Public release date: 22-Feb-2011 For centuries tansy has been used as a folk remedy, but now scientists from Britain and Spain believe the plant may have medical benefits after all, as a treatment for herpes. The team’s findings, published in… Read More ›
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Drugs scandal rocks Britain’s troubled ‘ethical’ bank
Britain’s Co-operative Bank, which prides itself on ethical investments, has been plunged deeper into crisis after its former chairman was filmed allegedly seeking to buy drugs. Former Co-op bank chairman Paul Flowers — a church minister —… Read More ›
Wider use of statins ‘disturbing’
Wider use of statins will have minimal benefit and could needlessly expose thousands to severe side effects, doctors warn following change in US prescription guidelines New US guidelines on statins, issued on Tuesday by the American College of Cardiology and… Read More ›
Britain ‘snooped’ on Icelandic officials’ emails to recover cash from broken banks
Published time: November 10, 2013 12:06 AFP Photo / Nicholas Kamm An Icelandic MP says Britain spied on Iceland while wrestling to rescue its citizens’ cash from collapsed Icelandic banks after the financial crisis. Birgitta Jónsdóttir claims she received… Read More ›
David Cameron ‘must embrace Churchill’s vision of United States of Europe’ Says EU Commission President
The current generation of EU leaders, including David Cameron, must revive Winston Churchill’s vision of a United States of Europe says José Manuel Barroso José Manuel Barroso urged the EU to emulate Churchil’s call, made in a 1948 speech, for… Read More ›
How a war game brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster
Former classified documents show how close the Soviet Union came to launching an attack in 1983 Jamie Doward The Observer, Saturday 2 November 2013 12.43 EDT Prime minister Margaret Thatcher was alarmed by intelligence reports about the Soviet Union’s reaction…. Read More ›
Britain must say ‘no’ to eastern European immigrants, says Cameron
The Prime Minister says young Brits cannot “fully” compete with hard-working immigrants from Eastern Europe By Steven Swinford, Senior Political Correspondent 12:38PM GMT 28 Oct 2013 British youths are not “fully capable” of competing with hard working immigrants from Eastern… Read More ›
George Osborne: ‘Second-rate Britain’ needs to be more like China
Chancellor dismisses suggestions that China has a ‘sweatshop’ economy and wishes Britain would be more like the communist country Lewis Smith Friday, 18 October 2013 Britain is no longer great, is defeatist and unambitious and needs to be more like… Read More ›
Here Are All The Things the British Military Can’t Do Anymore
Posted By Robert Beckhusen, War is Boring Monday, October 14, 2013 – 2:05 PM In late September, the Royal Navy unveiled its latest nuclear-powered Astute-class submarine, HMS Artful, and also “christened” the hefty but sleek Daring-class destroyer HMS Duncan — the sixth… Read More ›
Power corrupts but it also plays with your mind: Lloyd George, Chamberlain and Thatcher all suffered from ‘hubris syndrome’
Ex-foreign secretary, Lord Owen, tells conference that condition leads to disastrous decision-making Alison Boulton Sunday, 22 September 2013 If we are to understand – and more crucially – prevent disasters such as the global financial crisis or escalation of conflict… Read More ›
The deadly network: Revealed – guns for sale on Facebook
As Libya’s Prime Minister asks Britain for help in ridding his country of weapons, The Independent discovers a flourishing online arms market Omar Kibrisli Tripoli Tuesday 17 September 2013 Libyan rebels celebrate taking Tripoli in 2011 AP… Read More ›
Criminal who burned woman’s face can stay in Britain because of his human rights
A violent foreign criminal who burned a woman’s face with melted plastic and scalded her with boiling water has defeated a bid to deport him from Britain because of his human rights, the Telegraph can disclose. Valentine Harverye, a Zimbabwean… Read More ›
Russia mocked Britain today as “a small island no one listens to”, sparking a diplomatic spat with David Cameron
EEV: The words are flying, and verification of statement are getting more and more difficult. Still though loads of Drama 😉 Russia mocks Britain, the little island . The Russian official is also said to have joked about Russian “oligarchs”… Read More ›
Gibraltar chief says no chance of sovereignty talks with Spain / “a snowball’s chance in hell”
The Chief Minister of Gibraltar has said there is not “a snowball’s chance in hell” that Britain would grant Spain talks over the Rock’s sovereignty. By Fiona Govan, Gibraltar 11:51AM BST 22 Aug 2013 A day after Spain’s foreign minister… Read More ›
Spain vows to defend its Gibraltar interests while British fleet sails in (coincidentally, of course)
Mariano Rajoy says Britain should act with ‘common sense and good judgement’ Oliver Wright, Adam Withnall Friday, 9 August 2013 Spain will take “all legal measures” to protect its interests in its row with Gibraltar, its Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy… Read More ›
Revealed: Ordinary laboratory animals are outnumbered by GM counterparts for first time
‘These represent the next generation of tools to understand complex conditions’ says one researcher Steve Connor Tuesday, 16 July 2013 The number of genetically modified (GM) animals used in scientific research in Britain has exceeded the number of ordinary laboratory… Read More ›
Ministers to seize back 100 powers from Brussels
Around 100 powers are to be permanently seized from Europe in a dramatic move this week. Photo: Niall Carson/PA By Patrick Hennessy 9:33PM BST 06 Jul 2013 In the first part of efforts to renegotiate Britain’s relationship with the European… Read More ›
The violent criminal we can’t deport because of his seven children by three different women
A violent foreign criminal who held a knife to the throat of a victim has overturned a government attempt to deport him due to his “right to family life”. Corbin came to Britain from Barbados in 1978 aged 16 and… Read More ›
Exclusive: UK is warned it is losing fight against modern slavery
In many cases, victims of trafficking – rather than the criminal bosses – are prosecuted Emily Dugan Tuesday, 11 June 2013 Britain risks “losing the fight” against human trafficking unless the criminal justice system urgently improves its response to the… Read More ›
Eastern European immigrants to Britain show more “aptitude and commitment” to work than British people, the Commons Speaker has said.
John Bercow: migrants are better workers Mr Bercow appeared to give his support for policies allowing eastern Europeans to travel to Britain and work Photo: PA By James Kirkup, Deputy Political Editor 10:00PM BST 04 Jun 2013 The arrival of… Read More ›
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