‘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
After 17 hours of “extremely hard, violent even” negotiations concluded in Brussels on Monday, a third Greek bailout – a three-year plan worth some €86 billion – appeared secure. Then doubt began to emerge. Most centred on whether Prime Minister Tsipras
Anti-foxhunting animal right fanatics held a triumphalist demonstration outside parliament today, despite plans to vote on relaxing the hunting ban being shelved this morning because of SNP interference in this solely English matter. The demo was lead by Angus Robertson
Two prominent Christian peers have rejected the Pope’s recent encyclical on climate change as backwards and more likely to increase not reduce poverty. They accuse the Pope of falling foul of thinking on climate change that hankers for a time before
An equal rights campaigner has branded a flag designed by a 12-year-old girl as racist because it features a chain that could have been used in the slave trade. Patrick Vernon says the Black Country flag, which is coloured red,
Veteran hard-left Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn lost his temper on television last night after being questioned on his links with terror groups Hezbollah and Hamas, attempting to shout down his interviewer in the process. The questions were asked by Channel 4 newsman Krishnan
The government has suspended a vote on relaxing the hunting ban in England, which would have brought the law in line with Scotland, after the SNP broke their commitment to not interfere with solely English laws. An official SNP statement
VIENNA, Austria – Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of on-off negotiations with an agreement that could potentially transform the Middle East, and which Israel called an “historic surrender”. Under
Athens (AFP) – Anti-austerity protesters gathered for a small-scale demonstration in front of the Greek parliament on Monday, angry at the country’s EU bailout deal.
Freital, Saxony has become the centre of a new wave of German anti-immigration protests after the opening of a new asylum ‘central camp’ took locals by surprise. Up to 1,200 Germans are meeting and marching every week-day evening in just one
London is the abortion capital of England, with over 30 per cent of all pregnancies in three of the city’s boroughs ending in termination, new figures reveal. Lambeth, Southwark and Islington have the highest abortion rates in the country, with
A Greek exit from the Euro was reportedly closer than ever at 6am European Time on Monday, 13th July 2015. It followed 14 hours worth of talks between German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. That is until
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister opened a Twitter account in Farsi on Monday, seeking to reach out to the Iranian public as world powers were getting closer to a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic. Benjamin Netanyahu strongly opposes
A female pilot who served with the Israeli army search and rescue unit and who travelled alone to Syria to fight against the Islamic State has returned home – despite rumours of her having been captured by ISIS forces. Gill
Acting party leader, Harriet Harman, has said Labour should “listen” to the electorate and “not oppose” Tory benefit cuts. Activists and candidates in the leadership race – apart from unpopular Blairite Liz Kendall – have reacted with revulsion to the
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has flown home after an epic 17-hour crisis meeting with Eurozone leaders to sell the austerity package he has agreed to his own party – who may attempt to block it. Tsipras must push several unpalatable measures
British doctors are calling for a 20 percent tax to be levied on sugar in a bid to cut the obesity epidemic. But low tax campaigners have said that such a tax would “hit the poorest hardest” and have accused
The Church of England has been criticised by one if its own bishops as “borderline racist”. The Right Rev Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Chelmsford, said the church needed to do much more to recruit ethnic minorities, accusing it of “complacency
A leading human rights lawyer has pronounced British justice prejudiced against Muslims. Gareth Peirce said English juries, English prosecutors and English police have proceeded “with complete ignorance of culture or religion” in the past and now “have to be educated about Islam”.
European criminal gangs have been flying into the UK on budget airline flights, going on ‘crime spree holidays’, and flying out again to avoid detection. Brian Donald, Europol’s chief of staff said that the gangs commit “volume crimes” – pickpocketing, house
The fight against Islamic State (IS) should be intensified and more money directed towards the SAS and buying drones and planes, David Cameron has signaled in remarks made public today. The comments are the first indication of what will be
Kosovan capital Pristina was left without water over the weekend as authorities reacted to Islamic State threats to poison the reservoir that provides drinking water to 100,000 people. Water authorities cited “security issues” when they turned off water to the
Two people have been killed in an apparent explosion at an industrial estate in Hellesdon, Norfolk. Sky News reports emergency services were called to the scene after the blast at 9.20 this morning. Smoke was seen rising from the site,
Oxford students have begun a campaign to have a “racist” 100-year-old statue of Cecil Rhodes removed from a grade II listed building, and to “decolonise” the “Eurocentric” curriculum. Student radicals claim the statue of the British businessman, mining magnate, philanthropist
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has described the German proposals for a deal with Greece as “tyrannical”, and has advised the Greek people to “rediscover the spirit of Marathon” and exit the euro. Eurozone leaders argued long into the night
Pro-hunting MPs have vowed to drop their campaign to scrap the Hunting Act if parliament votes to relax the controversial law later this week. Under the proposed amendments, farmers will be able to use a full pack of hounds to
