Child benefit cuts lead thousands of parents to 'opt out'

Some 200,000 parents have already opted out of receiving child benefit, ahead of changes coming into force on Monday. Treasury Minister David Gauke said that was "slightly above" what was expected. Families with...

London: Police try to evict squatters from Vauxhall building

A huge fire was reported by witnesses on Twitter at a building near Vauxhall today. Several people have been refusing to leave, and some have been  standing on the roof after the alleged eviction.Witnesses have reported several riot vans at Lambeth.Vauxhall Bridge was...

Muslims seek UK gay marriage exemption

Muslim leaders have demanded the same legal exemptions as the Church of England in legislation to introduce gay marriages. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), with more than 500 affiliated mosques, charities and...

Newtown Mass Shooting : Sandy Hook Reference In Batman Movie

The Dark Knight Rises, now has two connections to mass shootings. First with the opening night Aurora massacre done by James Holmes and now another connection relating to the tragic Sandy Hook shootings. Read More

Death threats for Mormon women who wear pants

Religion has long been a roadblock to progress for women. Other then some religions that worshiped a Mother godessess deity, religion has always opposed equality of women in society. A little known fact today is that the biggest opponents of the right of women to vote, were...

Starbucks hit by UK Uncut protests as tax row boils over

Activists stage series of sit-ins, amid concerns that firm's decision to pay £20m to Treasury over two years misses the point Anti-tax avoidance protesters have targeted UK branches of Starbucks, attempting to...

Archbishop’s last word: our view of elderly is a scandal

Old people in Britain are too often treated with “contempt and exasperation” by the rest of society creating a climate in which “elder abuse” is rife, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. In his final...

Bermuda Election 2012:Suicide or Sanity?

Eve of election :more corruption exposed:Minister "Minus brains" Minors has pushed through a construction project bid that was 28 percent more than a Civil Service-recommended bid — and after the Minister herself...

Ninth day of flag protests in Northern Ireland

There has been a ninth day of loyalist protests over the decision to limit the number of days the union flag in flown at Belfast City Hall. Roads were blocked for a time in parts of Belfast. Protests were also...

Boris Johnson Admits He Will Miss London Rough Sleeping Target

There is no more visible and tragic sign of the failure of housing policy than people sleeping rough on our streets. It is a scandal that in the 21st century, in one of the richest cities in the world, some ...

The British have no fight in them any more

"Goodbye, Great Britain," a Wall Street Journal editorial concluded. "It was nice knowing you." Henry Kissinger told President Ford that Britain had sunk to "begging, borrowing and stealing". In his memoir Lucky...

First gay weddings at West Point Military Academy

The first same sex wedding has happened at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. Actually, it is now two weddings because the first was recently at the Old Cadet Chapel, and the wedding between Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton is at the newer Cadet Chapel....

Barristers threaten strike action over legal aid reforms

Michael Turner QC, who represents 3,600 lawyers as the chairman of the CBA, said the changes will remove historic rights and demolish the principle that lawyers should be independent. “I want to take...

Has President Obama been granted immunity by the GOP? Part II

In a Presidency marked by controversy, bias, and ideological division, the Obama White House only became more audacious and bold in their agenda to overthrow America’s traditions and morality. The Saul Alinsky...

Leveson Report: proposes a new press watchdog

Lord Justice Leveson delivers a statement on his long-awaited report on the inquiry into press standards on Thursday. Leveson proposes a new independent overhauled Press Complaints Commission, but recommends that...

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