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‘The embattled Home Secretary, Theresa May, is considering hardening the inquiry into child sex abuse to rescue the wide-ranging investigation from being further discredited. At the meeting on Friday which decided the fate of the […]

The streets of London are often crowded, making it difficult for cyclists to maneuver through the traffic. But now a group called the River Cycleway Consortium Ltd. made up of engineers, artists, and architects have […]

From an article in CBC (source):  Britain has taken the unusual step of issuing a general terror warning to all U.K. travelers overseas because of fears that they could be targeted by Islamic State group […]

‘An article by Private Eye claimed that staff at the spy agency MI5 had targeted Leon Brittan because they were upset about reports that he was planning a ‘big shake-up’ of their operations following failures […]

Embarrassment for No 10 after senior legal figure, Fiona Woolf quits over links to Westminster political establishment. The Guardian reports: The government’s child sex abuse inquiry was thrown into crisis after Fiona Woolf became the […]

A clandestine Home Office experiment in 1982 tested Britain’s capacity to rebuild after a catastrophic nuclear assault. Previously secret files, made public by the National Archives, document proposals to keep order using psychopathic recruits. The […]

Soldiers with assault rifles are seen outside entrance to Horse Guards Parade: ‘He seemed somewhat out of place amid the traditional, old-fashioned ceremony of Changing the Guard. But this heavily armed soldier in combat fatigues […]

Brokers linked to payday loan companies may be raiding the bank accounts of over 1 million Britons, with many being the poorest in society, the UK’s biggest banks have warned. Natwest, one of the largest […]