A leading publisher of schoolbooks has banned its authors from mentioning pigs, sausages, and anything pork related in their books, lest the words offend Muslims and Jews. The ban was criticised as “utter nonsense” by a Muslim Member of Parliament,
The majority of Britain’s Jews believe that Jewish people have no long term future in Europe, and a quarter have considered moving away from Britain recently thanks to rising anti-Semitism, a new report has found. The study, by the Campaign
A controversial French comedian, Dieudonné M’Bala M’Bala, has been arrested after posting apparent support for Amedy Coulibaly, the terrorist who killed four in a Paris kosher supermarket last week. Dieudonné attended the Parisian rally in support of the Charlie Hebdo
Just days after an American terrorism expert was widely ridiculed for calling Birmingham a “Muslim only city”, UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has told Fox News that there are indeed areas of the UK that have been transformed into
Britain has been put on a high state of alert for another beheading attack on its streets, after intelligence services picked up a high level of “chatter” on the internet. Military and police personnel are likely to be primary targets,
Labour leader Ed Miliband has been heaped with ridicule after suggesting that Eurosceptics were endangering the people of Britain by putting the country at increased risk of terrorism. Critics have pointed out that membership of the EU has in itself
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has called on Europe to defend its Judeo-Christian culture. During a debate within the European Parliament on the Paris terror attacks of last week, Mr Farage also laid the blame for the rise of
A Ugandan fisherman has tracked down and killed a massive crocodile, armed only with a spear, after it ate his pregnant wife. Locals have hailed the man as a hero, as the crocodile was thought to have eaten six other
Attempts to ‘green’ the national grid are posing a security threat as they make the system more vulnerable to hacking, it has emerged. The revelation comes amid warnings that Britain’s National Grid is under constant attack by hackers. A Member
Two young girls killed at least three people yesterday when they blew themselves up in a market place in Potiskum, northern Nigeria. They were thought to have been around ten years of age. The attack comes just days after another
There are calls for BBC reporter Tim Willcox to resign after he told the daughter of holocaust survivors live on air “Palestinians suffer hugely at Jewish hands as well”. A petition has been launched calling for his dismissal, whilst on
As the hashtag #JeSuisJuif (I am Jewish) trended yesterday on Twitter in memory of the four hostages killed at a kosher supermarket in Paris last week, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament David Ward took to Twitter to declare “Je Suis
An Islamist alleged to have mentored the Kouachi brothers who were behind the Charlie Hebdo attack on Wednesday now works as a trainee nurse at the very same Accident and Emergency department that some of the victims of that attack
The offices of a German newspaper which reprinted Charlie Hebdo cartoons depicting Mohammed has been firebombed. No-one was hurt in the attack. The Hamburger Morgenpost, a regional daily paper located in the northern port city of Hamburg, printed three Charlie
French police stopped surveilling the deadly Parisian terror cell which this week killed 17 people six months ago as they were deemed to be ‘low risk’. One of the members, Hayat Boumeddiene, the wife of supermarket gunman Amedy Coulibaly, is
A London-based cleric and preacher has told his followers “Britain is the enemy of Islam”, and defended the murders at the Charlie Hebdo offices just hours after the horror unfolded. Cleric Mizanur Rahman, of Palmers Green, north London gave a
Culture Secretary Sajid Javid has said that it is “lazy and wrong” to suggest that the Paris attacks have nothing to do with Islam. Javid, who is himself of Muslim heritage, also said that the Muslim community has a “special
SAS troops, counter-terrorism police and army personnel are joining forces to stage the biggest security operation on British streets since the 2012 Olympic Games. Their deployment comes amidst statements from Al Qaida warning Britain: you’re next. According to the Sunday
A Birmingham police officer’s double life as a gangster, running brothels and dealing drugs, was uncovered after he drove a £170,000 Ferrari to work. Colleagues grew suspicious after he showed up in the car and investigated, uncovering brothels in London
The BBC has refused to interview a black history month campaigner because he would not remove a large golliwog doll from around his neck. A BBC spokesman said that they asked Chaka Artwell to remove the doll because it might
