Mayors have varying degrees of power and influence. But one thing they have in common is a unique position from which they can – and should – speak for and to the people of their cities. This power might be
A leading human rights charity has alleged that the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is causing the displacement of traditional tribal people by funding squads who “beat and kill” natives for living in newly established “conservation zones” designated to protect wildlife.
The cause of climate alarmism has been struck another near-fatal blow by a new study from a NASA research team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Using a combination of satellite observations and direct measurements taken by a
The Danish Foreign Ministry has altered its publicised travel information for 28 Muslim countries thanks to their military involvement against ISIS in Iraq and the general atmosphere in those countries. Although Danes are not explicitly advised to avoid the countries,
The brother of the latest ISIS hostage to be murdered has called on the British government to send in ground forces to defeat his killers. Reg Henning said that he had been through a “living a nightmare” but had been
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will criticise Turkey on Wednesday for failing to safeguard the independence of its judges and wants to have more discussion on rights in Ankara’s bid to join the European Union, according a senior EU
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the department tasked with collecting taxes from the British public, has been undertaking psychological experiments unbeknownst to the British people, in order to work out how best to elicit the tax payments as quickly as
Are you sitting comfortably? Ready for a shock? Right then – hard to believe though it is, it turns out that the Department for Energy And Climate Change (DECC) has made a fundamental error and it is going to cost
Almost a third of English people are too embarrassed to fly their national flag – the cross of St George – due to its associations with lower class culture and the far right. The Daily Mail reports that social anthropologist
Only 2 in every 10 Catalans back the controversial referendum for Catalan independence from Spain, due to be held on the 9th November, a new poll has found. The referendum is currently the subject of ongoing clashes between the Spanish
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s police chief defended on Tuesday the arrest of two Myanmar men for the murder of two British tourists amid concern the pair may have admitted to the murders under duress. The bodies of Hannah Witheridge, 23,
LONDON, Oct. 7 (UPI) –A London restaurant’s $1,768 burger contains Kobe Wagyu beef, New Zealand venison and an edible gold leaf. Chris Large, head chef at the Honky Tonk eatery in the affluent Chelsea area, said the “Glamburger” was created
The BBC has published a report detailing the reasons why Western women are drawn to Iraq and Syria to join jihad. The report by Dr Katherine Brown of Kings College London cites examples of numerous women, saying that social media
Four men were arrested in London this morning on suspicion of terrorism offences, the Metropolitan Police have said. The men, who are aged between 20 and 21, have been held on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, as part of a
LONDON (Reuters) – A British court ruled on Tuesday that Bahraini Prince Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who has been accused of torturing detainees in Bahrain, does not enjoy immunity from prosecution in Britain. A Bahraini citizen, known only as
Fifty police officers had to be deployed to break up an enormous brawl between Kurds and Muslims in North-West Germany last night, as angry migrants took to the streets to vent frustrations as the violence being visited upon the Yazidi
The Liberal Democrats could reject a coalition with either the Conservatives or Labour if next year’s general election produces another hung parliament, a senior party figure said Tuesday. Speaking at the Lib Dem annual conference, party president Tim Farron said
The Home Office has ordered an investigation into the police, after it was alleged officers misused their powers to circumvent rules protecting journalistic sources. The law protects journalistic sources, but police officers are accused of accessing confidential information using powers
The Board of Deputies of British Jews is demanding an investigation into why a Surrey vicar travelled to Tehran, Iran, to speak at a conference described by the Board as an “anti-Semitic hate fest”. Rev Dr Stephen Sizer has attracted
Cannabis can be highly addictive, cause mental health problems and lead to hard drug use, according to a new study by a British addiction specialist. The paper by Professor Wayne Hall, who is an advisor for the World Health Organisation,
Just a day after Breitbart London speculated over the role former Guantanamo inmate Moazzam Begg may have had in British attempts to retrieve the recently murdered captive Alan Henning, a number of British newspapers have printed his admission that he
The continuing arrival of a group of survey ships off Australia’s west coast has raised hopes that the wreckage of the Malaysian MH370 aircraft will be found within days, in an operation that is costing the Malaysian and Australian governments
David Cameron’s pledge to lead the investigation into how a convicted murderer entered the country has been revealed as nothing more than a discussion point at an EU committee. Speaking in Afghanistan after the body of teenager Alice Gross was
A London school for pupils with behavioural problems has scrapped rules and punishments, preferring to adopt a border collie puppy named McFlurry instead. The Ian Mikardo School in Tower Hamlets, East London, a special school for boys with severe emotional
Feminists are demanding that a statue commemorating the end of World War II be removed from Normandy in Northern France because it depicts a sexual assault. ‘Unconditional surrender’ by J Seward Johnson is based on a photo from VJ day
HONG KONG (AP) — Crowds of protesters who filled Hong Kong’s streets thinned dramatically Tuesday after student leaders and the government agreed to discuss activists’ demands for a bigger public voice in choosing the territory’s next leader. A few dozen
