Edinburgh University professor shared information with fake Russian spy

An Edinburgh University professor shared information with a fake Russian spy in a bid to discredit a non-profit group investigating Syrian war crimes.  Epidemiologist Paul McKeigue had been attempting to expose details about the Commission for International Justice and Accountability – which works to collect and preserve evidence of potential crimes committed in Syria.  He asked a … Read more

Rev Richard Coles reveals police probed vile hate mail he received as he prepared to bury partner

A few days after my partner David’s death in December 2019, I went to visit Lorna, an old friend who had once been mine and Jimmy Somerville’s manager when we were The Communards. I remember nothing about the journey from Northamptonshire to Sussex, save for straying carelessly into the path of a juggernaut driver, who … Read more

Rev Richard Coles reveals police probed vile hate mail he received as he prepared to bury partner

A few days after my partner David’s death in December 2019, I went to visit Lorna, an old friend who had once been mine and Jimmy Somerville’s manager when we were The Communards. I remember nothing about the journey from Northamptonshire to Sussex, save for straying carelessly into the path of a juggernaut driver, who … Read more

Three British-Bangladeshis ‘who went to Syria to join ISIS’ win appeal

Court rules Priti Patel was WRONG to remove British citizenship from two British-Bangladeshi women and one man who ‘went to Syria to join ISIS’ By Jack Elsom For Mailonline Published: 17:28 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 18:01 GMT, 18 March 2021 A court has ruled that Priti Patel was wrong to remove British citizenship … Read more

Shamima Begum’s startling new look as she battles to return to Britain from Syrian camp

Dramatic reinvention of exiled jihadi bride: Shamima Begum ditches her niqab for fashionable new Western look as she battles to return to Britain from Syrian camp Shamima Begum agreed to be photographed at Syrian camp for IS supporters The 21-year-old has swapped wearing a black niqab for wearing casual clothes  She is among other stranded … Read more

Shamima Begum’s startling new look as she battles to return to Britain from Syrian camp

Dramatic reinvention of exiled jihadi bride: Shamima Begum ditches her niqab for fashionable new Western look as she battles to return to Britain from Syrian camp Shamima Begum agreed to be photographed at Syrian camp for IS supporters The 21-year-old has swapped wearing a black niqab for wearing casual clothes  She is among other stranded … Read more

Olympic Park tower sculptor calls Britain’s treatment of Shamima Begum ‘disgraceful’

Olympic Park tower sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor calls Britain’s treatment of jihadi bride Shamima Begum ‘disgraceful’ claiming she’d be returned safely to the UK ‘if she was white’ Anish Kapoor designed the ArcelorMittal Orbit artwork in London’s Olympic Park He criticised Britain’s treatment of Shamima Begum who joined ISIS in 2015 Ms Begum’s citizenship was revoked … Read more

Syria’s British first lady Asma al-Assad ‘faces war crimes prosecution in UK’

Syria’s British-born first lady Asma al-Assad who shopped for £4,000 crystal-encrusted designers while the country tipped into civil war could be prosecuted for war crimes in the UK for her role in the conflict.   Asma, 45, who is married to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, could also lose her British citizenship after the Metropolitan Police opened … Read more

PETER HITCHENS: Falklands hero Lord West is ‘insulted’ by the Foreign Office

Britain’s most senior naval officer last night complained that the British Government had insulted him in a row over intelligence and security. Admiral Lord West of Spithead, 72, a decorated Falklands veteran, former First Sea Lord and a Security Minister under Gordon Brown, was denounced on the record by the Foreign Office for engaging in … Read more

PETER HITCHENS: Falklands hero Lord West is ‘insulted’ by the Foreign Office

Britain’s most senior naval officer last night complained that the British Government had insulted him in a row over intelligence and security. Admiral Lord West of Spithead, 72, a decorated Falklands veteran, former First Sea Lord and a Security Minister under Gordon Brown, was denounced on the record by the Foreign Office for engaging in … Read more