A senior judge has retired after he was formally warned over campaigning for marriage. Sir Paul Coleridge, who served in the High Court’s Family Division, said he could not “sit here day after day” seeing the harm done by family
A re-enactment of Christ’s crucifixion that was due to take place on the streets of Oxford had to be cancelled after an official thought that “Passion play” meant “Sex show”. The traditional play, organised by St Stephen’s House theological college
Families of Iraqi dead “lied and exaggerated” in order to “deceive and mislead” an inquiry into believing that British troops executed and tortured prisoners in order to win huge compensation payouts, an inquiry has heard. British troops were alleged to
Two Pakistani brothers have been arrested on suspicion of eating a young child. Mohammad Arif Ali and Mohammad Farman Ali were arrested after neighbours reported the stench of rotten flesh coming from their house in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Police say
Prince Harry was put at risk from the Taliban because “complacent” British commanders failed to stop them storming the Afghan base where he was serving, according to a report by Commons Defence Select Committee. The report said that half the
Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls is facing a police investigation after he hit a parked car and drove off without contacting the owner. The incident happened on Saturday, outside the Labour office in Morley, in Mr Balls’ constituency. The owner
Almost 330,000 people have signed an online petition to Germany’s Constitutional Court calling for the “flat rate” TV licence fee to be scrapped. Under the current system, every household in Germany must pay a flat monthly fee of €17.98 (£15),
Around 540 people are to lose their jobs under plans by Imperial Tobacco to close their production plant and distribution centres in Nottingham. In a statement, the firm blamed “declining industry volumes in Europe, impacted by tough economic conditions, increasing
A Conservative councillor has admitted threatening a neighbour with a gun is a dispute over a cat. Nick Buckmaster, councillor for Larkswood in the London borough of Waltham Forest, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to cause
Russia now spends more on its military, relative to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), than both the United States and Europe respectively. According to figures compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Moscow spent 4.1 percent of its GDP on
The President of the largest political grouping in the European Parliament has praised the EU for allowing young Frenchmen to access porn movies in Germany. Joseph Daul, president of the European People’s Party, which incorporates centre-right parties from most EU
Members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) have suggested the e-cigarettes should be regulated in the same manner as normal tobacco. According to minutes seen by the Financial Times, Dr Haik Nikogosian, head of the convention’s secretariat, said that e-cigarettes
MPs are to launch an investigation into air pollution in London following a report suggesting that the capital has the worst quality air in the UK. Chairwoman of the Commons Environmental Audit Committee, Joan Walley, said that her committee would
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has hit back at allegations that he had £60,000 of “missing” EU money paid into his personal bank account, describing the claims as “politically motivated”. A source named only as a former senior UKIP official has
A motorist miraculously escaped with just a broken arm after plunging more than 80ft off a cliff in southern England. The 33-year-old, who has not been named, was driving along a coastal road near Brighton when one of his tires
The British public know startlingly little about the European Union, despite the country being a member for four decades. A poll by YouGov for the Sun newspaper shows a high level of apathy towards the EU, with over 90 percent
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that the three-year civil war in Syria is “passing through a turning point” following a series of military victories by government forces. “This is a turning point in the crisis, both militarily in terms
Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s Front National party, has blamed the European Union for starting a new Cold War with Russia that will only serve to hurt all involved. Speaking in support of Russia during an official visit to
MPs should unpick EU laws, declare the UK Supreme Court to be the country’s highest authority, and challenge Brussels to “do its worst”, the head of the Civitas think tank has urged in a new report. In his report, The
Britain’s Boy Scouts have launched a range of new badges aimed at being more in tune with the 21st Century. This new range will teach scouts skills such as posting images to the internet and assessing disability access to buildings.
The percentage of family doctors supporting the UK Independence Party has surged from 0.3 percent at the last general election to a new high of 7.3 percent, almost double the amount planning to vote Liberal Democrat. The figures, compiled by
A Tory MP has warned that Britain’s navy is now so small that it may not be able to protect key shipping lanes. James Arbuthnot, outgoing chairman of the Commons Defence Committee, condemned the government’s defence policy, which has seen
Cardiff University Students’ Union has attempted to ban pro-life demonstrations on campus despite opposition from the University’s Islamic, Catholic and Pro-Life societies, and some pro-abortion students. The Union’s senate last week debated the motion to “prevent affiliated societies and groups
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said that authorities are confident that signals heard in the Indian Ocean over the past few days are from the black box of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight. Speaking in China he said
Schools are banning the seemingly harmless practice of students taking home teddy bears because parents are becoming too competitive over who can provide the best activities. Research by the Times Educational Supplement reveals that the practice, in which students take
One in four young people view porn for the first time at the age of 12 or under, with 7.3 percent viewing it under the age of 10, according to a new survey. Sixty percent had viewed it by the
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has admitted that the number of eastern European immigrants who came to Britain in the past decade was hundreds of thousands higher than previously thought. The admission is likely to add to concerns about
There were further developments in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 today, as an Australian P-3 Orion aircraft has picked up a signal in the same area where the Ocean Shield ship detected signals consistent with a black
Ministers have announced a series of measure to make GCSEs and A-levels (the UK’s school-leaving exams) tougher. Plans include more practical experiments in the sciences, more translation work for modern languages and a wider range of historical periods for history.
Scientists in the UK are using stem cells to grow human body parts in a lab. The researchers are growing organs such as noses, ears, blood vessels and windpipes in the north London hospital where they work, in the hope
The EU could force the UK to scrap its 110-year-old car licence plate design as it considers a common European design for all vehicle plates throughout the continent. A Dutch MEP inserted the plans into proposals to make it easier
People should eat fewer baked beans as the flatulence they produce contributes to global warming, a minister has suggested. A Labour peer raised the issue during questions in the House of Lords earlier today, saying that Britons eat more baked
Wind farms can reduce the value of homes within 2km by up to 12 percent, and can have a negative impact on house prices up to 14km (9 miles) away, according to new research by the London School of Economics.
The Conservatives are the most popular party with Britain’s students, according to a new survey. The research by the Tab says that 33 percent of students support the Conservatives, three points ahead of the Labour Party. The results will surprise
Australian authorities have revealed that a ship has detected two more signals believed to be from the flight recorder of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The BBC report that the Australian Ocean Shield ship found and monitored the two signals
A group of anti-fracking protesters who have set up camp outside a site at Barton Moss, northwest England, have been forced to make an appeal for gas after their own supply ran out on Sunday morning. The ‘Protect Barton Moss’
A cinema was forced to close on the opening day of the Noah movie, because it suffered a flood of its own. Staff at the Vue cinema in Exeter, southwest England, were forced to close the venue after discovering the
A project purporting to measure the number of anti-Muslim attacks in Britain exaggerated the scale of the problem, according to a report now backed up by Press Complaints Commission. Fiyaz Mughal, founder of ‘Tell Mama’, had claimed there had been
