‘Unaccompanied minors’ who came to Europe from Syria and Afghanistan embarked on a campaign of sexual abuse and terror after they were put into classes with Austrian children who may have been too scared to report the attacks. Four boys aged
KIEV, July 29 (Reuters) – Ukraine has banned French actor Gerard Depardieu from entering the country for five years, its state security service said on Wednesday, apparently for making comments that suggested he supported Russia’s annexation of Crimea last year.
How much more bovine effluent can Britain’s political ecosystem sustain? The ultimate stress test will be David Cameron’s impending referendum on EU membership, in the course of which it is already evident the ozone layer will be menaced by unprecedented
A stall was doused with a substance that was thought to be petrol at an “Islamic road show” led by the hardline Islamist hate preacher Anjem Choudary earlier this week. While no one was injured, and the rally was able
Britain’s recently re-elected Prime Minister David Cameron is set to appoint one of the top European bankers as the chief external economic advisor to the government, according to reports from across the continent. Ana Botin, the CEO of the Santander
Another day, another heart-rending, animal-related tweet from Ricky Gervais, who has abandoned his once promising career as an irreverent and outspoken comedian in order to capitalise on the internet’s insatiable appetite for stories about cats, puppies and social injustice. RIP
A UN Goodwill Ambassador on Sexual Health has told British parents to be less prudish when it comes to discussing sex with their young children. Goedele Liekens, a former Miss Belgium, said parents should teach toddlers about sexuality using children’s
When people become newly involved in political campaigning, particularly any kind involving Islam, they often do so with apprehension. Many are afraid of violence, or of being labelled a “racist” and therefore ostracised, and they invariably fear losing their jobs.
Reports suggest that two people are seriously wounded following a shooting in a Barcelona hotel on Tuesday afternoon. The gunmen, who have not yet been identified, are believed to have intentionally targeted the wealthier, La Rambla street this afternoon. Current information is still
A tattoo artist is offering his services for free, as long as the recipient is willing to have his or her body permanently tagged with images associated with multiculturalism or “social justice”. Alex Smoltschnik – who runs the Pride &
A new paper on climate change has urged advocates and activists to “develop tailored climate communication strategies for individual nations” – reflecting on the fact that is mainly the world’s wealthier nations who are ‘aware’ of their propaganda, even though they see
Tests on two people in Britain suspected of being infected with Middle Eastern Respiratory Virus Syndrome (MERS) have proved negative, hospital officials said on Tuesday. Concerns about the suspected cases had forced a hospital in northern England to shut briefly
A 34 year old woman has been found guilty of being at the centre of a paedophile ring which abused children for more than a decade in Norfolk and London. The court heard how she and three associates, also convicted,
The British government has issued advice to travellers to avoid the major port city of Calais and the main routes between the United Kingdom and Europe as migrants continue to disrupt services, violence intensifies, and delays grow. In an extraordinary
British foreign aid money is helping fund executions in Pakistan, a human rights group has claimed. Legal charity Reprieve, which campaigns against the death penalty, says that nearly £13 million has been used to fund anti-drugs operations in the country,
Despite being forced out of the BBC, open season on Jeremy Clarkson rolls on. The Traveller Movement has become the latest offence taker to bring a litigious grievance against one of the television presenter’s jokes. Ofcom, however, have ruled that his use of the
SINGAPORE, July 28 (Reuters) – Britain on Tuesday said it would clamp down on the use of “dirty money” to buy up expensive properties, promising to expose the owners of anonymous foreign shell companies hiding cash in London’s buoyant housing
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif and eight other people have been sentenced to death for war crimes by a Libyan court.
British criminal extradition courts are struggling with a 40-fold increase in cases since 2004, the year eastern European nations joined the EU and new rules intended to make extradition easier were introduced. The Times reports extradition judges from Westminster Magistrates’ Court told a House
One of Somalia’s only five-star hotels was all-but destroyed at the weekend by a suicide bomber, who has been revealed by Somali security sources as one of an increasing number of European-born Jihadists waging war around the world. The Jazeera
Norway’s newest bishop has said he would refuse to officiate at gay weddings, but would support a service blessing couples who have already wed in civil ceremonies. The Local reports that Per Arne Dahl, Bishop of Tunsberg in the Lutheran
Computers used by MPs, lords and their staff were used to access porn more than 20,000 times a month on average last year, new figures have revealed. In total, more than 247,000 hits were made to x-rated websites via the Parliamentary
VIENNA, July 28 (Reuters) – Austria is investigating Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders on suspicion of incitement of hatred at an event in Vienna he attended at the invitation of prominent Austrian far-right politician Heinz-Christian Strache. Wilders, whose party has
For the past two years, Argentina’s state broadcaster has been trying to broadcast English-language propaganda to the residents of the Falkland Islands, the British South Atlantic Territory claimed by the Latin American nation, but its efforts have not exactly been
LONDON, July 28 (Reuters) – A senior British peer said on Tuesday he was leaving the House of Lords, Britain’s unelected upper parliamentary chamber, after a newspaper published a video which it said showed him using cocaine and cavorting with prostitutes.
A Norwegian golf course is having to take extraordinary steps to tackle a problem the owners must never thought they’d face: a serial pooper. Stavanger Golf Club has tasked their groundskeeper Kenneth Tennfjord with trying to catch, or at least
