A Syrian terrorist group have published a video showing them executing a suspected thief by shooting him in the head before stringing his lifeless body up on a cross. The man is accused of “purposefully killing a Muslim to take
A London park authority has stopped plans to put a giant inflatable whale bedside the Thames because it would be “too religious”. The Bible Society had hoped to place the mock 50ft sperm whale in a park opposite Tower Bridge
A Christian man has been sentenced to death for blasphemy by a Pakistani court after allegations that he insulted the Prophet Mohammed lead to rioting in a Christian neighbourhood of Lahore last year. 26-year-old Sawan Masih, who is father of
A veteran Bridge player collapsed and died after claiming victory with a rare winning hand. Friends said that she may have been overcome with excitement and that she died “the perfect Bridge player’s death.” Wendy Brown, who was 80 years
England’s Chief Medical Officer has accused large mannequins of “normalising” obesity and making people feel that being overweight is acceptable. Dame Sally Davies also said that many people do not recognise they have a weight problem, citing data that shows
London’s Metropolitan Police will have to recruit one ethnic minority officer for every white officer they take on, according to radical plans to end accusations of racism. Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe called for a change to the law to
Two people have contracted tuberculosis (TB) in the first ever cases of cat-to-human transmission. According the Public Health England (PHE), both cases are linked to nine infected cats in Berkshire last year. Both patients are responding to treatment, but six
The search for missing Malaysia Airways flight MH370 has shifted to a new area of the Indian Ocean after a “credible lead,” Australia says. The search will now focus on an area 684 miles north-east of the previous zone, after
NHS hospitals have been “fiddling” their death rate figures by falsely claiming that patients were terminally ill, according to new research. The new figures, which show that the number of “terminal” illnesses have risen five times since 2006, have caused
Lambeth and Lewisham are the two worst London boroughs for gun crime, according to new data. The figures, revealed in a Freedom of Information request, shed new light on the rates of London shootings, but contain good news in that
Nick Clegg’s claim that just seven percent of UK laws are made in Brussels as been disputed after it emerged that he had selectively quoted from a House of Commons paper. In last night’s debate with Nigel Farage, Mr Clegg
Sanctions against North Korea have not stopped it sourcing parts for its rockets from the UK, U.S. and even South Korea, according to a UN report. The report says that the Unha-3 rockets were built using parts from the three
Former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will run for president in May’s elections, according to AP. Ms Tymoshenko, who was seen as a figurehead for opposition to ousted president Viktor Yanukovich, was released from prison last month following his downfall.
Home Secretary Theresa May is planning to push through a change to the visa system that will let the government officially claim there are 20,000 fewer immigrants to the UK, despite that not being the case. Under the plans, the
There were revelations last night about the private life of the captain of the doomed MH370 flight. Zaharie Ahmad Shah was said to be “deeply troubled” by the breakdown of his marriage and may not have been able to fly.
David Cameron has said that, to his “regret”, he is unable to relax the ban on hunting with hounds during this parliament. He told MPs yesterday that the coalition had been unable to agree on an amendment that would allow
U.S. laws protecting polar bears are based on a deeply flawed study that even the authors now admit has problems. The decision to list the polar bear as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was based on a 2006
A Merseyside-based Neo-Nazi who plotted to blow up two mosques with nail-bombs has been branded ‘evil’ by a judge. Ian Charles Forman, 42, of Wirral, was found guilty of plotting to explode bombs filled with nails and ball-bearings at the
Satellite imaging shows 122 objects potentially from the missing Malaysia Airways flight MH370, Malaysia’s acting transport minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, has said. The images were taken on 23 March and show objects up to 75 ft in length, with some appearing
A friend of Michael Adebolajo, the Islamist extremist who killed Lee Rigby, has pleaded guilty to terror offences. Ibrahim Hassan, who is also known as Abu Nusaybah, was arrested in May last year after appearing on television talking about his
Schools should provide free contraception to students, including those under the age of consent, to cut unplanned pregnancies, according to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE). The advice states that free condoms should be available at places
An author of the forthcoming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate change has asked for his name to be removed from a summary document because of its “four horsemen of the apocalypse” rhetoric. Professor Richard Tol, an
Two nurses have been suspended and face imprisonment after being secretly filmed abusing a brain-damaged patient. Rita Page, 68, and Lynette Crook, 33, were filmed on cameras hidden by the family of the patient, who cannot be named for legal
Residents of the city of Donetsk have launched a campaign to secede from Ukraine and join the United Kingdom, in honour of the city’s Welsh founder. The campaign, which was created to parody Crimea’s referendum on joining Russia, tells citizens
A radical Islamist is treating mentally ill patients on the NHS. Dr Imran Waheed openly admits to being a member of fundamentalist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, who are banned in a number of countries and have been accused of advocating an
