Sneaky government spin doctors have claimed victory for Britain over the EU surcharge by claiming the bill has been halved. Chancellor George Osborne said he had “struck a deal” with Finance Ministers in Brussels which took the excess down to
David Cameron has restated his position on the EU budget demands today at a press conference in Helsinki. Speaking at the Northern Future Forum he confirmed that the bill from the European Commission of £1.7bn won’t be paid on December
A Turkish hair removal company has hit the headlines after featuring an unusual model in its latest promotion. An advert for Epila hair removal products featured a photograph of a hairy man in a slash necked white t shirt with
The second team of the Oxford University Rowing Club will not change its name from Isis after a number of companies have given in to market pressure. A spokesman for the club says the team will not “pander to the
A landmark court case could see women who drink during pregnancy branded criminals. Lawyers for a disabled girl say that the actions of her mother, who was 17 when she was pregnant, should be considered a ‘crime of violence’. The
Tensions between David Cameron and Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, continue as the battle of the budgets ploughs on. At a press conference in Brussels Mr Juncker said the Prime Minister had “problems with the other Prime
The campaign for the poignant installation of ceramic poppies to remain at the Tower of London after Armistice Day has received new support. “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” by ceramic artist Paul Cummins has seen around four million
An Egyptian bus driver who tried to avoid a random drugs test by submitting his wife’s urine sample instead of his own was thwarted after it turned out his wife was pregnant. The man had been selected for the standard
A human rights organisation has written to the European Commission to raise concerns about the behaviour of the Italian government towards the Roma community. Roma rights organisation July 21 has said that the European Commission have written to the Italian
A couple named Farrage and Cameron have appeared in court charged with several thefts from Derriford Hospital, the Plymouth Herald reports. The pair in their twenties have been charged with three counts of theft from ‘staff only’ areas in the
The leader of France’s Front National, Marine Le Pen, has continued the debate on EU immigration by taking to twitter to say that French people are “not free to decide our immigration policy – as the example of Mr Cameron
The Court of Auditors’ report on the EU’s accounts for 2013 has been published this morning and provides further bad news for Brussels. According to The Telegraph, £5.5 billion of the EU budget last year was misspent because of controls
MEPs investigating the use of tax payers’ money for an EU project in Kosovo were told by officials that they could only be told about serious allegations of fraud and corruption “in private” without any journalists present. The EU mission
The Employment Appeal Tribunal’s landmark ruling that holiday pay should be defined to include regular overtime has been criticised by politicians and pro business groups. Some people working overtime could claim for additional holiday pay thanks to the decision taken
The government will attempt to bring Tower Hamlets LBC under control by appointing three commissioners to oversee grants and property sales. A damning report by accountants PwC revealed a failure of the council to act in the best interests of
Package holidays have their perils for all: long transfers on cramped coaches with other people’s screaming kids, ‘cattle class’ charter flights and the holiday rep who needs to hit their sales targets for pricey trips. But for Sally Jones and
Immigration and Security Minister James Brokenshire has quashed rumours that the French are looking to undo the Le Touquet Treaty which allows British border forces to operate in Calais. The City’s mayor Natacha Bouchart is among voices calling for the
Mothers in the Sicilian town of Monserrato have complained to the mayor after he hired two Roma women to work at a local school. The Local has reported that Gianni Argiolas employed the two women as part of a scheme
Viewers of ITV’s hit drama Downton Abbey watched closely last night to find out the fate of one of the show’s most popular characters. The popular blonde was allowed to wander in and out of patients’ rooms when the Abbey
The infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign on the gate at the Dachau concentration camp has been stolen, Die Welt reports. The theft has been deemed an “offensive attack on the memory of the Holocaust” by Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.
Iceland’s finance minister Bjarni Benediktsson has told his party conference that the country’s accession talks with the EU have come to an end, according to reports by the country’s paper Morgunblandid. The application for joining the bloc was submitted in
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told German magazine ‘Der Spiegel‘ that she is willing for the UK to withdraw from the European Union to maintain freedom of movement within the political bloc. The most powerful woman in Europe has
The latest attempt to enshrine in law an EU referendum has been defeated after Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs conspired against the European Union (Referendum) Bill. The Bill was proposed by backbench MP Bob Neill and backed by David Cameron
David Cameron has announced that he will hold a vote in Parliament on the UK opting back in to the European Arrest Warrant. The decision will take place before a crucial by election in Rochester and Strood which, if the
The Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has said that Denmark is not ready to follow Sweden’s lead in recognising a Palestinian state, according to
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has published a report showing that unless government takes control of spending and promises to pay for future pensions and healthcare, there would be the need for “crippling tax hikes for our children and
Sources inside Spain’s military have reportedly told a Spanish newspaper that only a handful of the country’s Eurofighter Typhoon jets are fully operational and that semi-retired F-18 aircraft are being called back into full service to meet NATO commitments. According
No-nonsense Calais Mayor Natacha Bouchart told MPs yesterday that Britain was a “soft touch” for asylum seekers. “These people are ready and prepared to die to come to England” she told the Home Affairs Committee, adding that the fences placed
The Downton Abbey writers love to shock; we know that from their cruel Christmas episode where they killed off heart throb Matthew Crawley as he drove back from hospital after his wife gave birth to their son and heir. And
A Danish photographer who was kidnapped by Islamic State terrorists is ‘drowning in debt’ and facing a daily struggle to deal with the ordeal he was put through. Daniel Rye Ottosen was held in Syria for 13 months along side
It provides information on how to address Ambassadors and what to serve at dinner parties, but the questions being asked to Debrett’s have moved on since it started almost 250 years ago. In a new book, the Holy Grail of
Italy is seeking to end the preemptive measures it takes by patrolling the Mediterranean searching for overcrowded vessels destined for the island of Lampedusa. The combined efforts of the Italian navy and coast guard have saved over 150,000 men, women
Eleven people have been arrested under Operation Heliodor, in a crackdown on child sexual exploitation in the South Manchester area, Greater Manchester Police have confirmed. According to a statement from GMP, six warrants have been executed and eleven people aged
A military charity today voiced their disgust over the attitude of a member of Thomas Cook flight crew who said the lack of disabled facilities on board a plane was “not his problem.” Pilgrim Bandits, which was set up by
What was initially thought to be a protest against the Prime Minister in Leeds today turned out to be the simple case of a ‘jogger running into a pedestrian’ according to official reports. The Prime Minister was leaving the City’s
The organisation Human Rights Watch have accused the Nigerian government of ‘completely failing in its duty’ to rescue women and girls kidnapped by Islamic terror group Boko Haram. In a report released today, which features the harrowing ordeal of some
A Belgian chocolate maker that changed its name to ISIS last year has realised it made a disastrous decision after customers stopped buying its products, An Nahar reports. Italo Suisse went for the new name since it had no link
Ukraine looks set to move towards the European mainstream as the top three parties from results available are defiant in the face of Russian aggression Reuters News Agency reports. Former Prime Minister Arsent Yatseniuk and his party ‘People’s Front’ had
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dealt another blow to David Cameron saying she will not ‘tamper’ with EU freedom of movement. The Prime Minister is relying on being able to make changes to half a billion people having the right
The Daily Telegraph has revealed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer failed to tell David Cameron about the £1.7bn bill which the European Commission demanded of Britain for having a growing economy. The Prime Minister issued a strong message to
