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A series of messages sent by French jihadi fighters who have travelled to Syria reveal they are not as tough as they thought they might be, the An Nahar website

A Latvian politician has stepped down after a series of homophobic tweets. The New York Observer translated the tweets from Inga Priede, the head of the Unity party in the Kandava Region, where she said: “Thank God Nazis shot gays”.

As British families prepare for another Christmas with concerns about the cost of living never far from their minds, Euro MPs are set to enjoy the festive season with a luxury subsidised meal. The Jan Restaurant is offering MEPs a

The number of Eastern Europeans now living in the UK is twice the size of the population of Leeds. 1.27 million foreign nationals migrated to Britain following the enlargement of the EU in 2004 which gave them free movement across

Draconian rules from Brussels aimed at meeting emissions targets will push up the cost of ferry tickets by forcing shipping firms to buy expensive low-emission fuel in a move which the industry says could cost 2,000 jobs. The Daily Mail

A new poll has revealed that Conservative voters would rather their party form a coalition with the Greens or Lib Dems than UKIP should they not achieve a majority in May next year. Results from Lord Ashcroft polls show that

A former RAF serviceman who converted to Islam has been arrested on charges relating to terrorism, Greater Manchester Police have confirmed. Stephen Gray, 31, was arrested in the Old Trafford area of the city on suspicion of ‘commission, preparation or

A migrant from Algeria who threatened to set fire to his two daughters and ex girlfriend has been allowed to stay in the UK, because of his “right to a family life”. The man, who cannot be named for legal

One of the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby, who murdered the soldier on the streets of London, is trying to wriggle out of his whole life sentence. Michael Adebolajo was filmed ranting into a camera, the blood of his victim

Muhammad is the most popular name for boys in Britain, pushing the traditional British names of Oliver and Jack into second and third place respectively, according to the website BabyCentre. There is a surge in Arabic names generally, with Nur

Influential backbench Conservatives are supporting a campaign to bring back grammar schools. With surveys showing a majority of parents are in favour of reintroducing the schools, which select based on academic ability only, David Davies and Graham Brady are taking

Children at a school in Hertfordshire were evacuated from their playground because of an “unusually aggressive” squirrel. Chater Infants’ School in Watford is now on ‘alert’ after the furry grey creature was caught disrupting playtime. Head teacher Mrs Bal-Richards told

The gang who attempted to ban UKIP from speaking at the University of East Anglia has been revealed as a motley crew of hard left students. The debate, at which UKIP’s general election candidate for Norwich South Steve Emmens was

The NHS is hiring nurses from abroad, even if they don’t speak English, potentially putting patients at risk. A Daily Mail investigation found that NHS trusts were going to recruitment fairs, especially in recession hit eurozone countries such as Spain

Potentially hundreds of thousands of people in Switzerland eat cats and dogs, an animal rights group has claimed after launching a petition to ban the practice. Campaigners claim a quarter of a million people indulge in the ‘traditional but secretive’

A court in Bristol has heard about a sickening gang of Somali men who groomed underage girls and forced them into a life of rape and sexual abuse. The thirteen men abused girls as young as 13 and tricked them

A gang of four thugs who beat a law professor so badly he needed facial reconstruction surgery all had previous criminal convictions in Poland, a court has heard. Kingston Crown Court were told that the gang’s ring leader, Dawid Tychon,

The EU would be “wounded” if the UK left, but “dead” without France, outgoing President Herman Van Rompuy has said. His speech, considered to be the final of his five year term as European Council President, came as a new

The Police have launched an investigation after a member of the House of Lords was found to have wrongly claimed £3,300 in expenses. Lord Hanningfield signed for £300 a day yet he did little or no parliamentary work. An investigation

A report by the ONS shows that e-cigarettes are almost entirely used by people who are trying to give up smoking. Only one in 700 people who regularly ‘vape’ were not smokers previously, the research found. The popularity of e-cigarettes

The €315bn “New Deal” for investment and growth in the EU was today dismissed as “chicken feed” by a leading academic. Professor Charles Wyplosz from Geneva University dismissed the proclamations by President Juncker and said “it won’t do anything to

Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt faced a backlash from none other than the headmaster of his old school following his comments about private schools. Mr Beard, headmaster of the University College School in Hampstead which boasts Dr Hunt as

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has admitted that the rules on open door immigration from Europe need changing as his party scored another humiliating result in the latest by-election. In an article in the Financial Times, the Deputy Prime Minister

Facebook failed to notify authorities of a message from one of Lee Rigby’s killers in which he threatened to kill a soldier. Michael Adebowale used the site to contact another extremist, discussing his plans five months before carrying out the

Universities will be forced to ban hate preachers under new rules issued by the Home Secretary. The announcement, reported in the Daily Mail, was part of a package of measures she revealed yesterday to tackle the growing threat of jihadis

Pope Francis has warned MEPs that Human Rights legislation could lead to further conflict and violence. Addressing MEPs in Strasbourg this morning (Tuesday) the pontiff said that the concept of duty was “equally essential” to the concept of rights, a

Euro MPs are set to vote to recognise the state of Palestine in a move designed to put pressure on EU member nations to do the same. The movement to recognise Palestine as a state has been gaining ground on

Private school educated Dr Tristram Hunt has said that a Labour government would launch an attack on independent schools claiming charity tax breaks. Writing in The Guardian, Dr Hunt, who went to £18,000 a year University College School in Hampstead,

The former minister of an organisation which said it could cure homosexuality has married his same sex partner. The Metro

Meddling EU bureaucrats are determined to push through rules which will push up the price of Marigolds and oven gloves. In a bid to stop people being injured in the kitchen, the Telegraph

Former Environment Minister Owen Paterson has called for Britain to leave the EU and negotiate a new free trade agreement with Europe. Speaking at the Eurosceptic “Business for Britain” think tank, Mr Paterson told the audience that “As they [the

Theresa May will today warn that a Jihadi attack on the UK is “inevitable” as fanatics who have been “militarised” by Islamic State return from Iraq and Syria. According to the Daily Mail, the attacks could range from a “lone

A company that supplies vegetables to major UK supermarkets has claimed that Brits are too lazy to pick vegetables. The company has received planning permission from the government for 52 new caravans where it will house student migrant workers from

An emergency report by School inspectors Ofsted has revealed that some pupils at a school in London do not know the difference between British law and Sharia Law. At Mazahirul Uloom School in Tower Hamlets, they found that the curriculum

Greedy Euro MPs are demanding billions in cash from national governments in budget talks. The eight per cent increase wanted by parliamentarians is to settle unpaid bills and works out at £5.4bn. £680million of this would come from British tax

Two killers who murdered a mother after she threatened to expose them as child abusers have launched a claim for compensation after their feelings were hurt. The two men, Charles O’Neill and William Lauchlan, say that they should have been