
Scotland Yard is trying to have a fifty-page “how-to” manual published by ISIS for foreign recruits taken offline.
by John Hayward26 Feb 2015, 2:45 PM PST0

“Jihadi John,” as he’s been known, turns out to be Mohammed Emwazi, a 26-year-old British citizen who was born in Kuwait and grew up in a comfortable West London family.
by John Hayward26 Feb 2015, 11:07 AM PST0

Margaret Thatcher considered taking over the BBC as a result of the corporation’s coverage of the 1982 Falklands war. As Prime Minister she considered the reporting to be “treacherous”, and put her Deputy under pressure to invoke emergency powers enabling
by Andre Walker26 Feb 2015, 10:11 AM PST0

An Argentine judge has dismissed charges against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman accusing the head of state of conspiring to protect Hezbollah terrorists in exchange for lower oil prices from the government of Iran.
by Frances Martel26 Feb 2015, 10:04 AM PST0

Austria has passed a significant change in the law which is designed to ferment a distinctly ‘European Islam’ and prevent undue influence from foreign groups and nations by restricting funding and forcing preachers to speak in German. The move, which
by Oliver Lane26 Feb 2015, 9:21 AM PST0

Three Al Jazeera journalists were arrested in Paris on Wednesday for illegally flying a drone in the city. French news agencies report that drones have appeared on several occasions in recent days above the Eiffel Tower and other Parisian monuments.
by Jordan Schachtel26 Feb 2015, 9:10 AM PST0

The Swedish government has been forced to shut down its “assimilation guide service” after discovering that several of its aides may have been trying to recruit immigrants for Islamic State. The assimilation guides, who were employed by Sweden’s state job
by Nick Hallett26 Feb 2015, 8:52 AM PST0

A Human Rights group founded by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee turned activist Moazzam Begg has blamed British foreign policy and the security services for ‘Jihadi John’ beheading seven hostages as an executioner and propagandist working for the Islamic State. The notion that
by Oliver Lane26 Feb 2015, 8:25 AM PST0

Thirty of Britain’s top historians have joined a campaign that calls for a fundamental rethink of the UK’s relationship with Europe. TV historian David Starkey, Cambridge dons Prof Robert Tombs and Richard Rex and Gladstone biographer Prof Richard Shannon are
by Nick Hallett26 Feb 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

One in 10 of Britain’s most skilled workers are being lured from the UK and replaced by low-skilled migrants, causing a significant brain-drain, a report by University College London has found. They are attracted abroad by higher wages and better
by Nick Hallett26 Feb 2015, 6:40 AM PST0

The three formidable bastions of the caring, sharing political left can be easily defined. Think the NHS, local government and the BBC. All provide nice little earners for those who persuade themselves that their political beliefs somehow equip them for
by Simon Kent26 Feb 2015, 6:28 AM PST0

DJ and TV presenter Jimmy Savile raped or sexually assaulted at least 60 patients at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, including seriously ill children, a report has concluded. Savile, who is now accepted to have been one of the most notorious sex
by Andre Walker26 Feb 2015, 4:26 AM PST0

The Russian president has threatened to cut off gas supplies to Ukraine and the rest of Europe unless it pays debts to energy company Gazprom. Vladimir Putin also criticised the Ukrainian government for cutting gas supplies off to rebel-held areas
by Oliver Lane26 Feb 2015, 4:19 AM PST0

The TV License fee, which funds Britain’s state-run BBC, should be abolished, according to a report by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. The group of MPs said the fee was “becoming harder and harder to justify” in a
by Andre Walker26 Feb 2015, 4:02 AM PST0

The Washington Post claims today to have identified the Islamic State executioner known as ‘Jihadi John’ as Mohammed Emwazi, a British national from west London. Emwazi was born in Kuwait and grew up in a middle class London-based family. He
by Breitbart London26 Feb 2015, 3:42 AM PST0

A British paratrooper has become the first living soldier to receive the most prestigious military award in Britain and the Commonwealth for the Afghanistan war, and the second in his family, after he repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to
by Oliver Lane26 Feb 2015, 2:14 AM PST0

A Saudi Arabian man has been sentenced to death for apostasy after filming himself ripping up a copy of the Koran and hitting it with his shoe. The timing is embarrassing, as the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the
by Donna Rachel Edmunds25 Feb 2015, 9:28 AM PST0

One in nine British Muslims believe that publications like Charlie Hebdo which publish images of Mohammed deserve to be attacked, a poll has found. Nearly one in three Muslims polled also said that they had sympathy for the motives behind
by Donna Rachel Edmunds25 Feb 2015, 9:25 AM PST0

The Government has been accused of trying to bury an EU court ruling that may force owners of lawnmowers and mobility scooters to take out motor insurance. The Brussels Directive states that cover must be obtained for ‘any motor vehicle
by A.B. Sanderson25 Feb 2015, 9:23 AM PST0

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Left-wing bishops who run the Church of England, have published a 52-page pastoral letter stacked with leftist clichés. It might very well be the straw which breaks the camel’s back. It vilified Thatcherism, the
by Alan Murad25 Feb 2015, 8:54 AM PST0

A woman was left to die after an ambulance sent to treat her was called away only four minutes from her front door. Ann Walters had initially called the NHS 111 service and after describing her symptoms had been told
by A.B. Sanderson25 Feb 2015, 8:09 AM PST0

Around 400 British children a year are been threatened with tasers by the Police, according to the BBC. The figures show the number of under-18s who have had the firearms drawn and pointed at them in 2013. The Freedom of
by Andre Walker25 Feb 2015, 8:02 AM PST0

Rod Liddle raises an interesting question in his latest Spectator blogpost: Are you terribly worried about those three London ‘schoolgirls’ who have gone off to fight for the Islamic State in Syria? His answer: I must admit I haven’t lost
by James Delingpole25 Feb 2015, 7:35 AM PST0

So Rajendra Pachauri has finally announced his resignation from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – a decision at once momentous and spectacularly irrelevant. It’s momentous because the IPCC is one of the world’s most powerful organisations, with presidents
by James Delingpole25 Feb 2015, 6:43 AM PST0

While people across the European Union are struggling to survive because of austerity measures imposed by the Troika, desperate to keep the eurozone together at any cost, the European Central Bank is spending over €1.25 billion on a swanky new
by A.B. Sanderson25 Feb 2015, 4:52 AM PST0