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British citizens who fear immigrants and thought they threatened their values and way of life were more likely to have voted Brexit And the results, partly driven by narcissism, were regardless of their age, gender or level of education. The research, published in Frontiers in Psychology, identified 'collective narcissism' as a new voting variable. Scientists from the UK, Poland and Portugal measured the effect of xenophobia on voting behaviour, and found that it was strongly related to voting in favour...

Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) children accounted for 60 per cent of all child arrests by the Metropolitan Police last year, analysis by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveals today. The Metropolitan Police made more than 20,000 child arrests in 2016, of which more than 12,000 were of BAME children – the highest proportion recorded by any police force in England and Wales. Across England and Wales, police forces made fewer than 88,000 arrests of children in total last year, down from almost 250,000 in 2010....

New species can develop in as little as two generations and the findings would have left Charles Darwin excited , researchers revealed. Scientists say the arrival 36 years ago of a strange bird to a remote island in the Galapagos provides direct genetic evidence of their claims. The newcomer, which belonged to one species, mated with a member of another species on the small island of Daphne Major in the Pacific Ocean. This produced a new species, known as the...

A mum has slammed a school after pupils were asked to 'rate' neighbours they wouldn't like to live next to - including 'a black person'. Naomi Davis was stunned when her eleven-year-old daughter showed her the worksheet that her class had been given which listed various types of people. The task asked children to rate people in terms of how much they would or would not like to live next door to them - with one being the best and...

Yesterday the President of the United States Trump tweeted to boast that Time Magazine had called to say he was "probably" going to be named "Man (Person) of the Year." - This was the front cover accolade the prestigious publication had already bestowed upon Donald Trump last year when he confounded pundits to win the Presidential election. The Donald tweeted: "Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named “Man (Person) of the Year,” like last year,...

UPDATE: British Police have searched Oxford Street and have found no evidence of reports of gunshots heard in Oxford Circus. Armed police responded to the incident as a gunfire one, British Police have said, but no evidence has been found yet and nearby stations have reopened. Oxford Circus is expected to reopen soon. Reports are emerged of armed police responding to an incident in Oxford Street Station on the busiest shopping day of the year as bargain hunters descended on...

  At least 235 are dead and 180 injured after militants launched a bomb and gun attack on a mosque in Northern Sinai, Egypt during Friday prayers. As the death tolls mounts, reports on one of the bloodiest terror attacks in Egypt’s history suggest that gunmen in four off-road cars opened fire on worshippers trying to escape after an explosion at the al-Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abd. Other reports emerged of ambulances responding to the terrorist attack came under fire too....

Caroline Lucas says the government has been "backpedalling" since they voted to reject the inclusion of animal sentience in the European Union Withdrawal Bill. Environment Secretary Michael Gove has hit out at social media for "corrupting and distorting" political reporting since the vote last week, but according to Green MP Lucas it is an attempt to backpeddle on the initial Commons vote. "What I was told in the chamber was that they had no need to take any account of my...

Heartbroken workers at the last ever iron foundry at Ironbridge hung their boots and masks on the gates yesterday after it closed for the final time. The Coalbrookdale Aga Rangemaster foundry has been in production in the Shropshire town since 1946 and was the last symbol of the industrial revolution. Ironbridge was the birthplace of ironworks after Abraham Darby I first smelted iron ore using coke instead of charcoal in 1709. The process, which was far more efficient than traditional...