
Giving cohabiting couples the same rights as married couples is a “lawyer-driven idea” which “gives the impression that marriage doesn’t matter”, a former top family court judge has said. Sir Paul Coleridge, who is a retired High Court judge, made
by Donna Rachel Edmunds24 Dec 2014, 5:24 AM PST0

Three adverts for e-cigs have been banned from British TV by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) on the grounds that they glamourise tobacco, despite not being a tobacco product. The ruling came just over a month after the first ‘vaping’
by Donna Rachel Edmunds24 Dec 2014, 4:47 AM PST0

More than 1,000 soldiers have been deployed on the streets of France for Christmas after a spate of suspected festive-season terrorist attacks across the nation have left many French citizens critical of the government’s denialism, and fearful of increasing violence.
by Oliver Lane24 Dec 2014, 4:29 AM PST0

The NHS is straining under the weight of demand, leaving patients queuing before dawn to get an appointment with their doctor, others being offered quick-fire two minute appointments, and hospital patients left on trolleys for up to 12 hours in
by Donna Rachel Edmunds24 Dec 2014, 4:08 AM PST0

A UKIP member in Hedge End, Hampshire has made an usually bold plea to Santa for “our country back”. In keeping with the big request was a huge sign with a Union Flag to convey it. The sign was the
by Andre Walker24 Dec 2014, 3:51 AM PST0
Who cares about chinky-gate? A poll from YouGov today offers some evidence for the prediction I made earlier in the week that race rows like those of UKIP’s Kerry Smith will not have any effect on the party’s popularity. One
by Alex Wickham24 Dec 2014, 3:16 AM PST0

Despite tumbling oil prices, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister has insisted the country will not slash production in order to keep prices up. Brent crude oil – whose per barrel price is used as a world bench mark – dropped by another
by A.B. Sanderson24 Dec 2014, 2:50 AM PST0

New statistics from the European Commission’s bi-annual Eurobarometer survey confirms the huge cultural divide between Britain and the 27 other EU Member States. A substantial majority of British respondents have declared they do not consider themselves Europeans. Asked how European
by Luke Stanley24 Dec 2014, 1:07 AM PST0

The Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. David Cameron MP, has delivered his traditional Christmas message to the British public. It read: “At this important time of year for the Christian faith I send my best wishes to everyone in the UK
by Andre Walker23 Dec 2014, 4:01 PM PST0

Christmas has come a couple of days early for climate sceptics, in what may well prove to be one of the biggest blows to the Global Warming religion since Climategate. This time the pillar of green faith which has been
by James Delingpole23 Dec 2014, 11:15 AM PST0

A new vaccine that combats two strains of Ebola as well as the lethal Marburg virus has been tested on Africans in the west of the Continent, after initial trials in the United States and has been ruled safe. The
by Oliver Lane23 Dec 2014, 8:52 AM PST0

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and German Chancellor Angela Merkel may back down and agree to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s demands that EU migrants living in Britain should not be able to send child benefit payments abroad, sources within
by A.B. Sanderson23 Dec 2014, 8:42 AM PST0

A former airline boss has claimed the missing Malaysian Airways flight MH370 wwas shot down by the US Air Force. Marc Dugain, the former chief executive of now-defunct Proteus Airlines, claimed the American’s feared a 9/11 style attack on the
by Andre Walker23 Dec 2014, 8:41 AM PST0

The BBC’s Director of Television has said that he has “never felt so uncomfortable as a Jew in the UK” due a rising level of anti-Semitism. The Jewish Chronicle reports that Danny Cohen told a conference in Jerusalem about rising
by Nick Hallett23 Dec 2014, 8:23 AM PST0

Billionaire oil-trader-turned-green-evangelist Tom Steyer has made a very expensive discovery: at the cost of $4.5 million from his own pockets, he has learned that the Koch Brothers just aren’t evil enough, even for progressives, any more. Traditionally, the Koch Brothers
by James Delingpole23 Dec 2014, 7:52 AM PST0

UKIP has pushed out its General Secretary Roger Bird, following allegations of sexual harassment against him. Breitbart London sources have confirmed that Bird was exonerated by the investigation into his action but he was forced to sign an “amicable agreement”
by Andre Walker23 Dec 2014, 6:27 AM PST0

French authorities have ruled out terrorism as a motive for the van attack, despite reports the driver shouted “Allahu akbar” as he piloted the white Fiat van into crowds of people doing last minute Christmas shopping. Hours later police arrested
by Oliver Lane23 Dec 2014, 6:16 AM PST0

A semi-professional footballer who suffered severe injuries after he was involved in a car accident woke up from his medically induced coma to speak to his nurse in fluent French. Rory Curtis, 25, from Worcestershire, was involved in an incident
by A.B. Sanderson23 Dec 2014, 6:11 AM PST0

An English Catholic bishop has condemned John Lennon’s song ‘Imagine’ as “heart-chilling” in a Christmas homily. The Catholic Herald reports that Mark Davies, Bishop of Shrewsbury, will use his Christmas Day homily to reflect on the First World War, saying:
by Nick Hallett23 Dec 2014, 5:57 AM PST0

The German PEGIDA movement held its largest meeting yet last night to protest what they call the ‘Islamisation of the Western World’, despite stiff opposition from all sections of Germany’s elite including politicians, media, and the arts. PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans
by Oliver Lane23 Dec 2014, 4:26 AM PST0

Patients in the leafy suburb of Sunbury-on-Thames are having to queue up before 7am every morning if they wish to see their doctor. The images of patients shivering in the cold, which the Daily Mail reported, have been used to
by A.B. Sanderson23 Dec 2014, 4:16 AM PST0

The annual Christmas carol service at King’s College London (KCL), was disrupted by a “attention seekers” who filmed themselves shouting. But the joke was on them when the video of the event showed just how little reaction they solicited from
by Andre Walker23 Dec 2014, 4:14 AM PST0

A BBC presenter was unable to finish a serious report about drugs after he stood too close too a burning pile of heroin and cannabis. Quentin Sommerville, the corporation’s Middle East correspondent, got the giggles when he was trying to
by Andre Walker23 Dec 2014, 3:29 AM PST0

The UK could face a new attack on its benefits bill as the European Court has ruled that Turkish workers are allowed social security hand-outs. Britain appealed to the European Court of Justice against the ruling which states that “workers
by A.B. Sanderson23 Dec 2014, 3:19 AM PST0

Some internet services are back online in North Korea after the country suffered a massive outage. The unprecedented down time came amid a cyber-security row in which Sony was forced to cancel the release of a film depicting the assassination
by Nick Hallett23 Dec 2014, 2:36 AM PST0