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  • London charity cancels alt-right linked speaking event after online backlash

    London charity cancels alt-right linked speaking event after online backlash

    Carl Benjamin and Markus Meechan – better known as Sargon of Akkad and Count Dankula – were due to speak at the event this month A London-based Irish charity has cancelled a speaking event featuring prominent members of the so-called British alt-right that was due to take place next week. Carl Benjamin and Markus Meechan, […]

    7 years ago

  • Paul Gascoigne charged with sexual assault during train journey

    Paul Gascoigne charged with sexual assault during train journey

    The 51-year-old was arrested at Durham station on 20 August Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman aboard a train. The 51-year-old was arrested at Durham station on 20 August and charged on a single count of sexual assault by touching on Monday, following a journey from York to Durham. A spokeswoman for […]

    7 years ago

  • Former US vice president Joe Biden adopts a rescue dog called ‘Major’

    Former US vice president Joe Biden adopts a rescue dog called ‘Major’

    Major has become the second doggy addition to the Biden family Former US vice president Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, have adopted a German shepherd called Major from a rescue centre in Delaware. The couple has been fostering the dog for the last eight months but confirmed over the weekend that they were to become the […]

    7 years ago

  • Army make plans to deploy troops if UK crashes out of the EU without a deal

    Army make plans to deploy troops if UK crashes out of the EU without a deal

    Officers who oversee Operation Temperer, which makes plans around army deployment following a terror attack, have been drafted in At least 20 army officers have reportedly been ordered to make contingency plans for troops being deployed on the streets of the UK in the event of a no deal Brexit. A team made up of […]

    7 years ago

  • England through to the semi-finals of the Nations League after beating Croatia 2-1

    England through to the semi-finals of the Nations League after beating Croatia 2-1

    It appears the Nations League may be coming home… A late goal from England captain Harry Kane secured England a place in the semi-finals of the inaugural UEFA Nations League, in a reverse of the 2-1 defeat against Croatia that plunged the Three Lions out of the summer’s World Cup. Goals from Jesse Lingard and Harry […]

    7 years ago

  • Jack Black reunited with the School of Rock drummer after 15 years

    Jack Black reunited with the School of Rock drummer after 15 years

    Kevin Clark played Freddy Jones in School of Rock It may not feel like it, but it’s almost 15 years since Jack Black’s cult comedy School of Rock was first released back in 2004. The film follows a struggling guitarist, played by Black, who disguises himself as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school and teaches a class […]

    7 years ago

  • Jacob Rees-Mogg submits letter of no confidence as pressure mounts on Theresa May

    Jacob Rees-Mogg submits letter of no confidence as pressure mounts on Theresa May

    Four Tories resigned their position on Thursday morning as Theresa May continues to lose her grip on power Jacob Rees-Mogg has called no confidence in Theresa May’s leadership hours after threatening the prime minister with a coup in the House of Commons. The chairman of the influential European Research Group will become one of a number […]

    7 years ago

  • British Airways owners seek Spanish government help as Brexit looms

    British Airways owners seek Spanish government help as Brexit looms

    International Airlines Group currently has its headquarters in London The owners of British Airways have approached the Spanish government for support as the company prepares for the possibility of a no deal Brexit. International Airlines Group – the parent company of BA – has been in talks with Madrid since at least October, according to […]

    7 years ago

  • British beaches transformed in Remembrance Day tribute to fallen soldiers

    British beaches transformed in Remembrance Day tribute to fallen soldiers

    The faces of First World War soldiers were imprinted into the sand as part of a Danny Boyle film project Beaches across Britain have been transformed as part of a Remembrance Day tribute to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, with the portraits of a number of the fallen carved […]

    7 years ago

  • Ugandan MP who supports life imprisonment for homosexuals welcomed to House of Commons

    Ugandan MP who supports life imprisonment for homosexuals welcomed to House of Commons

    Jovah Kamateeka is a supporter of Uganda’s ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill’ which allows life imprisonment for gays and lesbians A Ugandan MP who supports jailing homosexuals for life was hosted by Theresa May at a Downing Street reception and allowed to speak in the Commons last week, it has emerged. Jovah Kamateeka has been a leading figure in […]

    7 years ago

  • Michelle Obama will ‘never forgive’ Donald Trump for ‘putting her family’s safety at risk’

    Michelle Obama will ‘never forgive’ Donald Trump for ‘putting her family’s safety at risk’

