UK

If the Conservative Party win the next general election, young people who are out of work, education or training for six months will be required to do community service in order to qualify for benefits. […]

A hearing at Northern Ireland’s High Court today heard how MI5 was complicit in child sex abuse at Kincora children’s home in Belfast in Northern Ireland throughout the 1970s. The hearing will continue all week. […]

Department store Selfridges has provoked outrage after it installed anti-homeless spikes outside its Manchester branch. An online petition urging Selfridges to remove the “affront to humanity” has already attracted more than 4,000 signatures. A spokesperson […]

A former barman who worked in Westminster for years has claimed that there was an out of control booze culture among MPs inside the Commons. “Some of the behaviour was utterly appalling and would have […]

British artist Lloyd Canning says that he has been abducted by aliens multiple times since 2005 and that aliens now communicate with him inspiring art that he says contains messages for all of humanity.  The Mirror […]

Newsagents believed that police officers who demanded the identity of people who bought special editions of the Charlie Hebdo magazine had been given orders to do so, though police chiefs say they never advised officers […]

An email HSBC whistleblower Herve Falciani claims he sent to HM Revenue and Customs has been revealed, potentially providing proof he informed authorities about the bank’s alleged tax evasion scheme seven years ago. Mr Falciani’s […]

In a proposed overhaul of the benefits system David Cameron wants to cut the welfare budget by £500m Cameron is expected to announce that the government will look at cutting the benefits of people who […]