
An 83-year-old woman was mugged for £20 on Christmas Day in what police have described as a “callous and violent” attack. The BBC reports that the woman, from Bournemouth on the south coast of England, left her home at 11.30
by Nick Hallett29 Dec 2014, 8:14 AM PST0

The London Telegraph reported yesterday on the classified findings of a new security assessment by the British government simulating a storm-induced power blackout of two weeks’ duration in southwestern England. As the paper put it, the assessment concluded that: “Britain is
by Frank Gaffney29 Dec 2014, 7:48 AM PST0

The threat to Britain’s Falkland Islands intensifies as Russia is to lend/lease a number of supersonic, all-weather fighter-bombers to Argentina in return for food, as food embargoes begin to bite and Russia struggles to import meat and grain from elsewhere
by Oliver Lane29 Dec 2014, 7:40 AM PST0

A plane belonging to UK airline Virgin Atlantic has landed safely at Gatwick airport after developing a landing gear fault. The Boeing 747, which was bound for Las Vegas, spent several hours circling the southern English coast after developing the
by Breitbart London29 Dec 2014, 7:36 AM PST0

A human-rights think-tank has reported on the large numbers of foreign converts to the Islamic State who have become disillusioned after arrival, and who have ultimately been executed by the Caliphate for trying to escape. The British based Syrian Observatory
by Oliver Lane29 Dec 2014, 7:07 AM PST0

In an interview with National Public Radio published Monday, President Barack Obama offered Iran the prospect of becoming a “regional power” in exchange for a nuclear deal.
by Joel B. Pollak29 Dec 2014, 7:00 AM PST0

JAMES: “Rape Culture” If you want to know what “Rape Culture” really looks like, just pay a visit to Islamic-State-held territory in Iraq and Syria. Here you will find no shortage of heartbreaking examples of the real “war on women”,
by James Delingpole and Milo Yiannopoulos29 Dec 2014, 6:26 AM PST0

221 new species were described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2014, further allaying fears that climate change could be causing a mass extinction event. The species were discovered in sites worldwide, and include ants, fish, sea slugs, plants
by Donna Rachel Edmunds29 Dec 2014, 5:52 AM PST0

Former Conservative Party Chairman Sayeeda Warsi, who resigned from government in protest at Israel’s war on Hamas, has expressed her shock at the anger her behaviour caused amongst British Jews. On Twitter today she claimed she had received “vitriolic emails”
by Andre Walker29 Dec 2014, 5:46 AM PST0

The missing AirAsia flight is likely to be at the “bottom of the sea”, the head of Indonesia’s search and rescue operation has said. The BBC reports that Bambang Soelistyo said that due to the coordinates of the flight when
by Nick Hallett29 Dec 2014, 5:09 AM PST0

Britain is unprepared for prolonged blackouts, which consequently could trigger riots and cause the dead to be left unburied, according to a secret Government security assessment. It is also likely that the transport networks would be in chaos which may
by Donna Rachel Edmunds29 Dec 2014, 4:47 AM PST0

The latest edition of Al-Qaeda’s glossy recruiting magazine Inspire, released on Christmas eve has made a renewed call on the faithful to strike out against the West in lone-wolf attacks, taking on airlines and prominent public figures with home-made bombs.
by Oliver Lane29 Dec 2014, 3:57 AM PST0

Next year, Pope Francis will issue a rare encyclical calling on Catholics the world over to do their bit in reducing emissions, the Observer has reported. The pontiff also plans to make a series of speeches and summit appearances in
by Donna Rachel Edmunds29 Dec 2014, 3:27 AM PST0

They are as much an iconic image of London as black cabs, red busses, or indeed the landmarks they protect, but now the Royal Guard are being removed from their sentry boxes to stand behind iron bars in an “honourable
by Donna Rachel Edmunds29 Dec 2014, 12:00 AM PST0

One of the nation’s best loved countrymen, Winston Churchill is best remembered for his role in overcoming the Nazi threat, and later for denouncing the Soviet regime’s Iron Curtain. But few are aware of his fascination with the orient and
by Donna Rachel Edmunds28 Dec 2014, 10:42 AM PST0

If you scanned Twitter over the past 24 hours you might be forgiven for thinking that UKIP leader Nigel Farage was awarded the Nobel Prize for Quantum Physics, such was the mass condemnation from lefty trolls over the award actually
by Breitbart London28 Dec 2014, 8:14 AM PST0

Further evidence that public interest in Global Warming is cooling has been unveiled by the science news website EurekAlert!, who have released their list of the top ten most read science articles this year. Climate change and global warming doesn’t
by Donna Rachel Edmunds28 Dec 2014, 6:22 AM PST0

Since their invention more than 150 years ago, Christmas crackers, with their terrible jokes and paper hats, have become just as much a part of the Christmas tradition as the carols, tree and presents, and as such as loved by
by Donna Rachel Edmunds28 Dec 2014, 6:18 AM PST0

The last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay may leave the detention centre in the new year as part of Barack Obama’s long-delayed plan to close the base. The US president is urging the release of almost half of Guantanamo
by Nick Hallett28 Dec 2014, 4:49 AM PST0

AirAsia fight QZ8501 has gone missing with 162 people on board. It was travelling between Indonesia and Singapore, where it had been due to land at 08:30 local time (00.30 GMT) this morning. It made a request for a “deviation”
by Donna Rachel Edmunds28 Dec 2014, 1:36 AM PST0

Margaret Thatcher feared an Asian uprising if Irish nationalists were granted changes in the way Northern Ireland and its institutions were run. In talks with the then Irish Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald in the run up to the 1984 Anglo-Irish agreement,
by A.B. Sanderson28 Dec 2014, 12:00 AM PST0

Despite significant territorial gains and world-wide notoriety it seems the Islamic State fighters are falling foul of military gangs throughout history who have staged coups. Their attempts at state building appear to be failing, the Washington Post reports. Residents have
by A.B. Sanderson27 Dec 2014, 7:19 AM PST0

Yet another poll has put Labour on course to lose the vast majority of its Scottish MPs at May’s General Election. The ICM poll for the Guardian puts the party down 16 percent on the 2010 election, with the Scottish
by Nick Hallett27 Dec 2014, 7:12 AM PST0

The Chief Executive of NHS England has attacked the recent ruling by European Court of Justice that obesity is a disability. The Organisation of Economic Co-Operation and Development’s latest health report show that a quarter of British adults are obese
by A.B. Sanderson27 Dec 2014, 6:21 AM PST0

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been named ‘Briton of the Year’ by the Times of London. The paper awarded him the title for what it called his “game-changing” politics in a year in which the party won the European elections
by Nick Hallett27 Dec 2014, 6:09 AM PST0