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Blinding headlights forcing millions off UK roads – RAC

A quarter of UK drivers are reducing night-time travel due to dangerously bright headlights, with many blaming intense LED and bi-xenon lights for glare...

Starmer says he’s willing to deploy UK troops in Ukraine

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has declared he is "ready and willing" to send British troops to Ukraine as part of a peacekeeping...

Edinburgh drivers face shocking parking price hikes

Edinburgh City Council has proposed steep increases in parking charges, with rates rising by up to 17% across key areas of the Scottish capital...

Tractors block central London in massive farmers’ protest (Video)

Hundreds descended on the British capital to decry inheritance tax changes. Tractors blocked the streets around the Houses of Parliament in London on Monday as...

Australian women’s footballer cleared of racial harassment over ‘stupid and white’ comment

Chelsea and Australia women's football star Sam Kerr has been found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment after calling a Metropolitan Police officer "stupid...

Man seeks to buy landfill to search for Bitcoin bonanza

A hard drive containing 8,000 crypto coins was allegedly discarded in Wales over a decade ago. A Welsh man is seeking to buy a local...

Jimmy Saville’s former Scottish home engulfed in flames (Video)

The abandoned former home of disgraced TV presenter Jimmy Savile in Glencoe, Scotland, caught fire on Saturday evening, prompting a closure of the A82...

UK Labour Minister sacked over offensive WhatsApp messages

UK Health Minister Andrew Gwynne has been dismissed from his role and suspended from the Labour Party following the exposure of offensive messages he...

UK demands Apple allow spying on users worldwide – WaPo

The secret order reportedly requires the tech giant to provide a backdoor to encrypted cloud data. The UK government has issued a “technical capability notice”...

London cop says Aussie footballer’s ‘stupid and white’ comment left him humiliated in harassment case

A London police officer has defended his claim that he felt harassed and humiliated by Chelsea and Australia women's football star Samantha Kerr, as...

Notorious Scottish paedo gang jailed

The ring of drug addicts committed some of the most depraved acts of child abuse, police said. Seven Scottish pedophiles have been handed stiff prison...

Jaguar Land Rover to invest £65m in bespoke paint services

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the UK's largest luxury carmaker owned by Tata Group, announced a £65m investment to expand bespoke paint services, with new...

Southport teen murderer had obsession with killing – Reports

Axel Rudakubana, who fatally stabbed three children in England in July 2024, reportedly had an obsession with mass shootings that staff at the anti-terror...

Child sacrifice and our desire to ignore it

Some actions of humans are so dark that we prefer to ignore them, avoiding the darkening of our own thoughts. When others assist us by...

Southport attacker sentenced to life

Axel Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 52 years for the brutal murder of three young girls—Alice...

Cancer patient endures 14 years of unnecessary chemo amid NHS failings

A Coventry cancer patient endured over 14 years of unnecessary chemotherapy due to a prolonged temozolomide treatment regimen, which NHS guidelines recommend for no...

Prince Harry wins landmark settlement as Rupert Murdoch’s UK Media Group admits unlawful actions

Prince Harry achieved a "monumental" victory against Rupert Murdoch's News Group Newspapers (NGN) as the publisher settled his lawsuit, admitting to illegal activities at...

Teenager pleads guilty to Southport dance class murders

Axel Rudakubana, the 18-year-old son of Rwandan immigrants, has admitted to murdering three young girls during a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport. In a...

EasyJet passenger’s drunken antics spark urination incident

An intoxicated member of a stag party, nicknamed "Choffers" urinated through his miniskirt onto British journalist Sally Howard and her seat during an easyJet...

UK ‘eco-tycoon’ ordered to pay £40m divorce settlement

'Green energy' entrepreneur and UK Labour donor Dale Vince has been ordered to pay his ex-wife, Kate Vince, over £40 million in a divorce...

Lawyer warns of ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ of UK grooming gang victims

David Greenwood, a lawyer representing dozens of child grooming gang victims, has issued a stark warning about the prevalence of such crimes, claiming there...

UK and France secretly discussing troops for Ukraine – report

London is reportedly hesitant about the idea, according to government sources. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have discussed sending soldiers...

BBC-promoted rapper revealed as schoolboy’s killer

Jake Fahri a 'drill rapper' known as TEN and promoted by the BBC, has been revealed as the convicted killer of 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen...

UK medical body slammed for not declaring Pfizer payments while pushing COVID jab on children

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has been accused of failing to declare significant payments from Pfizer while advocating for the Covid-19 vaccination...

UK Labour MPs call for Britain-wide probe into rape gangs

The calls come just a week after the voting down of a Tory-proposed amendment to child protection bill envisioning such an inquiry. Only a nationwide...

UK Labour Party under scrutiny: Recent convictions highlight ‘endemic’ paedophilia concerns

The UK Labour Party labelled the 'biggest grooming gang in the country' following the convictions of several of its members for child sex and...

Former UK Labour MP who opposed grooming gang inquiry arrested on suspicion of child grooming

Former UK Labour MP Ivor Caplin, who represented Hove from 1997 to 2005, was arrested in Brighton following a sting operation by citizen paedophile...

Vast majority of Brits want ‘grooming gangs’ investigated – poll

The UK Labour Party has voted down a probe into the rape gangs. Three out of four Britons want Prime Minister Keir Starmer to launch...

‘Act of cowardice’: UK Labour MPs vote down grooming gang inquiry

Labour MPs in the UK have blocked a proposed national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal, drawing backlash from Conservative leaders and victims’ advocates. The...

Musk brands Starmer ‘evil’

Keir Starmer refuses to investigate rape gangs because he is hiding “terrible things,” the billionaire has claimed. SpaceX CEO and X owner Elon Musk has...

Teenage boy fatally stabbed in daylight attack on London bus

A 14-year-old boy was fatally stabbed on Route 472 in Woolwich, southeast London, on January 7. Emergency services, including paramedics and an air ambulance, responded...

Extradition efforts underway as PNG player flees UK while facing sex charges

Papua New Guinea rugby league international Keven Appo has fled the UK after being charged with rape, sexual assault, and assault. Appo, 25, was granted...

Migrants arrested for sex crimes at triple the rate of Brits – UK stats

Foreign nationals have accounted for almost 67% of arrests for sexual offenses in the City of London. Foreigners are more than three times as likely...

Prince Andrew’s investment firm applies to be struck off amid financial woes

Prince Andrew’s private investment firm, Urramoor Limited, is set to be dissolved in a fresh financial setback for the Duke of York. Documents filed with...

40 million could die from antibiotic resistance – ex-health chief in UK

Developing new antimicrobial drugs is financially unappealing for pharmaceutical corporations, Sally Davies has said. Antimicrobial resistance could claim 40 million lives by 2050 if left...

Musk renews attack on British PM over rape scandal

The US-based tech billionaire slammed Keir Starmer as a “national embarrassment” and said he “must go”. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk renewed his assault...

Musk calls for Reform UK to oust Farage

A surprise public split has come after the two took opposing positions on jailed right-wing activist Tommy Robinson. Elon Musk has called for Nigel Farage...

UK responds to Musk’s criticism over child rape scandal

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said the government is willing to work with the tycoon to tackle sexual abuse of minors. The UK will not...

Richard Dawkins resigns from atheist group after censorship of biology-based gender article

Renowned British biologist Richard Dawkins has resigned from the 'Freedom From Religion Foundation' (FFRF) after the organisation removed an article titled Biology is Not...

British woman and South African fiance found dead in Vietnam holiday villa

A British woman, Greta Marie Otteson, 33, and her South African fiancé, Els Arno Quinton, 36, were found dead in separate rooms of their...

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