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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 […]

Protestors demonstrated in front of the BBC London headquarters today in protest of the BBC’s lack of coverage of the murders of three Muslims in North Carolina, U.S. The BBC has been criticised before for its […]

The Conservatives are facing embarrassment after Lord Fink, the party’s former treasurer, admitted he had taken “vanilla, bland” steps to reduce his tax bill and claimed that “everyone” was involved in tax avoidance. His intervention […]

Activist group Anonymous have claimed that Operation Death Eaters will engage in a protest focusing on “elite paedophiles”. They hope to launch a victim led independent inquiry into child abuse, rape, torture and murder. The […]