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£100,000 Statue Celebrates Single Parent Families

A £100,000 bronze statue representing in monumental form the modern British family was unveiled outside Birmingham’s new central library this week and has been enthusiastically welcomed by some for featuring two single mothers, one heavily pregnant, and no father at

£100,000 Statue Celebrates Single Parent Families

New Poll: UKIP Set to Win Rochester By-Election on November 20

UKIP’s lead in the forthcoming Rochester by-election has jumped eight points in a monthly repeat poll and now stand at 48 percent, indicating Tory defector Mark Reckless is set to retain the seat in three weeks time. Nigel Farage’s Eurosceptic

New Poll: UKIP Set to Win Rochester By-Election on November 20

FCO Issues Blanket Travel Terrorism Warning to British Citizens

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London has updated it’s travel advice for all British citizens worldwide, as government intervention against the Islamic State has created a state of “heightened threat” from “individuals motivated by the conflict in Iraq

FCO Issues Blanket Travel Terrorism Warning to British Citizens

Mystery Drones Buzz Nuclear Power Plants in France, Police Investigating

French police are investigating a number of incidents over their nuclear power stations in recent weeks, as unmanned drones buzzed the plants. Greenpeace, who have pulled similar stunts in the past deny involvement in the “large-scale operation”. Flying any craft

Mystery Drones Buzz Nuclear Power Plants in France, Police Investigating

Libyan Soldiers in Court After Weekend of Sex Attacks in Cambridge

Two Libyan soldiers receiving training from the British Army in Cambridgeshire have pleaded guilty to sex offences as police investigate nine attacks over one weekend earlier this month, after which chiefs were forced to cancel British troops’ leave to enforce

Libyan Soldiers in Court After Weekend of Sex Attacks in Cambridge

Report: Traditional Teaching Best, Modern 'Popular' Styles Harmful

A landmark report by an educational charity has blown many long-held beliefs of the teaching profession about the effectiveness of “popular” modern practices out of the water, and has suggested more traditional methods are far more effective. The report, What

Report: Traditional Teaching Best, Modern 'Popular' Styles Harmful

Home Office Use of Controversial Spy Law Doubles

Government snooping on personal communications in the United Kingdom has more than doubled under the present government, with the Home Office alone accessing 6,056 communications in 2013. The security minister when answering questions at the home affairs select committee insisted

Home Office Use of Controversial Spy Law Doubles

Spanish Intelligence Intercepts Plot to Weaponise Ebola

Spanish intelligence has intercepted messages passed between jihadists online discussing the weaponisation of the deadly Ebola virus for use against the West, while a blackmailer in Prague has threatened to unleash the virus unless the Czech Republic pay him one

Spanish Intelligence Intercepts Plot to Weaponise Ebola

Massive Anti-Islam March Planned For Berlin

Anti radical-Islam protesters have been accused of having “misused the freedom of assembly” by gathering in Cologne over the weekend, and authorities are calling for further meetings to be banned in anticipation of plans to hold a further rally in

Massive Anti-Islam March Planned For Berlin

MPs Thank Armed Forces at Parliament Military Parade

LONDON, United Kingdom – A column of 175 sailors and marines led by the Band of the Royal Marines have marched into parliament to be thanked by MPs for their heavy involvement in global operations, including drug interdiction, counter piracy

MPs Thank Armed Forces at Parliament Military Parade

Third Brighton Jihadist Killed in Syria

A Libyan mother living in Brighton has now lost two of her three sons who travelled to Syria in January to join Al-Qaeda, as reports from the country indicate the youngest brother has now perished while battling against government forces.

Third Brighton Jihadist Killed in Syria

German Man Avoids Jail for Killing Teen Burglar

A state court has found an 81 year-old man guilty of manslaughter, after he shot a teenage gang member who had threatened him with a gun, dragged him off his crutches, and robbed his home. The robbery, which took place in

German Man Avoids Jail for Killing Teen Burglar

Palestinians Banned From West Bank Buses Over Security Fears

Palestinian riders taking the bus to work in Israel will have to walk to the border under new security measures that ban Arabs from buses in the West Bank after concerns for the safety of Israeli settlers. The bus ban

Palestinians Banned From West Bank Buses Over Security Fears

Cantlie in Kobane: New Video Released With ISIS Drone Footage

The Islamic State has released its seventh John Cantlie propaganda video, this time shot in the open air in the besieged city of Kobane, where he says the battle is now all but over, and ISIS are “mopping up” resistance.