The mob has triumphed: Ched Evans will not be signed by Oldham Athletic Football Club. The club dropped their offer to sign Evans after staff and their families were threatened. Evans has released a statement in which he blames “mob
Just a twenty minute car ride from Marais, the chic quarter of Paris in which the Charlie Hebdo offices are located, lies Gennevilliers, a northern suburb home to 10,000 Muslims where the Kouachi brothers were raised. Seven miles separate the
A stockbroker has been sacked, and is being investigated by police after tweeting “Think I just hit a cyclist. But Im late for work so had to drive off lol.” He later issued an apology and claimed the tweet was
British forces are being withheld from Iraq as the government fears casualties during a general election period. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced in December that hundreds of Briish troops would be sent to Iraq in January to help in the
A senior ISIS militant who oversaw the beheadings of captives has been killed, along with five other militants, by Syrian civilians in revenge attacks. As ISIS continues to impose draconian Sharia law across the territory it holds, civilians are increasingly
Fourteen NHS Accident and Emergency departments have now declared major incidents, cancelling all but the most essential operations and calling in extra staff to cope with the surge in demand that winter brings. Yet NHS bosses are still insisting that
Growing discord within the European Union has topped a top ten list of global threats, ahead of Putin’s Russia and ISIS. The list was compiled by leading risk consultancy Eurasia Group, who warned that the rise of populist parties threatened
Just three months ago, President Rousseff of Brazil told the UN “Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our times,” but in a rare example of realism winning out over political correctness, she has now appointed a climate
Britain’s fresh food supplies are coming under increasing threat, as lorry loads of fruit and vegetables are being destroyed when illegal immigrants are found hiding within them. Last month British Border Officers found 3,000 stowaways hiding on trucks crossing the
The NHS is suffering an Accident & Emergency crisis this week, with five hospitals having to declare states of emergency after being overwhelmed by demand. One official described the scenes at some hospitals as a “war-zone”, as patients were left
Senior Conservative Sir Alan Duncan has put pressure on his leader David Cameron by calling for the Fixed Term Parliament Act to be scrapped as its implications for the workings of British democracy become clearer. Writing in the Daily Mail,
UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage has said that doctors who do not speak English to an adequate level should be banned from working in the NHS. He also labelled inability to train enough doctors to meet current demand as
The Prime Minister David Cameron has indicated that he would be willing to fast track a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU if he is still in power beyond the general election in May. The comment is being interpreted
A 328ft tall wind turbine has mysteriously collapsed at a wind farm in Northern Ireland, despite wind speeds not being more than a medium 10 to 12 metres per second (22 to 27 miles per hour). The wind farm, home
A Belgian rapist and murderer has been granted the right to be euthanized rather than spend the rest of his life in jail, as he says his incarceration is causing him “psychological suffering”. The death penalty is outlawed under European
A senior labour politician has called for a “radical rescue plan” to save the NHS from catastrophe. Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Member of Parliament Frank Field has said that unless drastic action is taken, a disastrous financial shortfall
Two hundred migrants from Afghanistan and Eritrea have clashed at an encampment in Calais, leaving seven injured; one with a broken leg. The violence erupted out of a dispute which took place as someone attempted to jump the queue for
Lawyers for the notorious hate preacher Abu Hamza are arguing that he should not be sent to a high security jail following his conviction for terrorism offences, as he is disabled and might pick up an infection. Instead they want
An American surrogate mother is suing the British Surrogacy Centre, set up by millionaire businessmen Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow who made history by becoming the first gay couple named on a surrogate baby’s birth certificate. Megan Hoffner, who was contracted
Accusations of paedophilic rape have been levelled at Sir Peter Morrison, one of Margaret Thatcher’s closest confidantes during her time as Prime Minister. Scotland Yard have also been accused by the victim and his family of covering up the crime.
