‘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
Grass cutting season has started in Hertfordshire – but you knew that already, didn’t you. Still, local government being what it is, with its keen respect for rules, regulations and scientific certainty (all within the bounds of health and safety
Google thought it had agreed last year with European competition regulators that the company’s 90% dominance of Internet searches was “not an illegal business.” But new European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager sought to put Google in chains on Wednesday by accusing the company of abusing its dominance in web searches to the detriment of competitors.
The head of a housing association has threatened to sue the government if it extended ‘right to buy’ legislation. But just how ‘private’ is the property owned by these groups and is the policy compatible with a political movement aspiring to
The Labour candidate in Grimsby, Melanie Onn, has provoked outrage by implying that the fishing industry was not a ‘decent’ or ‘skilled’ career. Speaking on The World Tonight after a hustings in Grimsby Minster Melanie Onn, a union official who was
A UKIP candidate called Islam a “cult of evil” when he was commenting on reports that members of the religion had “infiltrated” the Labour Party. Steve Latham, who is running in West Bromwich East, is now to be investigated by
The other day a friend who works for a tiny arts charity employing two people in an office the size of a shoebox applied for a grant from the Arts Council, the taxpayer funded quango whose job it is to
The foreign ministers of both Germany and France offered strong praise for Hillary Clinton after she announced her presidential campaign.
A huntress has been inundated with death threats after comedian Ricky Gervais posted a picture of her posing next to one of her kills. Rebecca Francis, who hunts with a bow and arrow, is one of America’s premiere hunters. She
It’s no secret that UKIP hopes for a major breakthrough at the general election, launching a professional, independently-costed manifesto this morning to that end. But as the party moves from being a right wing fringe group to take centre stage
An investigation has revealed that migrants who pick vegetables for British supermarkets are treated like ‘slaves’ and forced to live in filthy conditions. Desperate workers who move to Western Europe for the chance of higher wages are living in wooden
Scotland’s new tougher drink-driving law is so strict it is damaging the economy by stopping people socialising, one of the country’s top economists has said. The new law came into effect in December, bringing the drink driving limit down from
Wednesday’s Liberal Democrat campaign launch was a little bit of a disaster. OK, it was a big disaster. We run through the Top Ten problems with the proceedings: 10 – Warehouse Venue: There is nothing less cool than trying to
A Labour parliamentary candidate has become the latest politician to have a ‘Natalie Bennett Moment’ having forgotten all of her party’s policies. Ruth Cadbury, Labour candidate for Brentford and Isleworth was floored by a relatively simple question from a 20-year-old student. Nick
When I heard that the Russian-language version of Siri, Apple’s voice-activated iPhone assistant, was giving “homophobic” answers to questions about gay marriage, my first thought was: how do I get my hands on it? According to Sky News, Siri replied to
All internet pornography faces a ban in Russia after a court in the Tatarstan region ordered the country’s state-controlled internet watchdog to block 136 websites hosting “pornographic material”, citing laws drawn up in 1910 and 1923. The court ordered the
With her BBC interview getting almost 40,000 views following her battle in a live interview on the edge of Grimsby’s harbour, Victoria Ayling says the BBC are desperate to “get her back” tonight. The candidate for Grimsby was interviewed on the news
UKIP supporters jeered a journalist this morning after he questioned the number of black people who appear in the party’s manifesto. Telegraph Chief Political Correspondent Christopher Hope asked Nigel Farage: “Are you happy that the only black face in the
The Edward Snowden story is a rare beast: you can’t predict how people will feel about it. And they usually feel very strongly one way or the other. Snowden is either a hero who can do no wrong, or a traitor
Nick Clegg is ready to do a deal with anyone. He has told supporters that no party will win the election outright and the Liberal Democrats would offer “a heart to a Conservative government and a brain to a Labour
The European Union will double the number of judges sitting at the Court of Justice in Luxembourg at a cost of €20 million a year. This is despite opposition from Britain and the court itself. The European Court of Justice,
Britain is to extradite a Basque terrorist accused of murdering 22 people to face justice in Spain. A judge ruled on Tuesday that Antonio Troitiño, who spent 24 years in Spanish prisons, should be sent back to the country. Troitiño
A week after the body of anti-Assad preacher and lecturer Abdul Hadi Arwani was found in a parked car in North London, police have made two arrests as searches of a number of London addresses continue. One of those locations investigated
Iran has suspended pilgrimage flights to Saudi Arabia after protests in Tehran on Saturday, which were triggered by reports that two Iranian boys were sexually assaulted during a trip to Mecca. The alleged attack took place at Jeddah airport in
David Cameron’s hopes of wooing UKIP supporters to vote Conservative in May have been dealt a hammer blow by Brussels. The Tory leader was desperate to be seen as the only real option for securing a renegotiated relationship with the
Growing concerns across a number of European governments over the Islamic radicalisation process inside prisons will be hardened by the revelation that Islamist killer Omar El-Hussein may have been pushed towards terrorism during his detention before going on to kill
