Britain’s Royal Air Force says it is treating photographs which appear to show at least one serviceman posing with the body of a dead Taliban fighter “extremely seriously”. The BBC reports that two RAF servicemen have been withdrawn from front-line
A British Islamist leader has outlined how an “Islamic State” should humiliate Christians to encourage them to convert to Islam. Abu Waleed, who follows the hard line Salafi branch of Sunni Islam, quotes from the hadith (Islamic writings outside the
The Labour Party’s biggest donor has expressed his doubt about Ed Miliband winning a majority at next year’s General Election. John Mills told an audience that there is a less than one-in-three chance that Labour will win the next election
Prince Charles has had to replace the Queen in a traditional ceremony after she decided she would be unable to climb a steep flight of stairs. The 88-year-old monarch was due to take part in an ancient installation ceremony for
British taxpayers are funding “thrash metal” bands among others thanks to a series of generous grants from the Trade Minister. Lord Livingston hand-picked fourteen music acts to receive grants of up to £50,000 to “support music exports”, helping them promote
Britain’s Education Secretary Michael Gove has issued guidance for teachers telling them to watch for signs of radicalisation among their students. The updated guidance for school heads also tells them to look out for girls at risk of female genital
The British government has been actively permitting the country’s arms industry to sell crowd-control gear to some of the world’s most repressive regimes, according to Index on Censorship. The group found that ministers allowed the selling of £4 million of
Six in 10 Europeans are not interested in the European Elections, according to a new poll. The findings come despite a desperate attempt by EU bosses to make the elections seem more “relevant” and “exciting”. The survey, conducted by Ipsos-Mori,
A student at Oxford University has written a musical about the UK Independence Party. “UKIP: The Musical” is due to premiere next week, with student Richard Ng hoping to take it to the Edinburgh Fringe. The plot follows the story
A writer for the Huffington Post has admitted vandalising a UKIP poster in Birmingham. In an article published today, Bill Drummond, who describes himself as an artist, proudly posted photos of himself defacing the poster and justified his actions by
Two Jordanian journalists became embroiled in a fight on live TV in which they completely destroyed the set. Shaker Al-Johari and Mohammed Al-Jayousi were debating Syria’s ongoing civil war when they disagreed so strongly that they started fighting. The Daily
Prime Minister David Cameron has told friends that he will not resign if Scotland votes for independence in September, despite senior party members warning that it would plunge his premiership into crisis. The Prime Minister has previously not stated what
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has called on the government to do more to develop Britain’s shale gas and oil resources, saying it fully supports the government’s commitment to “go all out for shale”. It adds that fracking
Female genital mutilation “parties”, at which dozens of girls are operated on by older women specially flown in from abroad, are taking place in Britain, physicians have told MPs. The Guardian reports that the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee heard
Conservative supporters who vote UKIP in this month’s European Elections are like men on a stag night indulging in a bit of bad behaviour before settling down and being sensible, the Prime Minister’s communications chief has suggested. at a private
More than half of people intending to vote UKIP in this month’s European Elections will also vote for them at next year’s General Election. This is in stark contrast to last time, where UKIP received 16.5 percent of the vote
Almost a third of people in Britain will be non-white by 2050, according to a new study. The Policy Exchange think tank says that ethnic minorities will make up between 20 and 30 percent of the British population within a
Planning Minister Nick Boles has been asked to apologise to a Conservative MP for “costing him his seat” at the next General Election. Addressing members of the public in Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire, Mr Boles was confronted by a life-long Conservative
Nearly a third of Conservative Party members want a pact with UKIP, according to a survey for the ConservativeHome website. This is the third month in a row where support for a pact has hovered around the 30 percent mark,
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been forced to cancel its Freepost address after far-left activists sent human waste, blood and various bulky items at a cost to the eurosceptic party. The address, which does not require a stamp, was
Transfusions of blood from young people could reverse the ageing process and possibly even cure Alzheimer’s disease, according to Harvard scientists. The research team found that young blood ‘recharges’ the brain, forms new blood vessels and improves memory. In a
Britain’s membership of the European Union has no positive impact on trade with other EU nations, according to a new study. In fact, British exports to fellow EU countries have grown slower than exports to non-EU members, while UK trade
A Labour-run council where party leader Ed Miliband gave a speech announcing a crack-down on “zero hours contracts” has nearly 800 workers employed using the arrangement. Scotland on Sunday reports that North Lanarkshire Council has 542 staff on zero hours
The Liberal Democrats have no fallen in fifth place, behind the Green Party in the latest poll on voting intention for the European Elections. The YouGov poll for the Sunday Times today puts in junior coalition partners on just seven
A popular Catholic blog, Protect the Pope, will close tomorrow after the Bishop of Lancaster refused to let its author continue writing. The blog, written by Deacon Nick Donnelly, was set up prior to Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the
Schools across Britain may have been targeted in an alleged Islamist takeover plot, a teaching union has warned. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said that it found “concerted efforts” to infiltrate schools in Birmingham, and also warned that
A former Conservative Councillor has been made to pay back just £5 of the £154,000 he stole from an elderly woman who had Alzheimer’s disease. John Morgan, who served as a councillor on Vale of White Horse District Council, was
Better Together, the campaign against Scotland leaving the UK, have launched a new campaign video to be screened in Scottish cinemas. Despite maintaining a lead in the polls, the gap has been narrowing in recent weeks, leading to some considering
UKIP leader Nigel Farage told a public meeting last night that people who describe his party as racist are “cretinous”. Speaking to an audience of about 900 in Derby, he also accused the European Union of wanting to “homogenise” Europe,
MPs have demanded a criminal investigation into evidence that doctors illegally pre-signed abortion forms without knowing anything about the women requesting terminations. The Telegraph reports that 11 MPs wrote to the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police after the General Medical
The East Asian nation of Brunei has begun the process of adopting sharia law, following a decree by the state’s absolute ruler. The Islamic criminal law will include punishments such as flogging, dismemberment and stoning, and will operate alongside the
The UK Independence Party is ahead in most British regions among those certain to vote in the forthcoming European Elections. The party is in the lead in South West England, South East England, London, Eastern England, West Midlands, Yorkshire and
As media scrutiny on UKIP’s candidates, members and donors intensifies, the party has released a list of councillors and candidates from other parties who have found themselves in various scandals yet have been ignored by the mainstream media. The list
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson has said that global warming, if it is happening, will likely bring benefits to the developing world, and branded green policies as “grossly immoral”. In an article for Standpoint magazine’s May issue, Lord
