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
North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un ordered the execution of a senior Communist official with a flamethrower, according to sources inside the secretive state. The South Korean Chosun Ilbo newspaper says that O Sang-hon was burned alive for his close ties
Crews searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have failed to relocate the sounds previously heard deep in the Indian Ocean, raising fears that the batteries in the plane’s black box may have died. Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston,
A healthy 89-year-old British woman has killed herself at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland because she couldn’t face the modern world. The retired art teacher, known only as Anne, was not terminally ill nor seriously handicapped. She said that
Dissident Irish republican terrorists are adopting tactics inspired by Al Qaeda, using information from the Islamist group to build bombs and rockets. The link came to light after republican terrorists fired a mortar bomb at police in Belfast last month.
A British government minister has promised to be “vigilant” in investigating whether sex-selective abortions are taking place in the UK. Earl Howe said he would look into the ratio of boys and girls born in Britain after peers raised concerns
Malaysian authorities have said they are hopeful that there will be new developments in the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 very soon, after an Australian vessel detected signals consistent with those of a black box recorder. Speaking in
The European Union has spent nearly £2.5 million on advertising Dutch flowers. The money was given to the Dutch Flower Council, which already has the biggest flower industry in the world. The Sun says the campaign was revealed after a
Wounded soldiers returning from Afghanistan have had to wait up to nine months for treatment on the NHS in Wales. The Sun on Sunday says that at least 100 troops have been stuck on waiting lists, with those acquiring orthopaedic
Princess Anne has called for an end to the ban on gassing badgers, saying it is the most humane way to control the population and stop the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB). Speaking to the BBC’s Countryfile programme, to be
Villagers living in Balcombe, Sussex – the scene of last year’s anti-fracking protests – are attempting to raise £300,000 for a bank of roof-top solar panels which wouldn’t even generate one 35th of the energy that shale gas would. Were the
A British publisher has rejected a book alleging Russia President Vladimir Putin’s ties with the Russian mafia over fears that he or his associates may sue them in the UK. The book by Russia expert Karen Dawisha alleges that Putin
Britain’s Communities Minister Eric Pickles has sent a team of inspectors to investigate claims of financial mismanagement in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, following recent revelations about controversial mayor Lutfur Rahman. The mayor of the London borough of Tower
Search teams now only have a matter of days to find the black box of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 before its batteries finally die. Ships have begun hunting underwater using a ‘towed pinger locator’ in the hope of
A Conservative MP has warned that the inquiry into the Muslim Brotherhood ordered by David Cameron could backfire if the organisation ends up wrongly proscribed for terror links. Crispin Blunt, a former justice minister, said that any wrongful banning of
Trinity College, Dublin have been criticised after deciding to remove a depiction of the bible from their 422-year-old crest, with one graduate calling it “political correctness gone totally mad”. The college decided to remove the bible as part of a
The BBC should give less airtime to sceptics of man-made global warming, and any government minister who questions climate change orthodoxy should “shut up or leave”, according to a committee of MPs. A report by the Commons Science and Technology
London police have arrested a 17-year-old boy over the disappearance of terror suspect Mohammed Ahmen Mohamed, who escaped after donning a burka in November. The BBC reports that the 17-year-old was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to breach a Terrorism
Malaysia has warned that the mystery over the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may never be solved, as Prime Minister Najib Razak travels to Perth for talks on the search. Mr Razak is due to visit the Joint Agency Coordination
A stolen still life painting by Paul Gauguin has been recovered after hanging on a Sicilian factory worker’s wall for 40 years. The Associated Press (AP) report that the worker bought the painting, along with another by Pierre Bonnard, at