Cantlie in Kobane: New Video Released With ISIS Drone Footage

Al-Qaeda Plan to Cripple Global Economy With Oil Attack

Al-Qaeda leaders have called on Mujahideen fighters to launch attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Gibraltar and other choke points, strategic waterways through which 75 percent of all global trade passes every year in a mission which strongly

Al-Qaeda Plan to Cripple Global Economy With Oil Attack

Riot Police Clash With 4,000 Strong Anti-Islam Protest

Rallies by German anti-Islamist protest group “Hooligans against Salafists” have grown from a few dozen, to a few hundred, to some 4,000 people marching in a matter of weeks, triggering a deployment of 1,000 riot police in Cologne on Sunday.

Riot Police Clash With 4,000 Strong Anti-Islam Protest

Italian City Considers Separate Buses for Gypsies

A suburb of Turin, Italy is considering running a new ‘gypsy only’ bus after a spike in violence has sparked protests among the natives, who complain they are attacked, spat upon and robbed by travellers using the service. The mayor

Italian City Considers Separate Buses for Gypsies

Brother of Portsmouth Jihadi Appears in Court on Terror Charges

The appearance in court today of the younger brother of a dead British jihadi on terrorism offences after the arrest of five members of the same family may further entrench the growing reputation of Portsmouth as a hotspot for radicalisation.

Brother of Portsmouth Jihadi Appears in Court on Terror Charges

Front National Councillor Suspended For Recruiting Colleagues to Islam

A councillor of the French anti-imigrant party Front National (FN) has shocked colleagues by converting to Islam, praising the “visionary” Koran, and sending out a “proselytising” YouTube video calling on others to join. Maxence Buttey, 22, is one of the

Front National Councillor Suspended For Recruiting Colleagues to Islam

Farage: Leftists More Outraged by UKIP Calypso Than Child Rape

Nigel Farage has has claimed the leftie-commentariat has shown more condemnation for the “bit of fun” parody calypso about UKIP, than the systematic rape of young children in the north of England by Pakistani gangs. Citing the special punishment saved

Farage: Leftists More Outraged by UKIP Calypso Than Child Rape

Britain so Overweight Welfare State Imperiled

Britain’s welfare state could collapse under the sheer weight of the nation’s grossly overweight citizens, a new report has claimed. Public Health England (PHE), the government body responsible for telling people how to live their own lives, created the report,

Britain so Overweight Welfare State Imperiled

Smuggler Dies After Massive Cocaine Overdose Mistaken For Ebola

A Nigerian man collapsed in a shivering fit at Madrid airport earlier this month and was immediately quarantined by fearful staff, who had no idea several balloons of cocaine in his stomach he had carried illegally into the country had

Smuggler Dies After Massive Cocaine Overdose Mistaken For Ebola

German Hand Grenades Find Way Into ISIS Arsenal

Just a month after the German state announced it was going to deliver 10,000 hand-grenades to struggling Kurdish fighters, a video has emerged of ISIS fighters showing off new German grenades in their possession. Germany’s €70 million donation also included

German Hand Grenades Find Way Into ISIS Arsenal

Rioting in Sierra Leone as Ebola Virus Claims 20 Lives Daily

Two have died in anti-Ebola rioting as distrust of Western medicine grows in Sierra Leone, where twenty people a day are now reported as being killed by the virus, and 49 new cases were reported by the country’s government on

Rioting in Sierra Leone as Ebola Virus Claims 20 Lives Daily

Locals Demand White Only Taxi Drivers in Child Rape Scandal Town

A taxi company in the child-sex scandal hit town Heywood is now offering customers the opportunity to choose white-only cab drivers, after two former ‘Asian’ drivers were imprisoned for sexual assault and sexual exploitation. The owner of company Car 2000,

Locals Demand White Only Taxi Drivers in Child Rape Scandal Town

'Halal Test' Developed by Franco-Algerian Detects Pork, Alcohol

A ‘Halal test’ which detects the presence of pork and alcohol in food has hit the market after being developed by a French company, and has been compared to a pregnancy test for travelling Muslim businessmen who don’t trust the

'Halal Test' Developed by Franco-Algerian Detects Pork, Alcohol