Crippled by colossal tax rates and falling ticket sales, the Spanish cultural sector is taking creative action to cut its tax bill, including one theatre which has changed its main business to pornography to avoid having to pay high taxes.
A pair of British former soldiers fighting against jihadis in Syria have spoken out about their experience, saying of their decision to confront terrorism: “I’m a firm believer that if you want to do something you have to do it
An “indecent” billboard which featured a surprised looking woman splashed with white fluid, and was part of a campaign to persuade locals to become vegetarians, is being taken down today after complaints. The hoarding, which reflected claims in a recent
An “increase in the Muslim population” in Northern England and the Midlands has exacerbated the rate of pub closures, a Conservative member of the House of Lords has said during a debate on a cross-party amendment that will allow landlords
A group of four scientists within the European Food Safety Authority conspired to present carefully selected evidence on the damage caused by certain pesticides to bee populations in order to have them banned, resulting in massive crop damage, it has
Straight-talking Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has criticised a campaign to “de-genderise” Christmas, saying organisers should just “let boys be boys, let girls be girls”. A number of Australians have come out in support of the campaign to de-gender Christmas
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a cadet group of Al-Qaeda that operates in Yemen and Saudi Arabia has threatened to kill British-born American citizen Luke Somers, who was kidnapped in Yemen in September 2013. Appearing in the video wearing
Figures show that deprived Rochdale in north west England has more asylum seekers living there than the whole of the south east, which includes wealthy Kent, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire, as local politician calls for the “burden” to be “spread fairly
New regulations that came into force this week have banned a comprehensive list of sexual acts from appearing in films produced and distributed by British companies, in a move that has introduced an “arbitrary” sense of morality into British pornography.
Iran has informally joined the international air force targeting the Islamic State, as it launches multiple air strikes in eastern Iraq against ISIS forces on the ground. The Pentagon confirmed yesterday what had earlier been reported by al-Jazeera, that Iranian
UKIP’s South London office became the target for a dirty attack yesterday after Nigel Farage’s comments on limiting immigration for foreigners with expensive terminal diseases, as HIV campaigners dumped “half a ton” of manure on the doorstep. The group became
One fifth of all students at new higher education colleges aren’t even registered to sit exams, as thousands use bogus educations and student loans as a source of free money, with some of the proceeds from this fraud likely being
A former double-agent who spent decades feeding information on Islamic extremists to Western intelligence agencies has blasted those same organisations for ignoring his warnings about Jihadis coming to the streets of Europe until it was too late. Reda Hassaine, who
Hungarian Police have been accused of “victim blaming” after they released a short film depicting a boozy evening out for three teenagers ending with rape, which implores young women to “do something about it”. The film, called ‘Selfie’ which premièred
A new poll has revealed the overwhelming popularity of selective education of the type all but outlawed in the last century in the United Kingdom, news which will surely worry Tory and UKIP strategists alike. The YouGov poll, which recorded
A senior government legal adviser has rubbished the Prime Minister’s plans to prevent terror suspects who travelled to the Islamic State from returning, saying they were not fully formed, and will never materialise as promised. David Anderson QC, who was
Shameless child grooming rings appear to be continuing their activities despite widespread exposure, as Rochdale police arrest eight in dawn raids for the grooming of care home girls that is alleged to have taken place as recently as October. The
News websites critical of the Assad regime, and high-traffic websites including a popular computer game reviews site, and the National Hockey League have been hacked today by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). Newspapers the Independent, the Evening Standard, the Telegraph,
Taxpayers’ own money is being used against them, as the government doles it out in benefits to fraudulent claimers who use it to fund terrorism, the metropolitan police’s counter terrorism unit has revealed. Assistant Commissioner Terri Nicholson said terrorists were
Britain’s Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) has downgraded more schools, many of them in rural predominantly white areas, saying students were “not prepared well for life in modern-day Britain”. One of those which had its rating reduced by the
A British jihadist has sent a series of mocking tweets to the British government and Home Secretary Theresa May after he outfoxed security services and escaped the country, along with his pregnant wife and four children and was allowed to
A report from leading think-tank the Royal United Services Institute has again called into question the effectiveness Britain’s armed forces reforms, calling the lack of planning within government “unacceptable”. The report criticises Britain’s military elite for failing to properly capitalise
A new study has cast doubt on the government’s official immigration figures, claiming that a higher than previously thought 84 percent of population growth this century so far has been caused by migration, and that figure could rise to 100
A group of Libyan soldiers who were involved in a training programme in Britain beset by allegations of rape, theft and drunkenness are claiming asylum in the UK. The existence of this “handful” of soldiers came to light after a
A Welsh council is reviewing its policies on sex education after a 13 year-old girl was pinned-down and raped by her classmate on school property after taking a sex-ed lesson together. The attack, in which the 13-year-old boy asked the
Guidance to solicitors on how to draw up sharia wills in accordance with British law has been withdrawn after criticism by the justice secretary and campaign groups, with the body responsible offering apologies for the works which one group said
Amid claims by one politician that there are now 2,000 British citizens fighting for the Islamic state, the number fighting against ISIS is slowly growing, including former British Army soldiers fighting a “war on evil” on their own terms, and
Friends and relatives of Lee Rigby killer Michael Adebolajo have claimed tomorrow’s inquiry report will be flawed – because their views and opinions haven’t been taken into account. The criticism centres on the allegations that the security services including MI5
Amid disturbing allegations of a VIP ‘untouchable’ child sex ring in 1970’s Britain, the Home Secretary Theresa May has warned what is now known about deviant sexual behaviour involving children is “just the tip of the iceberg”. Speaking on the
The first of 1,000 volunteers from the National Health Service (NHS) have flown to former British colony Sierra Leone after a period of intense training to engage in the international effort to contain the Ebola Virus in West Africa. Despite
British journalist and ISIS hostage John Cantlie has appeared in another propaganda video, the seventh in the series, in which he blasts the uncaring governments of Western nations who he claims sooner resort to violence than negotiation to solve its
The Independent business section published a shock exposé on privatised British industry today, revealing that after decades of being subsidised by the taxpayer national infrastructure, including the railways, is now turning a profit. This, they paradoxically claimed, would be a
Bowing to pressure from an “anti-gendered” toy campaign, London children’s book publisher Ladybird has announced it will be removing all “gendered titles” from its range, bringing an end to books like Favourite Fairy Stories for Girls, but a popular author
London’s proposed Garden Bridge, which is to receive sixty million pounds in public subsidy, will serve “no practical purpose”, will not permit cyclists, and will have no public right of way, as taxpayers fund what appears to be an enormous,
The heir to the throne of the United Kingdom, and plenty of other countries besides, will break away from the Queen’s style of silent monarchy and continue a lifetime of interest and activism in political and social issues when he
A new report has called for the government to impose a punitive tax on unhealthy food, and to subsidise fruit for the poor after it found the cost of obesity, which it claims will affect half of all humans on
The extent of inappropriate relationships between Asian men and young girls in Britain’s second city, Birmingham, has been highlighted again as the High Court decides to reveal the names of six men given anti-grooming orders after they were found in
The prevalence of IP-enabled cameras on digital devices, such as web cams on laptops, modern baby-monitors and home security kits are handing easy access to bored computer-savvy teenagers, internet perverts and criminals as users fail to change the default passwords.
