A Serbian man has the remarkable ability to withstand million-volt electric shocks that would kill a normal person. Biba Struja, who grew up in a tiny village in Serbia, can even store energy like a battery and cook food with
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has become embroiled in a racism row after one of its student leaders called Prime Minister David Cameron an “English twat”. Roisin McLaren, president of Edinburgh University SNP, said that David Cameron’s pleas to save
A Muslim covert who was jailed for trying to impose sharia law on Britain’s streets claims to have converted numerous prisoners to a radical form of Islam during his time behind bars, according to the Times. Speaking to tonight’s BBC Panorama
Nottinghamshire Police risked breaking equality laws after letting black and ethnic minority (BME) candidates know about job openings before other candidates. The force sent an email round to 57 BME potential candidates letting them know that 20 posts were up
A group of scientists have written to Britain’s Energy Secretary Ed Davey to protest American forests being cut down and pulped to provide biomass for UK power plants. Under the government’s biomass scheme, power stations are asked to stop using
British government ministers have admitted they are powerless to stop the European Union forcing car manufacturers to put GPS tracking chips in all cars sold in the UK by October 2015. The chips, called ‘eCall’, will record every movement the
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 The BBC reports that two RAF servicemen have been withdrawn from front-line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
