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Sex Crimes Soar as Oktoberfest Attendance Plummets

The world’s biggest beer festival has recorded its lowest turnout for 15 years amid heightened security fears, while at the same time experiencing an increase in reported sex crimes. The Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany had around 5.6 million visitors this

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Britain Will Cut Immigration Before Brexit, Home Secretary Promises

Britain will begin cutting immigration before it even leaves the European Union, the Home Secretary promised today. Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference, Amber Rudd said her department would target non-EU immigrants in a bid to reduce net migration in

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EU Leaders Reject May’s Call for Early Brexit Talks

Theresa May’s call for Brexit negotiations to begin right away have hit instant opposition from European Union (EU) leaders who said there will be no talks until Britain triggers Article 50. Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference on Sunday, the

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Only ‘Hard Brexit’ Can Work, Says German Business Chief

Britain must go for a “hard Brexit” if it is to achieve its aims in leaving the European Union (EU), a senior German businessman has said. Markus Kerber, head of Germany’s biggest business lobby the BDI, said that trying to

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Teach Kids to Understand Jihadism, Says Archbishop of Canterbury

Children should be taught to understand the Jihadi mindset if they are to make sense of why people commit terrorist acts, the Archbishop of Canterbury has suggested. Speaking to an audience of headteachers, the most senior cleric in England’s state

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Cameron Ran a ‘Sh*t’ Referendum Campaign, Says German EU Commissioner

Britain voted to leave the European Union thanks to former Prime Minister David Cameron’s “shit campaign” to persuade them to stay, Germany’s European Commissioner has said. Günther Oettinger, who serves as the EU’s Telecoms and IT Commissioner, said Brussels must

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Claim: Turkey Ordered Murder of Dissident in London

Turkey’s spy agency ordered the assassination of a dissident in the middle of London, newly uncovered official documents suggest. Mehmet Kaygisiz, a Kurdish trade unionist, was shot dead at a café in Newington Green, north London in 1994. No one

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Hollande Tells Britain: Take More Migrants

Britain should accept hundreds of migrant children from the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp while continuing to fund £87 million worth of security measures around the port, the French President has said. Speaking after making a pledge to close the camp by

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More than Half of Germans Fear Islamisation of Their Country

More than half the German people fear the rise of Islam in their country, including two thirds of over-45s, a study has found. The study, conducted by polling firm INSA Consulere for the Evangelical News Agency, found 57 per cent

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Poll: Working Class Brexit Voters Abandoning Labour Party

More than half of people who voted Labour at the last election and then voted Leave in the Brexit referendum have now abandoned the party, a new poll has found. The YouGov poll of 3,285 adults found just 48 per

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Sarkozy Wants to Force Britain to Take ‘Jungle’ Migrants

Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested he will force Britain to open a migrant centre to process asylum claims from migrants if he is re-elected French President next year. Speaking during a visit to the town of Calais – which has become

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Top Pollster: Brits Don’t Regret Brexit

British voters are showing very few signs of regretting the decision to leave the European Union, one of the country’s leading pollsters has said. Professor John Curtice of the British Polling Council said there was little evidence of “buyer’s remorse”

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Hungary Brands London a ‘No-Go Zone’ Due To High Immigration

Britain’s Foreign Office has complained after an official Hungarian leaflet claimed London and other major cities across Europe had become “no-go” zones due to mass immigration. The leaflet, sent by the Hungarian government to millions of households ahead of the

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AfD Leader’s Car Torched In Suspected Arson Attack

The car belonging to Frauke Petry, leader of the anti-mass immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, was set alight last night in what is believed to be an arson attack. Police in Leipzig have ruled out an technical defect as

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Britain Will Veto EU Army, Defence Secretary Says

Britain will veto plans for a European Union (EU) army as long as it remains a member of the union, the Defence Secretary has said. Speaking after it emerged that some European nations, mainly France and Germany, wanted to create

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Liam Fox: Pro-EU Bosses Too ‘Fat And Lazy’ To Appreciate Brexit

British businesses have become too “lazy and fat” while the UK has been in the European Union (EU), with executives more interested in playing golf than exporting products overseas, the International Trade Secretary has said. Liam Fox accused businesses of

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Poll: Majority Of Brits Support Burka Ban

The majority of the British public support banning the burka, with just 25 per cent opposing such a move, a new poll suggests. The survey by YouGov found that support for a ban was strongest among older Britons, with an

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British Traders Want To Abandon Metric, Use Pounds And Ounces

Grocers and butchers across Britain are demanding the right to go back to using traditional British units of measurement after Brexit. The British Weights and Measures Association (BWMA) says an increasing number of traders want to ditch metric measurements such

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