Nigella Lawson has been barred from entering the United States following her admission that she took cocaine. The TV cook was humiliated when she was prevented from boarding a flight from London Heathrow to Los Angeles. Her U.S. career is
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has put UK hospitals on “alert” over the Ebola virus, after an outbreak killed at least 80 in the African state of Guinea. As the deadly virus spreads through the west African country, the HPA
Wales’ Labour government is to consider banning the smoking of so-called ‘e-cigarettes’ in public places, in case it makes smoking in public look acceptable. Speaking to the BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Welsh health minister Mark Drakeford said: “I have
An 18-year-old woman in the UK was still alive as her boyfriend beheaded her with a kitchen knife, a jury has heard. Sheffield Crown Court was told that Aras Hussein, 21, killed girlfriend Reema Ramzan by decapitating her, before stabbing
EU net migration is likely to run at over 100,000, and possibly even 130,000 a year, according to a new report. That is equivalent to the population of Manchester coming to settle in the UK every four years. The report
Saudi Arabia has effectively outlawed expressions of atheism in a new anti-terrorism law decreed by King Abdullah. Intended to tackle the growing number of Saudis joining foreign fighters, the law also turns criticism of Islam into a thought crime. The
A major new poll of public perceptions of freedom across various countries shows that people in the West can often feel less free than those under tyrannical regimes. The research, conducted by GlobeScan for the BBC, shows that people in
MEPs are set to vote on proposals that critics say will amount to a “propaganda campaign”. A report overseen by Liberal Democrat MEP Sir Graham Watson says that the EU is not doing enough to promote itself in the media,
The mystery over Malaysian Airways flight MH370 deepened after transcripts of the conversation between the cockpit and ground control were revealed. The transcript reveals that Malaysian authorities had previously reported the wrong parting words by one of the pilots before
The soccer world’s governing body is threatening to expel Israel unless it eases restrictions on Palestinian players. The organisation has given Israel until the summer to comply. Although Israel maintains that Palestinian players and officials have now have improved access
The NHS is wasting £46 million on ‘unnecessary’ jobs, including a ‘car park environmental officer’, ‘art curator’ and ‘green label development coordinator’, according to a new report. The TaxPayers’ Alliance say that £36 million was wasted on 826 spin doctors,
A farmer in Ethiopia is getting legal aid from the UK in order to sue to British government for sending foreign aid to his country. The farmer claims that the foreign aid money is propping up a despotic regime that
A student working on a BBC investigation into Lutfur Rahman, mayor of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, leaked a secret list of BBC contacts to him, according to the East London Advertiser. The mayor of Tower Hamlets is facing
A private Islamic school set up by a man who trained one of the 7/7 bombers is receiving taxpayer funding. Sajeel Shahid was able to use the money to establish a primary school Essex despite his known terrorist links. An
Smaller countries have much a bigger “clout” on the international stage than EU members do, according to a new report. Countries such as Switzerland, which is outside the EU, can negotiate better trade deals with other nations than the European
Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, is to visit Perth in Australia to see the base from which the search for missing Malaysia Airways flight MH370 is being coordinated. Speaking at a press conference, acting transport minister Hishammuddin Hussein said that
Nigel Farage has said that Vladimir Putin is the world leader he most admires, just days after sparking a political row after claiming the EU had “blood on its hands” over its handling of the Ukraine crisis. Speaking to GQ
British and American intelligence have been monitoring traffic over satellite links owned by German companies, and have been targeting Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden. The documents, seen by German newspaper Der Spiegel, reveal that British
Tory MP Mark Menzies was forced to resign as a ministerial aide last night following allegations that he paid for sex and drugs from a teenage Brazilian rent boy. Rogerio Santos, 19, made the allegations to today’s Sunday Mirror newspaper,
A school friend of the Duchess of Cambridge, who is already known for organising sex parties for young actors and models, has started organising orgies for older people. Emma Sayle says that she hopes to cash in on middle-aged people
