
This year at the Edinburgh Fringe, the joke of the year was from Tim Vine: “I’ve decided to sell my hoover… well, it was just collecting dust.” But that is not the biggest joke about vacuum cleaners this week. No,
by Alexandra Swann22 Aug 2014, 5:29 AM PST0

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has declared war on Western industrial civilisation by funding and narrating a series of short eco documentaries urging us all to leave fossil fuels in the ground, cripple our economies with carbon taxes and embrace bird-frying, bat-chomping
by James Delingpole22 Aug 2014, 4:59 AM PST0

As the hunt for the ‘world’s most wanted’ man, Jihadi John, intensifies, the Daily Mail has reported that Britain’s security services are seeking to contact an NHS doctor and his brother, the latter of whom is believed to be fighting with
by Oliver Lane22 Aug 2014, 4:46 AM PST0

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas said it shot dead 11 suspected informants for Israel on Friday, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Gaza Strip killed three top Hamas military commanders. The Hamas-run website
by Breitbart News22 Aug 2014, 4:06 AM PST0

A spokesperson for the supposedly ‘non-violent’ group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) has appeared on video calling for Muslims around the world to rise up against the governments of the countries in which they live, with special reference to “going abroad and
by Raheem Kassam22 Aug 2014, 4:05 AM PST0

Senegal has become the latest African country to restrict travel as a result of the Ebola outbreak, closing its borders to neighbouring Guinea, the Senegalese Press Agency reported Friday. “This measure also applies to air and maritime borders, to planes
by Breitbart London22 Aug 2014, 3:52 AM PST0

North Sea oil has been at the centre of fierce debate over Scotland’s future ahead of an independence vote next month, with both sides wrangling over the outlook for the region’s treasure trove of black gold. Around 42 billion barrels
by Breitbart News22 Aug 2014, 3:51 AM PST0

PARIS (AP) — Two girls, aged 15 and 17, are under investigation in France for allegedly making plans to join jihadis in Syria. The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Friday that the girls, one from Tarbes in the southwest, the
by Breitbart News22 Aug 2014, 3:41 AM PST0

UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage has said that he doesn’t intend to lead the party beyond 2020, meaning that the General Election next year may be the last one in which the ‘People’s Army’ is led into battle
by Raheem Kassam22 Aug 2014, 3:34 AM PST0

(Reuters) – A British Muslim leader called for action on Thursday to tackle a jihadi sub-culture after an Islamic State video showed a suspected Briton beheading U.S. journalist James Foley, held hostage in Syria. In Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
by Breitbart News22 Aug 2014, 2:42 AM PST0

A teenage convert to Islam has appeared in court charged with plotting a hammer and knife attack on either a solider or a member of the government, according to the Daily Mail. Brustchom Ziamani was arrested on Tuesday with a rucksack
by Andre Walker22 Aug 2014, 1:58 AM PST0

Have you heard of any serious, practical steps that the British government is going to take following the streams of information that continue to be reported? That: One quarter of foreign jihadists in ISIS are British? Around half of them
by Raheem Kassam22 Aug 2014, 1:51 AM PST0

As women’s liberation campaigns go it’s fairly unusual, but a British woman who defected to ISIS has called for her right to behead. Khadijah Dare, who goes under the name Muhajirah fi Sham (‘Immigrant in Syria’) has taken to Twitter
by Andre Walker22 Aug 2014, 1:26 AM PST0

London police on Thursday tried to reassure UAE tourists that the city’s main shopping streets were safe to visit, after the Gulf state’s foreign ministry warned visitors to avoid certain areas. The ministry produced the advice — citing information from
by Breitbart News21 Aug 2014, 9:26 AM PST0

The suspected British killer of US journalist James Foley will be found and brought to justice “sooner or later”, Britain’s former anti-terrorism chief said Thursday. Richard Barrett, former head of counterterrorism at foreign intelligence service MI6, told BBC Radio 4’s
by Breitbart News21 Aug 2014, 9:23 AM PST0

A member of the Conservative Party’s candidate’s list has accused Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European championship winning triple jumper Jonathan Edward CBE of being part of the “god squad” in a derogatory statement about Christians in the UK. Rene Kinzett
by Andre Walker21 Aug 2014, 9:20 AM PST0

LONDON (Reuters) – When youth worker Sumreen Farooq was abused in a London street, the 18-year-old decided it was time to take a stand – and she started to wear a headscarf. Farooq is one of many young Muslim women
by Breitbart News21 Aug 2014, 9:10 AM PST0

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued advice to its citizens travelling in London that includes avoiding the most heavily Arab populated area of the City. The map of “danger areas” in London includes Edgware Road, a road famed for
by Andre Walker21 Aug 2014, 9:03 AM PST0

McDonalds’ flagship Russian location in Moscow, along with three others, have been closed down for ‘sanitary violations’ as the trade war between Russia and the Western world intensifies. According to Russian news outlets the McDonald’s closed in near Red Square
by Oliver Lane21 Aug 2014, 8:48 AM PST0

The European Union’s ‘Ambassador’ to Tanzania has issued a statement condemning attacks on people with albinism in that country, after a group of people who are affected by the condition visited his offices to plead for help. Ambassador Filiberto Sebregondi
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Aug 2014, 8:31 AM PST0

Jens Breivik, father of mass murdering terrorist Anders Behring Breivik who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, is to publish a book later this year questioning his role in the atrocity. His publisher described him as a “stricken man”
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Aug 2014, 8:14 AM PST0

Westminster blog The Conservative Woman has run a scathing op-ed on Tory leadership hopeful and Mayor of London Boris Johnson, claiming that he would spell the end of the Conservative Party as we know it. Addressing the apparent pact of
by Oliver Lane21 Aug 2014, 7:59 AM PST0

“Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great Climate War?” “Well, son. I voyaged up to the Arctic Circle in a nice big boat with a bunch of installation artists, mime practitioners, YouTube cat short specialists and climate scientists on
by James Delingpole21 Aug 2014, 7:51 AM PST0

Figures released today have shown that dozens of Brits are travelling to Switzerland to end their lives through assisted suicide,The Express reported. British people account for around a fifth of all non-Swiss nationals using euthanasia services in the country, second only to
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Aug 2014, 7:36 AM PST0

According to free market think-tank the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) if Scotland goes independent it would have to continue to use the pound unofficially and without the permission of the Bank of England (BoE). As the Westminster parties and the
by Oliver Lane21 Aug 2014, 6:14 AM PST0