Viscount Astor has blasted SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon over her plans to forcibly nationalise a million acres of privately owned land in Scotland, a move he has compared to Robert Mugabe’s ‘land grabs’ in Zimbabwe. His comments have come over
A figure from the “visual arts” is to compliment the Queen on the new £20 note and will be chosen with the assistance of the public in 2016. Stung by recent criticism of sexism after failing to put a woman
A London-based defector from the Pakistani Army has been named as the informer who led the United States to Osama Bin Laden in 2011. Brigadier Usman Khalid died last year aged 79 He is now the focus of global media attention
Newly-elected MPs from the Scottish National Party were first on the scene when Able Seaman William McNeilly leaked his dossier on the security and maintenance failings around Trident last week, renewing their calls for an end to British nuclear weapons. Now
The “spectacular brutality” of the Islamic State and raging conflict in the Levant is making the world less settled and more dangerous than it has been for decades. A report by a globally-respected think tank has revealed that despite the
A total of 32 ‘Danish’ terrorists have continued to claim state unemployment benefits amounting to kr.400,000 (£38,500) while fully employing themselves in the act of Jihad in Syria. Documents acquired by a Danish Radio24syv show the security service and labour ministry had
Eight men have been awarded £24,000 compensation after a judge ruled they had been unlawfully discriminated against by being barred from entering a public house on London’s Holloway road. London County Court heard how the manager of the JD Wetherspoon’s Coronet pub
A paper reporting on the ‘recent developments in the distribution of wages in Europe’ has singled out Britain for providing a home to too many rich people. The report claimed that wage inequality in the United Kingdom, measured with the controversial Gini
Missing submariner Able Seaman William McNeilly has, as promised, returned to the UK after releasing what he claims is a ‘dossier’ revealing the major security and maintenance lapses of the British nuclear deterrent. A statement by the Royal Navy released today said: “We can
The Old Bailey yesterday heard the terrifying story of two schoolgirls who were groomed and raped by an Aylesbury paedophile gang, when aged just 12 and 13. Eleven members of the gang, who are accused of carrying out the crimes
A mother has described how she broke down in tears after discovering the headmistress of her son’s school called the police to end a children’s playground game. Police spoke to nine year-old Kyron Bradley, who was playing a game of sword
German supermarket chain Aldi is offering refunds to Muslims who accidentally bought pork-based snacks, released as part of a ‘Best of Scotland’ promotion, which combined traditional Punjabi and Scottish foods. The £1.49 snacks, manufactured for Aldi by Punjab Pakora blended
A junior submariner has gone AWOL after publishing a detailed list of complaints about life in the Senior Service. His grievances include allegations about the poor state of repair of Britain’s nuclear submarines, lax security in what should be the
The boss of major British manufacturer JCB, Graeme MacDonald, and JCB owner Lord Bamford, have spoken in support of the UK leaving an unreformed European Union, blasting others for “scaremongering” over a British exit (Brexit). MacDonald, who oversees the management
Police press offices and ‘media relation teams’ have remained ‘virtually immune’ to police efficiency cuts, which have shaved a fifth off budgets since 2010, leading campaigners to ask how important spin doctor spending can be to police forces. Forces in
One and a half million foreigners – the equivalent of the entire population of Birmingham and Sheffield combined – could decide the future of an independent Britain, by voting in the coming EU membership referendum. While the Conservative general election victory has
More schools are to be snatched out of the hands of neglectful local authorities and allowed to manage their own affairs, as the government declares “war on mediocrity”, and prepares to move on schools deemed to be “coasting”. As promised
Just months after falling victim to a major Islamist terror attack, France has been told by a panel of UN ‘experts’ that it has a racism problem, and needs to take action to combat “xenophobia”. The UN human rights watchdog expressed
Former government minister Baroness Warsi said British Muslims are living in “fear” of the new government crack down on extremism, and has claimed the new policy could lead to more radicalisation. Speaking to the Independent, Warsi said the coming of new
Pullarkattil Rethishkumar, 44, hanged himself at the Woodford resevoir, London, on Wednesday, after murdering his wife and 13-year-old twin daughters, because they didn’t want to return to India with him. Social worker Shighi Rethishkumar, 37, and 13-year-old twins Niya and
Married couple Phillip and Ian Tucker have written to their local council to complain about the decision to name a new road Bangays Way, because they consider it homophobic. Despite the name of the new cul-de-sac having been arrived at
The ‘Foreign Legion’ 0f the Kurdish YPG forces has always welcomed former British and American soldiers to its ranks in the fight against Islamic State (IS) terror. Now it has published a frank message on Facebook calling for new recruits from
A traditionalist conservative party has protested against the installation of special gay traffic lights in Vienna by lodging a criminal complaint against a member of the city council. The street signage was installed to mark the coming of the Eurovision song
A number of prominent cities could be given key powers over transportation, housing planning and policing as part of a Cities Devolution Bill to be introduced in the Queen’s speech next month. The plans are expected to be laid out in a
A “broad range of air, maritime and land capabilities” will need to be deployed by the European Union across Libya if it is to take out the migrant smuggling networks in North Africa, the EU has outlined in a strategy paper for
