‘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
Ableism The unfortunate biological reality that some people are bigger and stronger than others Abuse Tweets Ageism The internalised misogyny of Mother Nature Heterosexism The awkward reality that most people aren’t gay. Can be remedied with the proper social conditioning Critical
An Iranian human rights activist who has described Islam as a “totalitarian global threat” has had her speaking engagement at Trinity College, Dublin (TCD) cancelled. Refusal to comply with a unique set of restrictions not placed on other speakers, including
A Labour frontbencher has attacked the Natural History Museum and M&S after they released a range of dinosaur t-shirts exclusively for boys. Chi Onwurah claimed the two were guilty of sexism because they had not produced alternative versions of the
An inspired freedom of information request has revealed the most popular book in the Bank of England Library – and it’s a curious choice for the brain-box staff who run the control-room of the British economy. The library, which is
Toxic human waste could provide a new source of recoverable gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to US scientists. Researchers discovered microscopic nuggets of gold, silver and platinum after examining human solid waste using an electron scanner at
Labour has been accused of using an X-ray image of a potential “victim of child abuse” in an election poster. The image of a broken leg, which appears alongside the words “Next time, they’ll cut it to the bone,” is
David Cameron has announced he will not seek a third term as prime minister, even if he does win the election in May. In a move that may cause instability shortly before the campaign formally begins next week, he nominated
Calls have been made for a Conservative candidate to step down after she branded UKIP voters “racists”. Flick Drummond, who is standing for the seat of Portsmouth South, made the comments during a hustings at Portsmouth University. According to the
Defence secretary Michael Fallon has indicated he will be deploying re-enforcements to the British islands in the South Atlantic in the face of continued sabre-rattling from rival claimant Argentina. Details of the Falklands deployment are expected in the House of Commons
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), the medical charity that first alerted the world of the spread of Ebola, has now faulted some national governments as well as the World Health organization for ignoring the warning and throwing roadblocks in the way of eradicating the disease before it grew.
(Reuters) – British police said on Monday they were hunting for thieves who broke into an apartment in northwest England and stole 38 Royal Python snakes. The non-venomous snakes, which included eight pregnant females, were taken from a house in
(Reuters) – The owner and manager of a slaughterhouse in northern England were sentenced to fines and a suspended jail term on Monday in the first criminal prosecution related to a horsemeat scandal that embarrassed British supermarkets in 2013. The
The UK Independence Party has expelled one of its MEPs, Janice Atkinson, along with her Chief of Staff Christine Hewitt, for bringing the party in to disrepute. Ms Hewitt was caught on camera asking a restaurant manager for a falsely
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases including dengue fever and West Nile virus could become widespread across Britain within decades due to climate change, health experts said on Monday. Warmer temperatures and increasing rainfall could provide ideal
NHS hospitals are paying agency workers record sums amid a growing crisis in Accident and Emergency departments. As staff shortages increase, hospitals are increasingly relying on agency workers to fill the gaps, with agencies able to charge huge premiums for
An Airbus A320 operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline has “disintegrated” upon crashing in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board. The plane, which was on a routine charter flight from from Barcelona to Düsseldorf, suddenly started losing
On Friday, the pettiness of modern, online protest feminism versus the stark truth that Britain is becoming increasingly hostile toward men was brought cruelly into view, when two seemingly unconnected news stories collided on the same day. To add a
The Barbadian parliament has announced plans to engage in constitutional change, ending the era of it existing as a constitutional monarchy and declaring a republic. The Times reports both major parties in Bajan politics are in favour of the change, which would
In late February, footage of Chelsea fans preventing a black man from entering their carriage on the Paris Metro, before singing, “We’re racist, we’re racist – and that’s the way we like it,” appalled the public and made headline news for several days.
Marine Le Pen has suffered a set back in her bid for the French Presidency, as her party, the National Front (FN), was knocked into second place by surging support for the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) led by
The pizza makers of Neapolitan Pizzeria Don Ernesto decided the Pope deserved a specially personalized pizza, whether he had ordered it or not. The ingenious baker jumped over the makeshift barrier lining the route of the papal entourage and ran up to the Popemobile, handing the pizza to Pope Francis, while his comrades got the whole scene on video.
Earlier this month two prominent conservatives, Tim Montgomerie and Stephan Shakespeare, launched something called The Good Right. Despite boasting Michael Gove as a vocal supporter, much of what they proposed was unlikely to convince dry right-wingers. Luxury taxes and above-inflation
The Red Rattler Theater in Sydney, Australia has apologized for refusing a Jewish group’s request to perform at its location. The theater originally denied the group because of its policy that “does not support colonialism/Zionism.” Red Rattler is now reconsidering opening its space to the Jewish group, which planned a series of performances on the Holocaust.
With every new atrocity, Western leaders and political commentators collectively assure themselves and the public that the Islamic State’s power will suffer, that its PR machine is failing, and that the flow of Western Muslims to the Caliphate will stop.
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the head of the United Nations mission against the Ebola virus in Africa, told the BBC he expects the outbreak that began in February 2014 to be vanquished “by the end of the summer.”