    Michelle Obama’s upcoming memoir, Becoming, is due out Tuesday Former first lady Michelle Obama writes that she will “never forgive” Donald Trump for putting her “family’s safety at risk” in her upcoming memoir, Becoming. Ahead of the book’s release on Tuesday, a Washington Post review has revealed that Obama makes damning criticism of the current US president, saying that the […]

    8 years ago

  • Iceland’s Christmas advert banned for being too political

    Iceland’s Christmas advert banned for being too political

    The banned Iceland advert was taken from an animated Greenpeace short film Iceland has had its Christmas advert banned from TV for breaching political advertising rules. The ad, which remains available to watch online, was adopted from an animated Greenpeace short film. It features a young girl and an orangutan, and describes the destruction of rainforests as a result […]

    8 years ago

  • Parody billboards put up around London celebrating Putin’s ‘role’ in Brexit

    Parody billboards put up around London celebrating Putin’s ‘role’ in Brexit

    The group is now fundraising to rent the motion billboard at Waterloo station A series of billboards have been put up across London “celebrating” the “Brexit collaboration” between Russia and the UK. Anonymous activist group ‘Proud Bear’ has taken responsibility for the posters, with the satirists claiming to be a “collective of Russia GRU officers”. On […]

    8 years ago

  • Jordan Peterson clashes with Diane Abbott over hate speech on Question Time

    Jordan Peterson clashes with Diane Abbott over hate speech on Question Time

    Jordan Peterson and Diane Abbott were among the guests who joined David Dimbleby on this week’s Question Time Canadian lecturer Jordan Peterson and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott clashed over whether hate speech should be prosecutable during BBC Question Time on Thursday night. Asked whether it was right for member of the public to be […]

    8 years ago

  • Dominic Raab admits he ‘hadn’t understood importance’ of Dover-Calais crossing

    Dominic Raab admits he ‘hadn’t understood importance’ of Dover-Calais crossing

    Raab played down the risk of major shortages in food or medicines in the event of a no deal Brexit Brexit secretary Dominic Raab has claimed he was previously unaware of the importance of the Dover-Calais crossing for the trade of goods between the UK and mainland Europe. Speaking at a technology conference in London […]

    8 years ago

  • Floyd Mayweather’s first fight in MMA federation officially announced for New Year’s Eve

    Floyd Mayweather’s first fight in MMA federation officially announced for New Year’s Eve

    Floyd Mayweather has announced he is coming out of retirement again Floyd Mayweather will make his MMA federation debut on New Year’s Eve when he takes on unbeaten kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in Japan. Having previously teased fights against Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov, it has now been confirmed that the 41-year-old will instead take on […]

    8 years ago

  • 10,000 flames light up Tower of London in moving First World War tribute

    10,000 flames light up Tower of London in moving First World War tribute

    The tribute will be repeated at the Tower of London every night this week The Tower of London dry moat was filled with 10,000 torches on Sunday night to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War, in which an estimated 16 million died. The tribute has been named ‘Beyond The Deepening […]

    8 years ago

  • Police confirm five dead following Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s helicopter crash

    Police confirm five dead following Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s helicopter crash

    All five victims have now been confirmed by Leicester Police Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, the pilot and a passenger have been confirmed as the five people killed when Leicester City’s owner’s helicopter span out of control and crashed outside the King Power Stadium on Saturday. Police said the five people aboard the aircraft […]

    8 years ago

  • Sinéad O’Connor has converted to Islam and changed her name to Shuhada

    Sinéad O’Connor has converted to Islam and changed her name to Shuhada

    O’Connor announced she had changed her name and become a Muslim on Twitter Sinéad O’Connor has told Twitter that she has converted to Islam and will now be known as Shuhada’ Davitt. The Irish singer, 51, wrote on the social media platform: “This is to announce that I am proud to have become a Muslim. This is […]

    8 years ago

  • No-deal Brexit could cost young people in excess of £100,000, new analysis finds

    No-deal Brexit could cost young people in excess of £100,000, new analysis finds

    All possible eventualities of leaving the European Union will result in young people losing money, a new report has found New research analysis has found that Brexit could have severe consequences for young people living in Britain, projecting that they could each lose as much as £108,000 in earnings by 2050. The report, commissioned by […]

    8 years ago

  • Tommy Robinson freed on bail as contempt of court case referred to the attorney general

    Tommy Robinson freed on bail as contempt of court case referred to the attorney general

