Migrant children dumped at the side of the road are causing a funding crisis for local councils financially responsible for the children until they turn 25. The Local Government Association has called on the government to cover the costs following a
The British and French governments have declared that the world is facing a “global migration crisis”. They have called countries from across Europe and Africa to assist in tackling the wave of migration currently washing across the continent. Meanwhile, the
Nearly six in ten climate scientists don’t adhere to the so-called “consensus” on man-made climate change, a new study by the Dutch government has found. The results contradict the oft-cited claim that there is a 97 percent consensus amongst climate
The World Wildlife Fund has refused to condemn the illegal eviction of thousands of tribespeople from the Kanha Tiger Reserve, telling reporters that, while they don’t support it, “there is a greater mission”. Tribes who have survived in the area
The BBC has wasted hundreds of thousands of pounds on in a futile chase for licence fee non-payments, as one in every ten people accused of dodging the fee were never convicted, new figures from the Ministry of Justice have
The average British household will pay nearly a quarter of a million pounds in tax, working for nearly 19 years just to pay the tax bill, new research has found. Despite rhetoric from the Chancellor George Osborne on cutting taxes,
Christians may be the most persecuted group in the world, and their persecution is on the rise. As Islamic extremism takes hold and repressive governments step up their campaigns against Christianity, the Pope has been moved to warn of “a
Amnesty International has sparked a glitzy Hollywood backlash from its usual left wing fan-base by submitting a draft policy calling for prostitution to be legalised in order to promote the human rights of prostitutes. Hollywood actresses Lena Dunham, Emma Thompson, Kate
Anti-Semitism is on the rise in the UK where the number of anti-Semitic hate crimes has more than doubled in some areas over the last year. The increase coincides with two serious anti-Semitic attacks in Europe: the killing of hostages at a
The NHS is having to remind doctors and nurses to give dying patients water to ease their suffering, it has emerged. The need to issue a reminder comes amid concern that the Liverpool Care Pathway – which denies people food
A woman who claimed that a security guard snatched her baby from her as she was breastfeeding in a shop will appear in court charged with intent to pervert the course of public justice. Store bosses said an investigation revealed no
A new paper on climate change has urged advocates and activists to “develop tailored climate communication strategies for individual nations” – reflecting on the fact that is mainly the world’s wealthier nations who are ‘aware’ of their propaganda, even though they see
A 34 year old woman has been found guilty of being at the centre of a paedophile ring which abused children for more than a decade in Norfolk and London. The court heard how she and three associates, also convicted,
Computers used by MPs, lords and their staff were used to access porn more than 20,000 times a month on average last year, new figures have revealed. In total, more than 247,000 hits were made to x-rated websites via the Parliamentary
A new front in the battle between homosexual rights and religion has been uncovered – in Britain’s hospitals. A new report has found that hundreds of health workers believe that gay people can be cured. However, the NHS employs high numbers
An Arctic expedition to study climate change has ground to a halt thanks to the worst ice conditions seen in the Hudson Bay for two decades. An icebreaker which doubles as a scientific vessel during the summer months was scheduled to
A Committee of MPs has chastised the Cameron government for attempting to unfairly influence the outcome of the British referendum on EU membership, calling attempts to remove the purdah period before the ballot “completely unacceptable.” The purdah period, which normally runs
Plans to crack down on people feeding seagulls – which encourages vicious attacks on people and animals by the birds – have been blocked because it may offend Hindus and Jews. Council officers in the Welsh seaside resort of Llandudno,
The grandparents of a three-year-old girl say she has been removed from their care and put up for adoption because social workers deemed them to be too old to look after her. The girl had been living with the couple
A Somali-born former Muslim has said that the “Islamic cancer” currently spreading around the world must be cut out. Aayan Hirsi Ali, the author of three books, the latest of which argues for a Muslim reformation, praised the Prime Minister David
London’s fleet of brand new hybrid buses, specially commissioned to be clean and green, may just be running on diesel thanks to persistent problems with the hybrid battery. Many of the buses have simply had their batteries removed, making the
A UK-based Palestinian rights group accused of being a front for Hamas is expected to be granted official NGO consultative status by the UN this week. Yesterday its director was caught removing anti-Semitic and terrorist-supporting posts from his social media
The American news network CBS has been accused of “lying” in a report on climate change in Greenland. The network ran an article claiming that Greenland has seen a whopping 62°F increase in summer temperatures over the last eight years;
Three senior Metropolitan Police officers were due in court today over allegations that the police are using anti-terrorism laws to snoop on the media. It follows a number of cases in which police were said to be using their powers
A senior Labour politician has been accused of sexually abusing a number of vulnerable boys over a period spanning at least a decade. Some of the boys were allegedly “delivered” to his hotel room, while others are said to have
Any chance of a Brexit has been put at risk as the people of Scotland are overwhelmingly in favour of staying within the EU, while the English are marginally in favour of leaving, a new poll has found. A spokesman for
The founder and chairman of Britain’s largest private firm has called for Britain to leave the EU, saying that he is not interested in a “United States of Europe”, and that he doesn’t think anyone else is either. He believes
Campaigners in Scotland are calling for a full, independent investigation into allegations that wind farms are contaminating water supplies across large areas of Scotland. They have written to the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Energy Secretary Amber Rudd calling for
Despite endless promises to the contrary, British money will be used to help rescue Greece in a bid to keep the Euro currency alive. Almost £850 million of British taxpayers’ money is to be handed over after Brussels decided that a
The EU Commission could “drop a bombshell” just days before Britain goes to the polls in the EU referendum by making announcements that sway the vote, MPs have been told. They heard that the Commission will be banned from donating
The City of London Corporation has boosted its presence in Brussels with the appointment of former U.K. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Jeremy Browne, a Liberal Democrat. His title from September 1 will be “Special Representative for the City.”
A row over whether hospital consultants should be required to work on weekends has descended into farce, with both the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the doctors’ union the British Medical Association (BMA) repeatedly telling each other to “get real”.
Italian government officials have threatened to use force to break up a barricade erected by the residents of a wealthy Rome suburb in a bid to keep African migrants out of their neighbourhood. Police have already been ordered to move
Support for a British exit from the European Union is rapidly growing on the left. Some trade unions and politicians are now even considering forming a campaigning organisation to lobby for an ‘out’ vote in the referendum on membership. The
A mother whose pet dog was pecked to death by seagulls has been told that she cannot get rid of the birds as they are protected by law. Emily Vincent of St Columb Minor near Newquay in Cornwall contacted the
The battle to tackle radicalism on Britain’s university campuses is being severely hampered by student union leaders and academics, working in conjunction with British Muslim community leaders, a new report has found. Under the guise of protecting freedom of expression,
The Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that all companies who employ more than 250 people will now have to publish the average earnings for the men and women in their company. But the decree has sparked anger as free
An Australian woman living in Abu Dhabi has been imprisoned, fined and deported, all for posting a picture of a badly parked car on Facebook. Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said that this is not the first time Australian
Two prominent Christian peers have rejected the Pope’s recent encyclical on climate change as backwards and more likely to increase not reduce poverty. They accuse the Pope of falling foul of thinking on climate change that hankers for a time before
British doctors are calling for a 20 percent tax to be levied on sugar in a bid to cut the obesity epidemic. But low tax campaigners have said that such a tax would “hit the poorest hardest” and have accused
