The parents of 15 year old Lithuanian boy Arminas Pileckas have blasted Sweden and the Swedish media for cowardice in the face of the migrant threat, and for covering up the murder of their son. Arminas Pileckas, a native of northern
A Tory MP has said using astrology to treat patients could help the NHS overcrowding by “taking huge pressure off doctors.” David Tredinnick said consulting the night sky would “take huge pressure off doctors” and says that in future reading
Labour would give prisoners a say on how jails are run, it has emerged. They have justified the proposal on the ground that prison should be about rehabilitation, not just a form of punishment. The proposal was revealed in a
Britain is to send troops to Ukraine to help train their soldiers in the fight against Russian backed separatist forces. Non-lethal equipment will also be supplied to Ukraine as a show of friendship, Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed. Mr
Mein Kampf, the Nazi bible written by Adolf Hitler, is to be printed in Germany for the first time since the country’s defeat in 1945. The book had previously been effectively banned because the rights to it are held by
“So normally, if I’m doing a speech or something, it’s £5,000 a day…” “I am self-employed. So nobody pays me a salary…” Two different men uttered those remarks, but in the public perception they seem interchangeable. The disgrace of Jack
From Bloomberg Business: The only dependable prediction for the outcome of the U.K.’s May 7 election is this: chaos. All of the opinion polls are clear: Instead of a decisive winner, there will be hobbled aspirants, each cajoling as many
According to The Daily Mail, over eight British schoolgirls have traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) on the “jihadi bride trail.”
All day, the grassroots Tory Party has been in overdrive about getting a genuinely gifted younger MP in Kensington now Sir Malcolm Rifkind has finally vacated his plum West London seat. The bookies have come up with some names that
TV presenter Sir Bruce Forsyth has slammed current rules on inheritance tax with a typically British understatement, saying it’s “a bit over the top”. The veteran broadcaster has amassed a multi-million pound fortune during his 75-year career. Speaking to the
A shrine set up to commemorate the victims of the Charlie Hebdo attacks has been vandalised four times in the last two weeks. The satirical paper has refused to be cowed, however, and will publish its next edition tomorrow. Following
Swedish municipalities have started snow ploughing their streets “gender equally”. The practice was first adopted in Karlskoga in central Sweden, but has since caught on across the country, including in Stockholm. Under the old system, fresh snowfalls were cleared first
French Police have established a special Police group after drones were spotted flying close to sensitive sights this morning. The flights took place between 1am and 6am, and have raised fears of a terrorists attack. The sights involved were the
Russian President Vladimir Putin is being advised by aliens called the Nordics, following a battle for supremacy between them and some reptiles, a Labour Party councillor has said. Cllr Simon Parkes told an audience of around 30 people in North
Britain’s Catholic bishops have today published a letter urging worshippers to back political candidates who support marriage and oppose abortion. The document, drawn up by a team of four bishops, has been launched by Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Vincent Nichols.
A Saudi court has sentenced a young man in his 20s to death for posting a video online that purportedly showed him ripping up a Koran and then striking it with a shoe before cursing Islam’s Muhammad, according to the Saudi Gazette.
An Air France flight had to be diverted because company rules demanded the pilot have a rest, according to a report in the Local. Passengers were left stranded for 12 hours in Manchester, even though the final destination for the
At least eight people have been killed in a shooting at a restaurant in the Czech Republic, the country’s interior ministry has said. Sky News says the shooting took place in the city of Uhersky Brod, which has a population
The “Green Blob” is condemning “billions to hunger, poverty and underdevelopment”, and is pursuing policies which would decimate the natural world and “devastate species and biodiversity”, former Environment Secretary Owen Paterson will claim today. Mr Paterson is due to speak
The communications regulator Ofcom has announced that it will be launching an investigation into the programme ‘UKIP: The First 100 Days’ after it was deluged with complaints. The programme, which was set in the future after UKIP had won the
Rajendra K Pachauri has quit as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) following accusations of sexual harassment being levelled against him. The allegations were made by a 29-year-old researcher working at his think tank, The Energy and
Mainstream “geek culture” media have been frothing at the mouth this month because Supanova, an Australian convention for sci-fi, comic, anime and gaming fans, has refused to rescind actor Adam Baldwin’s invitation to appear, after a petition claimed that, as a supporter of
An increasing number of French Jews are turning to Marine Le Pen’s Front National, despite the party’s past reputation for anti-Semitism, as they now see Muslims as a bigger threat. Roger Cukierman, the Chairman of the Representative Council of Jewish
Former Liberal Democrat Party President Tim Farron is facing questions after it emerged his local party branch received a donation from a company just weeks before it was awarded retrospective planning permission for a fishery by the local Liberal Democrat-run
The Green Party Leader, Natalie Bennett, has appeared on the Nick Ferrari show on LBC to talk about her party’s policies. However, she became badly unstuck when she was asked about the Green’s policy on social housing. Bennett appeared to
Sir Malcolm Rifkind has stepped down as MP for Kensington and as chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the House of Commons following the cash for access scandal. He was secretly filmed by Channel 4 Despatches and the Daily Telegraph
