Taxi drivers in Rotherham have gone on indefinite strike over new rules forcing them to install CCTV in their vehicles. The policy becomes effective Monday and is one of the key recommendations of the Jay Report which estimated that 1,400 children
So, farewell then Greece. The land of early retirement, lavish state pensions, tax evasion, official corruption and perpetual socialist indulgence – all of it underwritten by other people’s money – has become the first western country to default on an IMF loan. Incredibly
Sir Richard Branson wants the UK to stay part of the EU because the alternative would be catastrophic. His simple reasoning is that “if we go back to being Great Britain again we will have our hands tied behind our
Construction of a new high-security fence to secure France’s migration zone in Calais begins today – thanks to the UK. More than two miles of fence will be built in an effort to stem the chaos caused by thousands of illegal
UK Prime Minister David Cameron believes that Islamic terrorism has nothing to do with religion. We know that because he’s always banging on about it. Perhaps he should talk to his counterpart in Tunisia. The first thing Habib Essid did
Former US cycling star Lance Armstrong is back. Well, that assumes he ever went away in the first place. The disgraced drug cheat and seven-time winner of the Tour de France will ride on a charity bike tour in Britain next month
Greeks will be given the chance to vote on whether or not their country should continue to heed strict financial demands made by foreign banks and unelected bureaucrats in Brussels. The question to be put before voters is whether or
The public should support UK Armed Forces Day. That is the simple message delivered today by police after reports Islamic State had planned to target a London parade. IS had plotted to detonate a pressure cooker bomb at a parade
The Mediterranean migrant crisis is “genocide” according to the mayor of an Italian city on the frontline of the invasion. “We’re living a genocide, and in a few years we Europeans risk being found responsible,” Palermo’s mayor Leoluca Orlando said
Jihadist fanatics returning from foreign battlefields might use the chaos at Calais as a means of sneaking back to the UK undetected. Terror suspects and extremists have already used illegal immigrants as cover to enter Europe and hiding in lorries could
The US envoy in Paris has been summoned to an urgent face-to-face meeting with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius today over claims that the US spied on President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors. Whistleblower website Wikileaks alleges the US National Security
Britain should do more to get stay-at-home mothers back into the workforce, the EU has decreed. A new report from the EU Council described the high numbers of mothers working part time or not at all as a “social challenge”
The trouble with Greece is… OK, where to start. Public sector debt? Unemployment levels? Its trade imbalance? A succession of inept quasi-socialist governments? Any or all would be a good place to begin but the underlying problem is that tax
British Muslims are not flocking to join IS because they feel it is a religious duty. Instead they embrace jihad because they want sex, according to a UK preacher. Former Islamist Alyas Karmani said that the young Muslims feel isolated in
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott doesn’t just talk tough on terrorism – he acts on it. On Wednesday his conservative coalition government will introduce new legislation stripping dual nationals of their Australian citizenship if they are involved in terrorism. He also
The BBC is a lefty haven taken hostage by liberal “group think” and dysfunctional governance. It’s a criticism often voiced by those with a dislike for the lavishly-funded national broadcaster – including UKIP leader Nigel Farage – but now a former
Forget tighter border controls and strict enforcement of existing immigration rules. The UK should instead use foreign aid to end conflicts in Africa as a precursor to stemming the invasion of illegal immigrants now sailing dangerous waters for a new life in
Go home. These are two simple words UK Prime Minister David Cameron would like African immigrants flooding across the Mediterranean to hear more often. Even once would be enough. In a speech to the Globsec security conference in Bratislava, Slovakia,
Greece would consider a Russian financial lifeline as it looks to find a way out of its crushing debt burden to the European Union (EU). Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made the coded threat Friday as he shared a platform
Muslims must take responsibility for the radicalisation of their community and stop blaming others, UK Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to say later today. He will tell an international security conference that the time for blame shifting about the
The EU may be a federation without borders but Hungary begs to differ. Fed up with an invasion of asylum seekers entering the country from neighbouring Serbia, Hungary has acted to stem the flow by building a fence to secure its frontier
The Louvre in Paris has been reported to French police after a group booking by Israeli art students was refused. Tel Aviv University art professor Sefy Hendler, told The Times of London he had emailed the historic museum to make a
The Greek government is running out of time, money and broad support as a new poll shows a clear majority of Germans want Greece to leave the European Union (EU). Polling company YouGov revealed Wednesday that 58 per cent of
Terrorist recruiters for Islamic State (IS) have been caught posing as social workers in Australia and using their cover to attempt to convert at-risk youths to the radical Islamist cause. According to former employee Sarkis Achmar, the men would pose
LONDON, United Kingdom – Michelle Obama came to the East End of London today and visited a girls’ school. In a conspicuous display of moral vanity, she announced her aim was to promote a campaign for girls’ education. As if
