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
The BBC has reaffirmed its commitment to green bias in a new report which promises to make it harder than ever for climate sceptics to get a fair hearing on any of its channels. According to the interim report, produced
Margaret Thatcher is to blame for the rise of UK Independence Party, as no other leader can live up to her greatness, cabinet minister Eric Pickles has claimed. He says the so-called “Iron Lady” was “such a phenomenal leader” that
Patients on Britain’s National Health Service are facing increasing delays while waiting for common operations, despite a government pledge to keep waiting list times low. The Guardian reports that patients are now waiting an average of 15 days longer now
Only days after Patrick Moore, the disillusioned co-founder of Greenpeace, said the green movement has become a “combination of extreme political ideology and religious fundamentalism rolled into one,” Greenpeace seems determined to prove Moore was right. The group has launched
Two women have broken up with their love rat boyfriend by making a sign telling him he was “dumped” and putting it on a major road. The sign on the A1 in the North-East of England read “Steve Frazer you’re
Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has won damages in a French court from a novelist for his “hurtful and demeaning” depiction of a character who resembled her. French author Grégoire Delacourt was ordered on Wednesday to pay €2,500 (£2,000) to Johansson
A man claiming to be Nasser Muthana, the British-born Jihadist who appeared in alongside two others in an ISIS propaganda video two weeks ago, has posted new pictures of over a dozen homemade bombs, with the caption: “So the UK
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is resisting NATO calls for permanent deployment of allied troops in former Soviet bloc countries, amid fears of retaliation by Russia. During a visit to Berlin yesterday by NATO General Secretary Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Merkel acknowledged
George Osborne may be credited with leading Britain to a great economic comeback, but he is still not above refusing to do his times table, according to the Daily Mail. The Chancellor of the Exchequer told a group of school
LONDON, July 3 (UPI) — No hydraulic fracturing will be allowed if it poses a threat to groundwater and drinking water supplies, a British environmental director said Thursday. The British Geological Survey and the nation’s Environment Agency published mapping data
Two major political parties in Norway have stated they would consider advocating a ban on the burqa following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that a similar ban in France does not violate the fundamental rights
Four police officers and two drugs-sniffer dogs, accompanied by a state prosecutor, yesterday searched the Berlin apartment of a leading Social Democrat politician suspected of buying hard drugs. This is the second police investigation of a leading Social Democrat spokesman
BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Union court on Thursday annulled sanctions placed by the 28-nation bloc on a leading Iranian university because of its alleged involvement with the country’s nuclear program. The asset freeze imposed on Tehran’s Sharif University of
LONDON (AP) — Five members of a human trafficking gang that lured more than 120 women to Britain and forced them into prostitution have been sentenced to between three and 12 years in prison. Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Nick
The British government’s former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell, who was forced to resign after being wrongly accused of calling police officers “plebs”, is close to dropping his libel case, according to Sky News. The former minister saw his career ruined
Americans frustrated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s reluctance to meet demands for stronger sanctions against Russia have now begun to ask if there is a good reason the German leader has been targeted by US spies. Questions are being raised
An estimated 170,000 British women are victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), and 65,000 girls are at risk, according to the House of Common’s powerful Home Affairs Select committee. The committee believes prosecutors should “send a message” that Britain takes
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea will reopen some of its domestic scheduled air routes for the first time in years, a China-based tour operator said on Thursday, another sign of moves to bolster tourism in the isolated country. North Korea
Reuters on Tuesday published figures showing that Iran has, for the eighth straight month, violated crude export restrictions set by the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPA) agreement. Reuters cited experts suggesting that the Obama administration has been deliberately looking the other
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong lawmakers on Thursday pelted Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying with objects including a glass of water, while others shouted and held up signs demanding democratic reforms in the former British colony. The incident within the
Temperatures are set to soar into the high twenties with much of the South East set to enjoy its warmest day of the year, forecasters said on Thursday. Meteorologists said the capital and Essex will bask in warm sunshine with
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say rebel factions affiliated with a powerful tribe in an eastern stronghold of al-Qaida’s Syrian affiliate have pledged allegiance to the rival Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. In an activist video posted online
A transsexual who has publicly stated her “proud support” for bondage has been appointed chair of governors at an all-boys school near Liverpool. Tara Hewitt, who describes herself as “proud feminist” announced her new appointment at Mosslands School in Wallasey