    Robinson had been sentenced to 13-months in jail for contempt of court only for it to later be quashed The judge presiding over Tommy Robinson’s contempt of court retrial has referred the case to the attorney general. The former English Defence League-leader, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday where Nicholas Hilliard, the recorder of […]

    8 years ago

  • A company is offering people £200 to sleep in a graveyard on Halloween

    A company is offering people £200 to sleep in a graveyard on Halloween

    For those of you who ain’t afraid of no ghosts Anyone who fancies living out an IRL version of Most Haunted this Halloween will be pleased to hear that a company is offering £200 to people to spend a night in a Worcestershire graveyard. Five individuals are wanted to meet a paranormal investigator who will provide would-be overnighters […]

    8 years ago

  • Protesters flood streets of London as over 500,000 call for People’s Vote on Brexit

    Protesters flood streets of London as over 500,000 call for People’s Vote on Brexit

    Estimates make Saturday’s People’s Vote march for another EU referendum the second largest this century Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through central London on Saturday afternoon to demand a People’s Vote on Britain’s final Brexit deal. Organisers said they believed the total number of attendees to be in excess of 500,000, as politicians and […]

    8 years ago

  • In excess of 100,000 people expected to march in London calling for People’s Vote on Brexit

    In excess of 100,000 people expected to march in London calling for People’s Vote on Brexit

    Attendance at the anti-Brexit demonstration is expected to exceed previous marches Tens of thousands of people are expected to march in London on Saturday in support of a People’s Vote being held on Britain’s final Brexit deal. Attendance at the demonstration is expected to exceed previous marches held in the capital as negotiations between Theresa […]

    8 years ago

  • Inbetweeners’ James Buckley thinks people would be ‘too offended’ by the show in 2018

    Inbetweeners’ James Buckley thinks people would be ‘too offended’ by the show in 2018

    ‘Nowadays, it feels very black and white with comedy’ Inbetweeners actor James Buckley has outed himself as another boring bloke in comedy, saying that “it seems to be cool at the moment to be offended” and that a fear of causing offence is “killing comedy” in a recent interview. Speaking about The Inbetweeners, the 31-year-old who […]

    8 years ago

  • Khabib challenges Floyd Mayweather to fight after McGregor win

    Khabib challenges Floyd Mayweather to fight after McGregor win

    It looks like Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Floyd Mayweather could be on the cards Footage has emerged showing Khabib Nurmagomedov challenging Floyd Mayweather to a fight, following his victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 229 last weekend. Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions, posted a video of himself and Khabib to Instagram. In it, Khabib says: “Let’s go […]

    8 years ago

  • Violent clashes in capital as hundreds take to London streets in far-right march

    Violent clashes in capital as hundreds take to London streets in far-right march

    Democratic Football Lads’ Alliance supporters clashed with anti-fascists in central London leading to one confirmed arrest Members of the far-right broke through police lines and clashed with anti-fascist protesters on Saturday as hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of London in support of the Democratic Football Lads’ Alliance (DFLA). Far-right protesters branded the police “scum”, “pigs” […]

    8 years ago

  • Nirvana reunite and play a six-song set at American music festival

    Nirvana reunite and play a six-song set at American music festival

    Nirvana’s surviving members got together to perform at the CalJam music festival Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and Krist Novoselik have performed Nirvana material together following Foo Fighter’s headline set at CalJam music festival. Deer Tick’s John McCauley and Joan Jett stood in for the band’s deceased lead singer Kurt Cobain. The group is the same line-up as performed at […]

    8 years ago

  • Khabib’s cousin Abubakar Nurmagomedov says what happened before McGregor punch

    Khabib’s cousin Abubakar Nurmagomedov says what happened before McGregor punch

    “This Irish bastard hit me” – Abubakar has also offered an excuse as to why he came off the worse after attacking Conor McGregor following the UFC 229 The video in which Khabib’s cousin Abubakar Nurmagomedov showed off the wounds he suffered at the hands of Conor McGregor after attacking him following the UFC 229 main event has […]

    8 years ago

  • Footage shows how Dillon Danis left arena after reports he was ‘wobbling’ from Khabib attack

    Footage shows how Dillon Danis left arena after reports he was ‘wobbling’ from Khabib attack

    Now we know how Dillon Danis left the T-Mobile arena following Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov’s fight at UFC 229 I likely don’t need to remind you that chaos descended on UFC 229 overnight as Nurmagomedov launched himself over the cage following his victory over Conor McGregor. He headed straight for Conor’s Jiu-Jitsu coach Dillon Danis, with the […]

    8 years ago