British Isles

Home Secretary plans new powers to ban extremists from TV appearances

04 Oct 2014
Radical Islamist extremists and neo-Nazis could be banned from making public appearances, including on television, under a gagging order proposed by the Conservatives with echoes of the broadcast ban that once applied to the voice of…

Trojan Horse scandal 'worse in London' claims Department for Education

04 Oct 2014
Some schools in east London are being taken over by Muslim extremists who are trying to convert pupils and staff to their hardline ideology, according to a report in The Sunday Times. The newspaper spoke to…

Fracking - license demand growing

04 Oct 2014
The government will vote next month on whether to allow fracking firms to drill under people’s properties without the permission of the land owners. Ahead of this vote shale gas licences are attracting solid interest from…

Missing Bristol teenager could become Jihadi bride

04 Oct 2014
A missing British girl believed to be heading to join extremists in Syria could become a ‘jihadi bride’ when she gets there. Extremism expert Haras Rafiq from the Quilliam Foundation said, ‘She’s not a professional, she’s…