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United Nations Tells France: ‘You Have a Racism Problem’

Just months after falling victim to a major Islamist terror attack, France has been told by a panel of UN ‘experts’ that it has a racism problem, and needs to take action to combat “xenophobia”. The UN human rights watchdog expressed

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Gay Couple Demand Name Change for ‘Homophobic’ Road

Married couple Phillip and Ian Tucker have written to their local council to complain about the decision to name a new road Bangays Way, because they consider it homophobic. Despite the name of the new cul-de-sac having been arrived at

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Anti-IS Kurdish Freedom Fighters Launch Facebook Recruitment Drive

The ‘Foreign Legion’ 0f the Kurdish YPG forces has always welcomed former British and American soldiers to its ranks in the fight against Islamic State (IS) terror. Now it has published a frank message on Facebook calling for new recruits from

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Theresa May Tells EU: Send Economic Migrants Home

Home Secretary Theresa May has again blasted European Union plans to force the redistribution of migrants around the EU, saying economic migrants who aren’t escaping conflict should be sent back home. Her comments come only a day after a Home

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Driven to Distraction: End of the Road for Topless Bus Ads

A Cardiff bus company has taken down a “tongue in cheek” advertising campaign encouraging more young people to take the bus after a local student took to twitter to complain of “sexualisation”. The vinyl sticker adverts had only been applied to

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Ukraine Pictures: Echoes On Land And Sea of Great War Conflict

As the port city of Mariupol, sitting just spitting distance from the border of the rump Ukraine and the pro-Russian Donetsk Oblast prepares for war, striking photographs of the defences being laid recall images of another conflict fought on European

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Police Car Torched at Election Count, Explosion Damages Nearby Buildings

Firefighters have said they have ‘strong reason’ to believe a police car which exploded outside an election count in Hinckley, Leicestershire was deliberately destroyed. The car fire was being hosed down by firefighters when it suddenly exploded around 0230 this morning,

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Boris Johnson in Last Ditch Appeal to Guardian Readers to Vote Conservative

A remarkable, if possibly slightly tongue-in-cheek bid has been made by London Mayor and Conservative leadership hopeful Boris Johnson to bring Guardian reading, Blairite Labour supporters into the Conservative fold tomorrow. Speaking to The Guardian while on the campaign trail, Johnson

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S&M Websites Spanked Into Submission As Britain’s New Porn Laws Bite

Britain’s newly-appointed morality police are exercising their powers to censor pornography made and consumed in Britain. Government officers are forcing one dominatrix offline and attempting to close down a second, with menaces of punitive fines for lack of compliance. The

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You Dirty Rats: Labour Blames Tories for Pest-Infected Hospitals

The National Health Service (NHS) was forced to call out pest-control on average 600 times a month in 2013/14, as unwanted creatures were spotted in hospitals and even attacked patients. Labour has jumped on the figures to blame the Conservatives

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‘Trojan Horse’ Extremists Can Still Preach Hate in Birmingham Schools

Despite government action to unseat Islamist radicals attempting to exert control over Birmingham schools, those responsible have merely moved to other positions of influence and continue to harass schools and “preach nonsense”. Birmingham Perry Bar MP Khalid Mahmood, who was

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Safe And Secure: Cameron Advantage On Defence And Security

For the first election in decades, national security is on the agenda of ordinary voters. The threats of terrorism and unpredictable global geopolitics sharpens minds, and a new opinion poll shows Cameron with a strong lead when it comes to

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In Pictures: African Migrants Stop off in Paris En Route to England

Almost 500 migrants, freshly arrived in Europe after crossing the Mediterranean by boat have set up camp in central Paris as they make their way to their final destination – the United Kingdom. The camp, established under railway bridges with

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National Trust Cashes in on White Guilt by Playing up Slavery Links

The new chairman of the National Trust, former KwikFit and Clarks Shoes boss Tim Parker has laid out his vision for the future of the organisation. In no particular order this includes acquiring 21st century buildings instead of historic properties, making the

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