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Far-right Australian lawmaker Fraser Anning found himself, literally, with egg on his face yesterday after a protester smashed one on the side of his head at a Melbourne news conference. The Aussie senator had blamed the slaughter at two Christchurch mosques on immigration policies that "allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place", provoking outrage across the world. And yesterday he felt the public's angst first hand after a teenager delivered an egg to his head as...

Nigel Farage has confirmed he will not complete the Brexit Betrayal march as just 350 protesters turned up to trek from North East England to Westminster. The former UKIP leader had tweeted "We're marching from Sunderland to London... get your walking boots on!" last month as he rallied supporters to join him on a "Brexit Betrayal march". Yet today he admitted he will only walk "some of it" as campaigners, who have been sponsored by supporters of his Leave Means...

By Steve Tooze, member of local climate change action group Lambeth for a Cool Planet My kids and a 16-year-old girl that I’ve never met called Greta Thunberg have turned me into a climate change radical. And today it seemed like I wasn’t alone. I stood amongst dozens of friends and neighbours on an overcast, blustery March afternoon on the pavement outside of Lambeth town hall in Brixton, South London. Our council has laudably declared a Climate Emergency and we all agreed that we...

They don’t want a house, a mortgage, a car, things. All they want is their future, their planet. And all they have to offer in return? Only ideas, energy, respect, innocence, purity, originality, love and joy.

The 16-year-old squirted a 'noxious substance' in the face of his victims during the daylight brawl in north London

London Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad says the tragic events in New Zealand should "serve as a lesson" to other countries of the developed world. Forty nine people were killed in Christchurch and more than 20 have been seriously wounded following two mosque shootings. Australian PM Scott Morrison confirmed an Australian-born citizen had been arrested and called him an “extremist rightwing violent terrorist” The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor...

Outsourcing giant Interserve is expected to go into administration later today after failing to persuade shareholders to approve a rescue plan for the company. The company, which has 45,000 UK staff, and 65,000 globally, runs support services and construction projects in a similar manner to Carillion. Its collapse was described as "history repeating itself" by Simon Underwood of business recovery partner at accountancy firm Menzies LLP. He said: "Much like the Carillion collapse, Interserve’s demise will have significant implications for its supply...

An Australian senator has provoked outrage after he described the New Zealand terror attacks as "vigilantism" and claimed that Muslim immigration was to blame for the atrocity. Fraser Anning, a senator in Queensland, issued a statement following terrorist attacks which killed at least 49 people saying the attack highlights a "growing fear within our community, both in Australia and New Zealand, of the increasing Muslim presence." He added: "As always, left-wing politicians and the media will rush to claim that...

Officers spotted drug traffickers delivering bags of cash to the gang's safe house after Santander workers noticed a suspicious pattern of transfers.