
In today’s Fat News, we learned that obese women have a far higher chance of getting seven different cancers than women who are a healthy weight. Yes, another day, another revelation about how obesity is blighting our nation’s health –
by Julia Hartley-Brewer17 Mar 2015, 8:31 AM PST0

The Syrian spy arrested in Turkey last week by local security forces has revealed the true identity of Islamic State propagandist and fighter Abu Qaqa as 22-year-old Moss Side-born rapper Raphael Hostey. It is reported the musician-turned-killer is known affectionately
by Oliver Lane17 Mar 2015, 7:24 AM PST0

They claim to be the third biggest political party in the UK. Now with polling continuing to show that a majority government looks unlikely, the SNP could hold huge sway in Westminster if they form even a loose alliance with
by A.B. Sanderson17 Mar 2015, 6:58 AM PST0

It’s OK. The police watchdog has got this. Rest assured every lead will be followed, names will be named and lessons well and truly learned. So there. Feeling better now? No, me neither. Alleged corruption in the Metropolitan Police, including
by Simon Kent17 Mar 2015, 6:52 AM PST0

Climate change deniers should be punished, Al Gore has said, adding that politicians in particular should be made to pay a price for rejecting “accepted science”. He stopped short of suggesting what that punishment might be. Speaking at the South by
by Donna Rachel Edmunds17 Mar 2015, 6:28 AM PST0

DUBLIN (AP) — Landmark buildings across Ireland and the world have been floodlit green for on St. Patrick’s Day as global celebrations of the Emerald Isle’s patron saint are culminating in parades and celebrations in Dublin, New York and other
by AP17 Mar 2015, 6:05 AM PST0

In the Libyan coastal city of Sirte, ISIS kidnapped 20 foreign doctors and nurses on Monday afternoon as they were waiting for a bus to take them to Tripoli. According to reports from various Arab media, the hostages are mostly Filipinos, but among them there are also Indians, Serbs and Ukrainians.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.17 Mar 2015, 5:54 AM PST0

The body charged with inspecting England’s schools and child services on behalf of the government was so hopelessly obsessed with bureaucratic paperwork and keeping up appearances it missed the enormous scale of abuse going on in Rotherham and elsewhere. Because
by Oliver Lane17 Mar 2015, 5:33 AM PST0

David Cameron has delayed the publication of a report into the links between the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), which operates a number of front organisations in the UK, and Islamic terrorism. The Jenkins Report was due to be published this week,
by Andre Walker17 Mar 2015, 5:13 AM PST0

(Reuters) – Prince Harry announced on Tuesday he will leave the armed forces after a decade of service that included two tours of duty in Afghanistan. The Queen’s 30-year-old grandson, the fourth-in-line to the throne, said he would quit the
by Reuters17 Mar 2015, 4:55 AM PST0

A Home Office Minister has warned that immigration has to be reduced because foreign-born mothers are having too many babies. Lord Bates cited official statistics which showed 25 per cent of children born in 2013 had a mother from outside
by A.B. Sanderson17 Mar 2015, 4:47 AM PST0

(Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday said there was only a “pretty slim” chance that he could bring forward to 2015 a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union which he wants to hold if
by Reuters17 Mar 2015, 4:42 AM PST0

The Royal Society has misrepresented current thinking on climate change by presenting new theories as established facts and leaving out evidence that doesn’t support man made global warming dogma, a group of climate scientists has claimed. In December, the Royal Society
by Donna Rachel Edmunds17 Mar 2015, 4:25 AM PST0

The Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kelly, has attacked his Australian counterpart over his St Patrick’s Day message. Tony Abbott began the message by saying the celebrations were the “one day where it was good to be green”, and then went on to
by Andre Walker17 Mar 2015, 3:46 AM PST0

Fifty days out from the election, Westminster is a strange mix of speculation, tedium and delusion. No one really has any idea who is going to win on May 7th. As frustrating as that is for pundits, it’s not really
by Alex Wickham17 Mar 2015, 12:10 AM PST0

Ukip has accused Prime Minister David Cameron of breaking “another” promise on immigration, after the EU’s Foreign Ministers, including Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, gave the go-ahead to Bosnia and Herzegovina to apply for EU membership. Mr Cameron had previously
by Donna Rachel Edmunds17 Mar 2015, 12:00 AM PST0

Each year, the Free Press Society of Denmark gives out the Sappho Award — a prize for courage in the advocacy of free speech, named after the Greek poet who serves as the Society’s icon. This year’s winner is cartoonist Lars Vilks, who has been dealing with death threats from Muslims in Europe ever since drawing a dog with Mohammed’s head in 2007.
by John Hayward16 Mar 2015, 1:57 PM PST0

The exceptional pace of demographic change in many British cities has put services such as schools under enormous strain, however UKIP leader has come up with a potential solution – by banning new arrivals from using them. As part of
by Oliver Lane16 Mar 2015, 10:14 AM PST0

British luvvies have been lining up to star in a film which points the finger of blame for atrocities in Syria on the British government, but the production has been forced to distance itself from one of the co-writers after
by Donna Rachel Edmunds16 Mar 2015, 9:57 AM PST0

Postmen in South London are refusing to deliver to some South London flats unless they are accompanied by an elderly Liberal Democrat Councillor. The Royal Mail did not deliver to the Rowland Hill estate unless 69-year-old Cllr Maria Linforth-Hall comes
by Andre Walker16 Mar 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

LONDON (AP) — The leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has ruled out forming a coalition government with the separatist Scottish National Party after May’s national election. Ed Miliband said Monday that such an arrangement “will not happen.” The
by AP16 Mar 2015, 9:29 AM PST0

Taking an instant dislike to Tony Blair is a good rule of life. It saves time. A generation of British voters would agree and now it seems plenty of international diplomats and UN representatives think it’s a good idea too.
by Simon Kent16 Mar 2015, 9:07 AM PST0

The autonomous regional government of Lombardy is having its decision to effectively ban mosques from being built in its territory challenged by the national government, which has asserted the tough new rules on places of worship are unconstitutional. Lombardy, which
by Oliver Lane16 Mar 2015, 8:33 AM PST0

Nigel Farage has said he will quit as Leader of UKIP if he fails to win a Parliamentary seat at the next election. In his new book he has said it would not be “credible” for him to lead if
by Andre Walker16 Mar 2015, 8:24 AM PST0

A former hostage of the Islamic State who was imprisoned alongside executed Westerners Alan Henning and Peter Kassig, among others, reports that the terrorist group had built a rudimentary replica of America’s Guantánamo Bay facility in Syria with the intention of filling it with Western citizens and torturing them.
by Frances Martel16 Mar 2015, 8:19 AM PST0