David Cameron as a “front” for radical Islamism has been rated inadequate by inspectors after failing to promote ‘British values’, the London Evening Standard reports. The Islamic
The deadline for Japan to pay a $200 million ransom to Islamic State for the lives of two hostages has passed with no word from the terror group. In a video released earlier this week, IS said it would kill
Prince Andrew has tonight spoken out on allegations he abused an underage girl, telling an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that he wanted to reiterate the formal denials already made in his name by Buckingham Palace.
Prince Andrew is expected to speak out today on allegations he sexually abused a teenage girl. The prince is due to give a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos in which it is expected he will mention
A British Jihadist who spent six months in Syria and faked his death before returning to Britain has pleaded guilty to four terrorism offences. The BBC reports that Imran Khawaja, 27, of Houslow, west London, admitted preparing acts of terrorism,
The mother of a young British jihadist who returned from Syria has appealed for support from the government, claiming her son is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The Independent reports that the woman, who converted to Islam along with her
Jewish children in Britain are being drilled on what to do in the event of a terrorist attack. The Independent reports that children aged 10 and 11 in north London have described how they are trained to play “sleeping lions”
A five-year-old boy has been handed an invoice for missing his friend’s birthday party, and his parents now claim they are being threatened with court action if they fail to pay. The Plymouth Herald reports that Derek Nash, from Torpoint,
Police in Britain have been put on high alert and warned they could be targeted in jihadi terror attacks following the uncovering of a plot against officers in Belgium this week. The threat level against officers has been raised to
British police are stepping up security in Jewish areas in response to last week’s terror attacks in Paris, Britain’s most senior counter-terror officer has said. Assistant Commission Mark Rowley revealed that the heads of police forces around the country are
Protesters took to the streets of Istanbul after Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet published a four-page supplement of cartoons from the latest edition of Charlie Hebdo. The paper chose not to print the famous front-cover showing Mohammed crying in the suppliment, but
A French Muslim coffee shop owner has received death threats after displaying a sign reading “Je suis Charlie” outside his London café. Adel Defilaux says a man stormed into his business, The Antishop, in Brick Lane, East London, at 9.30
The wife of a man who mentored the Kouachi brothers is living on state benefits in Leicester in the UK after deciding France was too strict on Muslims. Sylvie Beghal, whose husband Djamel is suspected of training the men who
A 27-year-old man has revealed how he guided police while hiding in a box as Charlie Hebdo terrorists Said and Cherif Kouachi holed themselves up in a print plant. Lilian Lepere spent six hours hiding, all the time texting crucial
Broadcaster and columnist Julia Hartley-Brewer gave an impassioned defence of freedom of expression on BBC Question Time last night. Criticising the decision by British newspapers not to print the Charlie Hebdo cartoons depicting Mohammed, she accused them of “bottling it”
On last night’s BBC Question Time, presenter David Dimbleby read out the BBC’s editorial guidelines on depicting Mohammed, which confirm the Muslim prophet should never be shown. Following a debate on the Paris shootings and whether media outlets should show
Conservative Party campaign group RoadTrip2015 has been criticised after posting a Facebook status mentioning the Paris terror attacks as a reason for activists to get the party’s candidates elected. The group said: “The news from Paris has confirmed that now
A former writer for Charlie Hebdo has said the next edition of the magazine will be published as usual next week despite the murder of ten of its journalists yesterday. Caroline Fourest, who worked for the satirical magazine in 2011,
A huge manhunt is underway in France for two suspected gunmen in the terror attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. French police have released images of brothers Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi, both in their early 30s, who are suspected
Actress Ellen Page has tweeted an angry message expressing her fury about the Queen giving a top award to a North Ireland politician blamed Hurricane Katrina on gay people. Maurice Mills, a Democratic Unionist councillor for Ballymena, was made a
A couple who were urged to abort their ‘non-viable’ baby have now celebrated his first birthday. Jett Morris survived five weeks in his mother’s womb after her waters broke prematurely when she was 20 weeks pregnant. He was born weighing
Prince Andrew’s former friend Jeffrey Epstein used “aggressive witness tampering” on his employees who later refused to answer questions about the prince, US investigators have said. Multi-millionaire Epstein is also alleged to have paid witnesses who invoked their right to
A Greek left-wing extremist who has been recaptured after a year on the run was planning an armed assault on a maximum security prison in Athens to free inmates, police have said. The BBC reports that Christodoulos Xiros of Marxist
The girl who alleges she was abused by Prince Andrew was introduced to the Queen during a visit to London, her father has claimed. Sky Roberts, whose daughter Virginia claims the prince abused her on three occasions, said that his
Buckingham Palace has moved quickly to officially deny “any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors” by Prince Andrew after he was named in US court papers alleging he abused a 17-year-old girl. A motion was filed in a Florida court
A woman who alleges she was used as an underage sex slave by rich and powerful men has claimed in a US court document that she was repeatedly forced to have sexual relations with Prince Andrew. The accusation is contained
