A court has overruled Home Secretary Theresa May and released a convicted Islamic extremist from jail to live in the community. The unidentified foreign national has spent years behind bars on terror-related offences and is still believed to pose a threat
As Greece stumbles from one economic disappointment to the next, the country is now exporting something it desperately needs to retain; young, educated workers. Thousands of skilled Greeks are heading overseas to further their careers, leading to fears the deeply
The long-awaited UK inquiry into allegations of historic child sex abuse in establishment circles has barely begun, yet already names are being revealed of senior politicians who may figure in deliberations. One is the Westminster MP protected by MI5 when suspected of child
Burning tyres, blockaded roads, diverted traffic, dumped farm produce and militant workers marching arm-in-arm through busy city streets. These are the images of French unionism in revolt seen around the world as strikers try and draw attention to their cause. This
The French cross-Channel rail tunnel operator is seeking €9.7 million ($10.67 million) in compensation for disruption caused by illegal migrants in and around Calais with Britain expected to help foot the bill. Eurotunnel is charging London and Paris after it incurred a security
A packet of cigarettes will cost smokers £15 if proposals in an NHS-backed study are implemented. The Independent Cancer Taskforce has suggested six “strategic priorities” for the government to make “substantial improvements” in cancer care in England with the hike in cigarette prices
Stop and look around you. Do you recognise England today? Is this the country you were born in, grew to love and have always been grateful to be a part of? If you cannot honestly answer “no” to all of that,
With just four months to go until the next major UN climate summit descends on Paris, international delegates are doing what they do best; flying around the world and talking about how they can stop other people doing the same thing. Foreign
Think about the EU for a moment – yes, it’s painful but important. Regard all those lavishly-funded Eurocrats sitting in Brussels and Strasbourg. They are forever working out ways to spend the money sent their way by British taxpayers while they
Forget subsidy-hungry wind, solar and hydro power alternatives. Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott believes coal is the future because it’s good for humanity. To prove he is a man of his word, Mr Abbott’s conservative coalition government has approved another massive new thermal coal mine for
The free movement of migrants across the European Union is being challenged by the Czech Republic. Tomas Haisman, director of the Interior Ministry asylum and migration policy section, told journalists in Prague today his country wants a say in the choice of
Donors to begging green causes should understand where the money goes. After all, it’s only fair after you’ve pressed a few coins into the thrusting paw of somebody dressed in a polar bear suit that you know the world will be a better place for
The risk of blackouts this winter has increased compared with a year ago, according to National Grid. More people demanding more energy at a time when new power stations are a rarity means that as supply meets demand something has to
If just reading the words ‘wind turbines’ makes you feel physically sick then spare a thought for the people who have had them thrust into their lives. A new report shows living near a wind turbine may harm emotional wellbeing after
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has dismissed plans to implement a system of English votes for English laws (Evel) at Westminster as “unacceptable”. According to the Independent, the SNP leader has written to the Scottish Secretary to demand that Westminster fully
Britain has nothing to lose and everything to gain from leaving the European Union. A seamless Brexit could even spark a free market “chain reaction” across the continent, driving the likes of Denmark and Sweden to take control of their
Australia has slammed the door shut on any new government-funded investment in renewable energy schemes as Prime Minister Tony Abbott extends his “war on wind power”. In doing so Mr Abbott has sent a clear message to the mendicant green
Consider yourself warned. Britons could be fined for not recycling a staggering 70 per cent of their rubbish under controversial new plans set out by faceless Eurocrats. In a vote in Strasbourg yesterday, 394 MEPs backed the plan, which advocates an overall EU
The law of unintended consequences has struck George Osborne’s summer budget. According to the Financial Times, the Chancellor’s much-trumpeted minimum pay guarantee “will enhance the lure of the British labour market to migrants.” This means the same Conservative Party that always
Being economical with the truth is a BBC speciality. After all it views the world through a prism of oh-so-trendy left-wing morality so massaging the truth into something more palatable to its own world perspective is, sadly, a given. Viewers had
The Greek financial crisis just got worse. As if the mountain of debt, default and ruination of the EU’s collective economy wasn’t bad enough, now US President Barack Obama has started cold calling European leaders to offer them words of economic counsel.
National security agency MI5 and counter terror police chiefs have met to discuss the possibility of raising the UK’s threat level to ‘critical’, meaning an attack is imminent. The revelation comes just 24-hours before the nation stops to remember the dead
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s controversial plan to strip nationals of their citizenship if they take part in terrorist activities has the overwhelming backing of voters across all mainstream parties. The proposal was first floated in May but a new
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has applied for political asylum in France after a minister indicated that it might be viewed favourably. The Elysee Palace promptly rejected the request with a polite ‘non’. In an open letter to French President Francois
New Zealand is a country of almost five million inhabitants, some 29 million sheep and, on the evidence, plenty of hurt feelings. The latter has been tackled by sweeping new parliamentary legislation making cyber-bulling a criminal offence while guaranteeing the protection of people emotionally
