Two men arrested days before Christmas accused of planning to build a bomb and carry out a terrorist attack have appeared in court. Andy Star, 31, and Farhad Salah, 22, were arrested six days before Christmas in a series of early morning raids in the Chesterfield and Sheffield areas of...
A politician has apologised after 'liking' pornographic content on Twitter - which he didn't realise other people could see. John Gollop, 54, a deputy for the States of Guernsey, had liked several adult tweets including posts from us pornographic actress Dana DeArmond. In a statement, Gollop said he was "profoundly...
A UKIP councillor's son claimed he was stabbed in the back at an Essex nightclub but the owners argued he tripped on stairs and injured himself on a banister. Kane Ellis, 24, the son of UKIP councillor Mark Ellis, claimed he remembered feeling a punch in his back but could...
By Robert Seiler On the face of it, Theresa May’s Brexit strategy has been reduced to accepting unilateral concessions (otherwise known as “sufficient progress”) in Brussels along with political defeats (otherwise known as “parliamentary sovereignty”) to her own party in the Commons. Beyond the headlines, the Prime Minister is also...
By Simon Columb Mean, affected by a tragic condition and with a haunting, arresting gaze, Ava is a memorable tale. Directed by Léa Mysius, this debut can meander and lose a little energy, with plot devices dropped by the way side early on, but it has an intriguing focal point...
By Sam Inglis Most of my go to Christmas movies are the same as anyone else’s: It’s A Wonderful Life, Gremlins, Muppet Christmas Carol, Die Hard, Die Hard 2 (it’s underrated, and as much a Christmas movie as the first). Then there’s this. This is the Manos of Christmas movies:...
Putting the record straight – Emily Barley on why holding the Dan and Alexander Adamescu case up as an example of Tories being soft on white collar crime is foolish given the background. In an article published on this website on November 30th, Robert Seiler made a number of claims...
Reporter Tom Bevan spent four days in Cologne to experience a real German Christmas Market. In most towns and cities throughout the UK over the last month a German Christmas market has been one of the major attractions. But if you are hunting for the real thing then Cologne, one...
By Rupert Read I’m in London, to be with the family at Christmas. Every year, the lights are bigger and brighter. Is this progress? Thinking about the meaning of ‘progress’ is not easy to do in our society. Because it’s hard-wired into the hegemony of capitalist economics and of liberal...