A child sex abuse trial in Britain collapsed after the judge “fell asleep” as an alleged victim was giving evidence. Record Philip Cattan, a barrister who sits as a part-time judge, “nodded off” as the girl, who was under 16
In recent weeks, British Prime Minister David Cameron has proved to be master of losing friends and alienating people, but even by his standards, news that Charlie Brooks is to run for UKIP will be a blow. The horse racing
British Muslims have launched an official petition to ask parliament to debate banning the burka. If 100,000 people sign, the House of Commons will be obliged to hold a debate on whether Britain should introduce a French-style ban on full-face
Youth, beauty, fame, wealth, chic, her own career, a musician husband and two small children… Twenty-five year-old Peaches Geldof had everything popular culture tells us is important but still went down the same tragic path as that of her mother,
A Christian man in Iran has been sentenced to have his lips burnt with a cigarette for eating during the day in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The punishment was carried out in public in the city of Kermanshah.
A century ago in No Man’s Land on the Western Front, a soccer game broke out during a war. Yesterday in Austria, a war broke out during a soccer game. In the second half of a match between Maccabi Haifa
Today The Daily Mail reports that a “blockbuster new book” reveals that “Israel intercepted White House phone calls, including x-rated conversations.” More from The Daily Mail: [A]s reported in the book, at a meeting held in October 1998 near
Sky News reporter Colin Brazier broadcast live from the MH17 crash site this week, with a cameraman panning closely to the personal artifacts of passengers believed to have died almost immediately as the plane was allegedly shot out of the
A total of 80 children were among the victims killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. The Daily Mail reports that the victims included a three and five-year-old from Indonesia who died with their parents, as
It’s not a new technique, but it’s still a winner: an encampment of Roma gypsies has been driven out of a small Belgian town after the mayor hired a DJ to blast them with rock music at 95 decibels, equivalent
Australian beachgoers were disrupted this week with the presence of a thrashing, four-meter-long great white shark making its way ashore on Coronation Beach, in the western city of Geraldton. Experts say the shark appears to have choked on a large
Via the Daily Mail: Al-Qaeda is at the gates, and there are enough jihadis within already. Intelligence agencies say the terror network is making inroads into India, sowing the seeds of a “final war” across the country. Information gathered on al-Qaeda’s India
The Tesco supermarket chain has apologised after a Muslim staff member refused to serve a customer because he said it was Ramadan. The devout cashier said he could not touch the ham and wine as it was forbidden. When the
The BBC should air the views of sceptics of man-made global warming after all, according to the editor of Radio 4’s flagship ‘Today’ programme. Jamie Angus, who edits the radio station’s morning current affairs show, said that sceptics like Lord
Daily Mail: Gunmen Slaughter 25 Women Branded as Prostitutes in Baghdad After Storming Apartment Building At least 29 people, including 20 women, have been shot dead in Iraq in an apparent attack on a brothel. Gunmen wearing camouflage burst into two
From the Daily Mail: ‘Sit down,’ President Barack Obama begged – not ‘get out’ – after two Hispanic hecklers interrupted his economic speech on Thursday with shouts about illegal immigration. Then, for the first time in his presidency, the Secret
A £50,000 taxpayer-funded wind turbine is to be scrapped after it was revealed that it produced just £5 of electricity a month, according to the Daily Mail. The turbine was installed outside a Welsh government office despite warnings from Civil
On Thursday, hundreds of Bosnians in Sarajevo paid respects to 175 identified victims from the Srebrenica massacre. July 11 – 13 is the 19th anniversary of the massacre, which occurred in Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina. 175 people were recently identified and a truck
The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed the first ever human instance of Chikungunya in the state. A Williams County resident near Austin, Texas was diagnosed with the disease after returning home from a Caribbean vacation, reports the Dallas
A bakery in Belfast is facing legal action after its owner refused to make a cake with the words “support gay marriage” on it. Ashers Baking Company staff initially accepted the order but when it was reviewed by the owners
April Brown, a former cosmetologist, lost both her arms and legs after she let an acquaintance who was offering cheap butt injections fill up her rear end. Brown recalled, “I was in pain, my butt was hard, and I was
An undercover police officer who ended up addicted to heroin is suing his former force after he was jailed for giving police-issued weapons to his drug dealer. Robert Carroll claims his downward spiral of addiction began after he was encouraged
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
Russia did not win a single game at the World Cup and now coach Fabio Capello must appear before parliament to explain why the team performed horribly. From The Daily Mail: The head of the State Duma’s Sports Committee, Igor Anansikh,
The British government may ban “revenge porn” – where people post explicit pictures of their ex-partner online to humiliate them, according to the Daily Mail. The Justice Secretary Chris Grayling confirmed that the government was looking to take ‘appropriate action’
