‘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 reaction in the press room at Sky HQ as last night’s leaders’ interviews came to a close was unanimous. Ed Miliband had, almost unbelievably, won. Of the two men vying to be Prime Minister, against all odds, it was
Some things never change. Disaffected voters in England are considering voting UKIP, Scots are sick of politics (as usual) and seek something else. All the parties in Wales are so awful that the people of the country have no idea
It looks as if we have an answer to one of this morning’s lingering questions about Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who evidently seized control of his plane and drove it into the Alps, killing 150 people. Lufthansa earlier divulged that Lubitz took a long break from his pilot training. Now the UK Daily Mail has more details about that episode, saying he suspended training in 2008 “because he was suffering from depression and burnout.”
National Front leader Marine Le Pen has pledged to offer the country a vote on continued membership of the European Union if she is elected President in 2017. The MEP, who is currently leading at 33 per cent of the
French authorities released much new information about the horrible Germanwings crash in the Alps this morning, but some vital questions remain unanswered. Why is the French prosecutor so firmly convinced that the co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, deliberately crashed the plane?
Anti-capitalist ‘comedian’ Russell Brand has been named the world’s fourth most important thinker by readers of Prospect Magazine, beating Indian writer and activist Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things and UK Philosopher John Gray in a list
Electric vehicles were once a common sight on Britain’s urban roads. Their silent approach, which could catch both pedestrians and cyclists unaware, earned them the nickname ‘Whispering Death’. Now over 40 years since the last electric trolley-buses were replaced by
When was the last time you wrote a letter to a Government minister? And when was the last time you wrote a letter to a Government minister and received anything close to a substantive response suggesting that your missive had
John Bercow was close to tears as Conservatives were narrowly defeated in their attempt to force him to face a secret ballot for re-election as Speaker in May. In the final four hours of the Parliament, retiring former Foreign Secretary William
A City of London Police superintendent reported his ‘bizarre night shift’ on Twitter after three Romanian children from Nottingham walked into his police station in Bishopsgate and asked for a taxi home. Supt Paul Clements wrote on the social media
So the horrific air disaster over the Alps yesterday looks like a particularly ugly and tragic case of ‘suicide by terrain’: co-pilot Andreas Lubitz appears to have locked his pilot outside the aircraft cabin and then deliberately crashed the plane,
The British Social Attitudes Survey, running annually for over 30 years, has tracked the slow acceptance of new moral standards by the general population. Now it reveals at least one group of citizens is bucking the trend and retaining social
Last night, we learned that black-box audio recordings appeared to show the pilot of the doomed Germanwings Flight 9525 had been locked out of the cockpit and was attempting to gain entry – politely at first, but acting with increasing urgency as the plane descended, until at the end it sounded as if he was trying to smash the armored cockpit door down.
An investigation into claims that Labour councillors accused local residents of making racist comments has been delayed until after the General Election. Residents in Coventry, who were compared with Nazi Germany by the city’s Labour representatives, have accused the council
MPs have demanded disclosure of all personal files compiled on them by undercover police officers while they were in Parliament. The call came during an urgent question in the House of Commons following revelations that police had kept a number
A new report has found that Britain is the country most responsible for overfishing in its territorial waters despite it being bound by the Common Fisheries Policy which sets annual quotas. The report by the New Foundation said that UK fisheries
Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin says passengers on the doomed Germanwings flight could be heard screaming just before the crash. He said the co-pilot, who has been named as 29-year-old Andreas Lubitz, was initially courteous, but became “curt” when the captain began
In 42 days the British public go to the polls in what is turning out to be the least predictable election ever. Uniform swings are out of the window, closely followed by the accepted two-party system. Here is our guide
As a think tank publishes a new study advocating a new defence forum for members of the Commonwealth of Nations, former secretary of state for defence Liam Fox MP has said the “huge geological reach” of the Commonwealth makes it
A Jewish community leader has warned that Jews represent the front line against a “new flame of radical Islamic terror”, and that anti-Semitism in Europe has reached levels not seen since the 1930s. Speaking at a committee meeting of the
An unemployed man from Blackburn has been convicted of making 15,000 obscene calls over a three-month period. Amjid Khan, 39, pleaded guilty to the offences at Preston Crown Court. The court was told he would pick strangers names out of
BOSTON, ENGLAND: It might only be down the road but there is a world of difference between Grimsby and Boston. For a start, there are people at the local market, where stalls sell local flowers and vegetables from the surrounding
A newspaper report, however, suggests the audio contains intriguing information at the least: One of the pilots is heard leaving the cockpit, then banging on the door with increasing urgency in an unsuccessful attempt to get back in.
Members of the Scientific Council of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) recently criticized the Royal Society’s positions on climate.
Following news that the NUS women’s conference has suggested delegates use ‘jazz hands’ to replace applause at meetings, Breitbart London’s Milo Yiannopoulos has his own suggestions about how to show support to feminists. His video is below:
