
Scientists using data models to map the spread of the deadly Ebola virus claim there is a good chance the outbreak will spread to the United Kingdom and France by the end of the month, but reducing air traffic in
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Now in it’s third day, senior figures speaking at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow, Scotland have been laying out their vision for the future of the party. Hoping for another hung parliament next year, they have been laying down
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Britain’s spy chiefs gathered with the Prime Minister at Chequers yesterday to discuss action against ISIS propagandist ‘jihadi John’, after another brutal video depicting the beheading of a British citizen was released, but a second attempt to deliver justice to
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As the first week of Royal Air Force strikes against ISIS comes to a close, a recently retired British general has cast doubts over British involvement, saying by bombing the Islamic State the Western world has “played into their hands”,
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With one month to go until the second UKIP defection by-election, a new poll has cast doubt on the Conservative Party’s confidence that they would retain the seat, as it shows them trailing Mark Reckless by nine points. Despite the
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Turkey, NATO’s neighbour to the Islamic State reversed its former stance on military action last night and has voted to join the coalition of nations attacking ISIS. The decision has been taken against a background of complex conflicting interests and
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A post-conference poll has shown the Conservative party leading for next year’s general election for the first time in over two and a half years, as the good news of tax cuts for those on low and middle-incomes generates renewed
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After months of operating with near impunity, the weight of American-led airstrikes is now being felt on the ground in ISIS-controlled territory, as local intelligence reports Islamic State fighters are changing tactics and engaging in subterfuge in order to avoid
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New requirements that visitors to the Australian parliament buildings in Canberra show photo ID will prove problematic for Australia’s small minority of burka wearers who are being relegated to elevated sound-proof glass boxes rather than being allowed in the ordinary
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Besieged troops of the official Iraqi army pinned down by ISIS fighters were holding out for a supplies drop by their own air force, but were disappointed and ultimately slaughtered when the food, water, and ammunition was accidentally dropped on
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Millionaire radio star disk jockey Dr. Neil Fox was arrested yesterday at his studio for alleged historic sex crimes by the Metropolitan police, and remains in custody in a central London police station. Neil Fox, 53, was not arrested as
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Confused staff at a Leicestershire branch of the fried-chicken chain KFC caused disbelief for one bemused customer after they refused to give him an alcoholic hand wipe for postprandial cleanup as part of a nationwide Halal food trial that has
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Iberian region Catalonia is making preparations for a referendum on it’s future in November, despite all efforts by the Spanish government which has declared the vote illegal, and sworn to use “all means necessary” to prevent Catalan independence, shy of
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The Islamic state last night released another propaganda film featuring British journalist John Cantlie, who in a scripted address warned the West of an impending “Gulf War 3”, and implied that American President Obama had made a failed bid to
by Oliver Lane30 Sep 2014, 6:17 AM PST0

The Home Secretary has promised to take on the laid-back attitude of many social networks including YouTube and Twitter towards online extremism by including Extremist Disruption Orders (EDO) in the 2015 Conservative manifesto, which will target hate-preachers who skirt around
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Former East-London taxi controller Samiun Rahman, who has been described as a “Bangladeshi-origin British citizen” has been arrested in Dhaka on suspicion of being a recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Rahman, 24, travelled to Syria
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A popular British historian, who has received death threats in the past, is again courting the displeasure of the Islamic community by suggesting the acceptance that parts of the Koran are “fictions” is the best way to slow the flood
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The Parliament of the United Kingdom has voted to commence military strikes against ISIS forces in Iraq today, by 524 votes to 43 votes. The Royal Air Force’s six Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft presently stationed in Cyrpus will now be armed
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In a strident interview with specialist industry magazine Asian Trader, UKIP leader Nigel Farage cited Adam Smith and praised the free market, as he blasted plain cigarette packaging and the Westminster elite for failing to understand the needs of small
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