Nick Hallett

The BBC has spent £120,000 redecorating its new London headquarters just six months after they opened. The sixth and seventh floors were refurbished to look like sets for flagship BBC programmes, including soap opera EastEnders, after staff complained that the

The head of Britain’s Charity Commission has warned the organisation’s “most deadly” problem is Islamist extremists setting up charities as cover for their activities. In an interview with the Sunday Times, William Shawcross said: “The problem of Islamist extremism and

The leader of France’s Front National (FN) has said that she would welcome an alliance with UKIP with “open arms”. Marine Le Pen said that UKIP leader Nigel Farage hold views that are “very similar” to her own party. But

A 26-year-old man has been arrested over the murder of dissident a republican in Belfast. Tommy Crossan was shot dead yesterday in an incident that has been described as a “terrible, tragic reminder of the violent conflict of the past.”

A cardiologist won a landmark legal victory yesterday in the most expensive and longest-running whistleblowing case in the history of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS). The NHS spent nine years and £6 million in taxpayer money pursuing Dr Raj Mattu,

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