Afghan girls may be blocked from taking GCSEs as families moved from London
Read More Two 16-year-old Afghan refugee girls will not be able to sit their GCSEs because the Home Office is moving them out of London weeks before their exams without guaranteed school places, their “heartbroken” headteacher has told the Observer. Fulham Cross Girls School, an academy in London, enrolled 15 Afghan girls who were evacuated […]
Revealed: child refugees will be detained or deported under small boats plan
Read More Rishi Sunak’s plan to reduce small boat crossings will effectively reverse a ban on child detention implemented under David Cameron and open the door to an expansion of the practice, the Observer understands. With a potential Tory rebellion already brewing over the proposals, it has emerged that the Illegal Migration bill will allow […]
Sunak heads to US to unveil latest news on Australian nuclear sub deal
Read More Rishi Sunak will fly to San Diego on Sunday to unveil plans for supplying Australia with nuclear-powered submarines under the Aukus scheme amid concerns about the growing threat from China. A major announcement 18 months in the making is expected when the UK prime minister meets his Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, and US […]
Lineker row threatens to topple BBC chiefs and hit Tory asylum plans
Read More The row triggered by Gary Lineker’s suspension from the BBC was spiralling out of control on Saturday night as it threatened to bring down the corporation’s most senior leaders and even derail parts of the government’s controversial new asylum policy. The crisis reached new heights as the BBC was forced to dramatically scale […]
Russian officials having passports seized due to flight concerns
Russian officials and state employees are being asked to hand over their passports due to concerns they will flee the country. While no universal policies have been made public, it has become increasingly common for the Russian government to seize the passports of any official they deem a flight risk, according to a recent investigation […]
Former UK sergeant recalls romance with armed robber, father of her unborn child: ‘Absolute depths of hell’
Jill Owens was four months pregnant when she received horrifying news about her unborn child’s father. It was Halloween 2006 when the police sergeant learned Dean Jenkins, a self-made businessman, had been arrested for being the getaway driver of a robbery gang that had stolen over $400,000 from building societies, which provide financial services in […]
Oldest reference to Norse god Odin discovered on Danish gold treasure
Scandinavian scientists said Wednesday that they have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark in 2020. Lisbeth Imer, a runologist with the National Museum in Copenhagen, said the inscription represented the first solid evidence of Odin being worshipped as early as the 5th […]
Pope Francis: ‘Gender ideology’ is one of ‘most dangerous ideological colonizations’
Pope Francis spoke out against gender theory in a recent interview, echoing his past comments expressing disapproval of transgender ideology. “Gender ideology, today, is one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations,” Francis said in the conversation. POPE FRANCIS WARNS CHURCH CANNOT BECOME ‘PROGRESSIVE’ OR ‘CONSERVATIVE’ ‘POLITICAL PARTY’ The pope made the comments in a March […]
Police Say Stalker Killed Podcaster and Her Husband
A man suspected of stalking a podcast host for months was found dead Friday after police believe he killed the podcaster and her husband inside their home in the Seattle suburb of Redmond.
Oregon eyes mandate for climate change lessons in schools
Oregon lawmakers are aiming to make the state the second in the nation to mandate climate change lessons for K-12 public school students, further fueling U.S. culture wars in education. Dozens of Oregon high schoolers submitted support of the bill, saying they care about climate change deeply. Some teachers and parents say teaching climate change […]