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The Sweden Democrats, who caused Prime Minister Löfven to call a General Election only months after the previous vote had taken place, are climbing in the country’s opinion polls. According to a new survey by Swedish channel TV4, the right

IS fighters in Syria have unleashed a new weapon on the civilian populations of Syria and northern Iraq. The Express reports that bomb canisters have been packed with live scorpions designed to fling the venomous creatures into towns and villages,

The lawyers who headed the abuse claims made by Iraqi soldiers have refused to apologise for the turmoil they brought on the accused and the huge cost to the British tax payer. Following a six year, £31million investigation, the Al

A mosque near to NATO’s Brunssum command complex in The Netherlands has raised concerns with military top brass, De Telegraaf

A 78 year old woman was violently attacked by a Slovakian career criminal after he was allowed to enter the UK under EU freedom of movement rules. Mario Stojka, who is wanted in his home country, has a string of

The General Court of the European Union has removed Hamas from their list of terrorist organisations. But the effect of annulling the decision to name the group on the terror list are maintained temporarily, meaning that the funding freeze against

Fanatical pro Brussels Tory Lord Heseltine has predicted the UK will end up scrapping the pound and adopting the euro. In an interview with the BBC the former Deputy Prime Minister rejected the idea that pro-European voices had “lost the

Judges at the European Court of Human Rights have ruled that ‘hearsay’ evidence can be used to convict someone in a trial. They were asked to investigate whether the human rights were breached in two criminal cases in the UK

New regulations designed to take more VAT from online giants such as Amazon will place extra burdens on small businesses. And it means niche companies who use the internet to sell items such as knitting patterns or music downloads for

At least 126 people, including 84 children have been killed in a Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan and around 122 injured, according to reports. Officials say at least six armed men stormed the military run school in the

Pope Francis has given four legged friends across the world an early Christmas present by saying that “Paradise is open to all God’s creatures”. In his weekly audience in The Vatican, His Holiness quoted the apostle Paul who told a

Half of all new laws to appear on the statute books come from European Union directives including ‘offences’ on olive oil which threatened small producers, restaurants and cafes,

Celebrity horticulturist Alan Titchmarsh has found a variety of mushroom known for its hallucinogenic effect growing in the Queen’s garden at Buckingham Palace. The TV gardener, along with ecologist Professor Mick Crawley, was looking at the different species of plants

A candidate who was in the running to replace Greg Barker as MP for Bexhill and Battle faced a “double whammy of being brown and a woman”, according to the branch president. London barrister Suella Fernandes came third in the

A Labour MP has kicked off a sexism row after he suggested that the post of fisheries minister would be unsuitable for a woman. Frank Doran made the remarks in a Commons debate on the fishing industry and tried to

A 35 year old mother who dreamed of sending her eight-year-old son to fight in a holy war has been jailed for more than five years for using social media to incite terrorism. Runa Khan, who lives in Luton, said

A major British scientific group has published a booklet designed to give people advice in how to tackle climate change sceptics, or “ill-informed pub bores or the family know it all” as they call them. The booklet, by the Royal

An 84-year-old man is asking a sex change clinic to change its name so he stops getting letters from would-be patients, the Express and Echo

A teenager has been charged on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack in the UK as police across the country are investigating allegations of terror related activity. This week alone there has been police investigations in Cardiff, the West Midlands

The most senior judge in the EU has told Commission President Jean Claude Juncker that his job is to “defeat Euroscepticism”. Vassilios Skouris, the President of the Court of Justice, made his comments at an event which was supposed to

The Mediterranean, a holiday destination for sun seekers from across the world, is the “world’s deadliest sea” due to the high number of immigrants who perish trying to cross from Africa to Europe, according to the United Nations. The surge

Greenpeace has been accused of defacing a UNESCO world heritage site after unfurling a banner at the site of the famous Nazca lines, considered by some to be sacred to the Peruvian people. On a video produced by the organisation,

A new poll has shown that 46.6 percent of Brits would vote to leave the EU if a referendum were held today, with just 34.3 per voting to stay in. The findings by polling company Survation also reveal a huge

A t-shirt bearing a quotation from the world’s most wanted woman, Samantha Lewthwaite, has gone on sale. It features the words given by the ‘white widow’ in a newspaper interview after her husband murdered commuters in the July 7th bombings

Isil militants have published a document outlining how sex slaves can be treated, including with beatings and daily rapes. The pamphlet, which is dated Muharram 1436 (October/November 2014) and was printed by ISIS’s publishing house, Al-Himma Library, is titled Su’al

After months of debates over controlling EU migration, which saw the Prime Minister himself making a speech laying out measures on how the Tories would try to regain some control, David Cameron has said he still wants Turkey to join

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams has waded into the debate on Britain’s membership of the European Union, voicing his support for the country remaining part of the bloc. The controversial cleric even indicated that he may be in favour

MEPs have increased the EU budget by €4.8 billion for next year, handing the tax payer an even bigger bill. A provisional agreement on the EU budget for 2015 which included settling unpaid bills for this year was reached by

Two British twins who fled to Syria to become ‘jihadi brides’ have both become widows. Salma and Zahra Halane left their home in Chorlton, Greater Manchester, in June to fly to Turkey in the middle of the night as their

A senior police chief has warned that the UK risks drifting towards a police state as free speech is eroded in the fight against terrorism. Sir Peter Fahy, chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, said it was people like himself

The mother of ‘the world’s most beautiful girl’ has hit out at claims photos of her daughter are ‘provocative’. In an interview with the Mail, Glikeriya Pimenova said people who saw photos of Kristina and thought they were sexual “must

Women will soon be allowed to fight alongside men on the front line as the government looks to relax restrictions on them joining infantry regiments. A six month study into whether women are suited to fight in combat units has

A UN Official has attacked Britain’s concerns over uncontrolled immigration ahead of a “fact finding” mission to Italy and said its attitudes are “bulls**t”. In an

An independent forecaster has said Britain’s contributions to the EU coffers will rise by £100m a year for the next five years, The Telegraph reports. The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said the country will pay an extra half

The head of Sweden’s Security Service has told a television network that the country was experiencing a rapid rise in numbers heading to Iraq and Syria to fight for Islamic State. Anders Thornberg who heads Säpo, told STV to suggest

France’s law dividing the state and religion has often been praised for ensuring that the country’s traditions are upheld and that multiculturalism does not tread on the toes of French culture. But it is that very Christian heritage that has