Theresa May's hostile environment towards immigrants was exposed in full today after it was reported a pregnant woman was arrested after she sought care from the authorities. The woman, who was five months pregnant at the time of her arrest, attended a London police station in March to report being kidnapped and raped over a six month period . According to Politics.co.uk officers took her to the Havens sexual assault centre, which provides care for women who have been sexually assaulted, where she was...

Is there a more “2017” opening to an album than “the world is dying, shit is getting serious”? It’s hard to think of one, but then given that this is the second album in as many months that prophesises the crumbling of civilisation perhaps this is the new normal. With vast sections of the World at loggerheads with each other, the media stoking fear and mass surveillance being rationalised by increasingly sporadic acts of terrorism it’s increasingly looking as though...

By Paul Kwatz, author of Conscious Robots Recently, Jeff Bezos announced he’d be spending $1 billion of his Amazon fortune every year on his Blue Origin Space Rocket Company. But maybe he’s making the wrong decision. 20 years ago, his conscious mind wondered whether building the world’s biggest bookstore would give him pleasure, and the answer came back from his non-conscious mind “Yes, Jeff - if you can achieve that, you’re going to feel great.” And that worked, and Jeff...

Digital currency, or cryptocurrency, comes in many forms, including Bitcoin. There are multiple possibilities with this innovative blockchain technology. What Are Bitcoins and What Are Cryptocurrencies? Bitcoin is a digital currency, otherwise known as a cryptocurrency. It exists only on the Internet and does not have any physical form. Bitcoin was founded around the time of the global financial crisis, and it enjoys massive popularity and unprecedented growth. Cryptocurrency is highly volatile, and prices fluctuate wildly on a day-to-day basis....

These moving pictures show the release of five orphaned rhino calves back into the South African wild -- thanks to the help of kindhearted Scottish volunteers. The calves were all victims of poaching –- their mothers murdered for their horns -- and were rescued by charity Rhino Revolution. Through the UK arm of the charity, passionate Scots volunteers have been banding together to fundraise for the project. Five orphan rhino's that have been dehorned. These moving pictures show the release...

Serving as the kindling to start this year’s Christmas fire comes, from director Bharat Nalluri by way of Les Standiford’s non-fiction book of the same name, the charming, if somewhat slight, Man Who Invented Christmas; a chronicle of the story behind Charles Dickens’ beloved novel, 'A Christmas Carol'. Finding fresh life in a tale that has been done to death on the screen, Nalluri avoids a straight retelling, and opts instead to pivot the narrative around the story’s conception. Charles...

A wooden throne presented to Sir Stanley Matthews when he was hailed unofficial “King of Ghana” has sold for £850 at auction. The carved ceremonial seat was made for Matthews when he played in Africa during the 1950s. Jean with a photo of her with her and her dad on a beach. A wooden "throne" presented to one of England's most famous footballers has been sold for £850 at an auction. It went under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers in...

Hg gets bid for Ullink - Hg, the Manager of HgCapital Trust plc, has announced that it has received a definitive binding offer from Itiviti, a company backed by Nordic Capital, to acquire Ullink, a leading global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community. This proposed sale is subject to French workers' council consultations, and customary approvals, such as regulatory clearances. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Hg Capital would realise estimated cash proceeds of...

Roadworks on a residential street descended into vandalism when a vigilante used spray paint to tag obscene double yellow lines around a parked car. Workmen had dug up the gutter of the road but failed to paint fresh double-yellow lines - so an irate resident took matters into their own hands with a can of spray paint. The vandal sprayed DIY double-yellows around a parked car, along with the word ‘c*nt.’ The shocking scene appeared overnight on Jennings Street, Swindon,...