‘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
The vice chairman of UKIP Bristol has been revealed as porn star Johnny Rockard. Rockard, whose real name is Johnny Langley, has been in the porn industry for 30 years and runs his own production company and website. He stood
A Labour Party parliamentary candidate called people who fly England flags “simpletons” and “casual racists” and called for their cars to be damaged. Huw Thomas, who is standing in Ceredigion in Wales, made the comments in a blog post about
Yet another study on ocean acidification has been published this week, maintaining the drumbeat of fear that sea life is on the verge of dissolving thanks to us evil humans. Despite the fact that this Paleoclimate research concerns a pre-historic
UKIP MEP Diane James expressed sympathy with some of the actions of Russian president Vladimir Putin on LBC radio yesterday, while also noting the predicament of Russia as it faces-off with the EU. Not that you’d know it from some
The former most senior police officer in Britain is being investigated over allegations of a cover up by the Metropolitan Police over its investigation of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. Lord Stevens, who served as the Met’s Commissioner from 2000-2005,
A UKIP candidate has reported himself to Hampshire Police after being told he could have broken electoral law because of sausage rolls. Kim Rose, who is standing in Southampton Itchen, will be questioned over allegations he tried to influence voters
Escaped and released captives formerly held by Islamic State terrorists in Iraq have recounted the horrors they were subjected to inside the self-proclaimed caliphate. Their humiliations included brutal public rapes, sex slavery, torture and forced medical procedures. The hostages came from a
(Reuters) – The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party said on Friday he favoured recognising Palestine as a state if such a move would help bring about a broader peace deal in the Middle East. Ed Miliband was asked by
Eurozone countries are drawing up secret documents to force Greece out of the single currency, a memo from the Finnish finance ministry has revealed. The monetary alliance is preparing to act should Greece be declared bankrupt next month. That will happen
A statue of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town has been removed after students launched an uncompromising campaign to have the great man expunged from history. The statue of the British businessman, mining magnate, philanthropist and politician has
Almost 40 percent of British Muslims think MI5 and the police are at least partly to blame for radicalising teenagers who flee the country to join Islamic State, a survey has revealed. The poll by Survation for Sky News also
Say what you like about UKIP – and you will – the insurgent party has never been shy of attracting attention at the expense of the older, legacy parties. Refreshingly, it also exhibits a sense of humour on the campaign
Shahrar Ali, deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, has been filmed delivering an angry anti-Israel speech at a rally in London. At one point, Ali compares Israel’s actions to the Holocaust, saying: “Just because you observe
Wisconsin state officials have banned employees who work for an agency that oversees a Wisconsin public land trust from discussing climate change. Enacted this week by a vote of Wisconsin’s Board of Commissioners of Public Lands, it includes prohibitions on
Tony Blair, the disgraced former prime minister and possible war criminal, believes an EU referendum would be “dangerous” for Britain. He has come out strongly backing Ed Miliband on ruling out an In/Out referendum in the next term of Parliament. Blair was wrong about many things; he was an advocate
This week we heard the tragic story of a retired businessman who killed himself and his wife having told friends he was deeply worried about the fact that his rural neighbourhood had been surrounded, at the local council’s behest, by
This Bank Holiday week picked up on Tuesday as Tony Blair made an unusually peaceful intervention, criticising the Tories on Europe and declaring his unequivocal support for Ed Miliband. The former PM’s toxicity with some of the British public and
The Labour Party appear to have backtracked on their pledge to scrap the ‘Tampon Tax’ only days after it was first made, as the European Commission admit that MPs in Westminster would be powerless to scrap the VAT. With a
An agency nurse was paid £2200 for working one 12-hour shift in an NHS hospital, a Freedom of Information Act request has revealed. The Telegraph reports Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust paid the record sum over £183.33 an hour as
The science is settled! A new study published in the journal of Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking has confirmed what many already suspected was true: video games don’t cause sexism. After examining a number of games containing allegedly “sexist” tropes
BERLIN (AP) — German police are looking into whether a woman claimed to be a relative of a victim of last month’s Germanwings crash to get free flights to southern France. Germanwings parent Lufthansa organized special flights for victims’ relatives
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has helpfully revealed with an FOI request that South Yorkshire is the child rape capital of Britain. South Yorkshire’s local police authority saw a 577 per cent rise in reported child sexual exploitation cases between
The German foreign intelligence agency has revealed the extent to which Iraqi counter-attacks have reversed the frontiers of the Islamic State, leaving them with just one major oil field to exploit. As oil sales are the single most important source
KIEV, April 9 (Reuters) – Ukraine, locked in conflict with Russian-backed separatists in its east, on Thursday drew up a new security doctrine denouncing Russia’s “aggression” and setting its sights on joining the U.S.-led NATO military alliance. Oleksander Turchynov, head
BELFAST, April 9 (Reuters) – Less than two decades after a U.S.-brokered deal brought peace to Northern Ireland, British Prime Minister David Cameron may have to go cap in hand to one side of the sectarian divide if he wants
