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After years of campaigning by women’s rights activists,  on 1 August, the lower house of Jordan’s parliament voted for the full repeal of Article 308 without exception, meaning that there should no longer be a way for a rapist to escape punishment by marrying his victim. Women’s and human rights organizations have worked alongside Jordanian Parliamentarians for years to bring about change to the law, and are hailing the repeal of Article 308 as an important step forward in the global...

These extraordinary pictures capture the stunning Milky Way lighting up the night sky above the British countryside. Stargazing photographer Andrew Fusek-Peters, 51, was able to snap the stunning sight from the top of Titterstone Clee Hill, in Ludlow, Shrops. In the foreground of the images is a radar dome, which forms part of the National Air Traffic Services radar network, which monitors all aircraft within a 100-mile radius. Andrew, who has been a freelance photographer for four years, arrived on...

Six in ten Brexit voters believe significant damage to the British economy is a price worth paying for leaving the European Union. New research has unearthed extremist beliefs among Leavers, with many so committed to their beliefs that they believe significant harm befalling the UK economy, or even losing their jobs, would be a price worth paying in order to get their way on Brexit. The economic impact of the UK's vote to leave has been ever-present since the referendum, with the latest economic...

British caterpillars are being infected with a 'zombie virus' which causes them to march towards the sun - before EXPLODING. The 'baculovirus' changes the caterpillar's instincts to hide away from sunlight and forces them climb to the tops of plants. Their bodies are then liquefied - causing them to burst and spread the bug to other insects. The popped remains of several Oak Eggar moth caterpillars - a common variety in the UK and Europe - have been spotted across...

A former NHS director who was sacked for speaking out against gay adoption has claimed he is being 'ousted from public service' for being a Christian. Richard Page, is bringing a religious discrimination case against the NHS Trust Development Authority after being sacked for comments he made as a magistrate. Today, he told an employment tribunal "sex outside of marriage is sinful". He claimed that he was not anti-gay but that: "It is a sin to have sex outside of...

Armed 'terror' police surrounded a man after he donned a full burqa and rucksack before imitating Muslim prayers in a crowded department store. Campaigner Thomas Dunn, 57, sparked panic and confusion when he changed into the Muslim attire to protest about the wearing of burqas in Britain. Armed officers raced to the scene after Dunn, a gas fitter, caused panic in a branch of Debenhams. Dunn, who is running a one-man campaign against burqas, said he targeted the high street...

When Hunter S. Thompson was writing the article series for Rolling Stone that became the book Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, for my money still the best book ever written on US politics, he combined factual reporting, interviews and out-and-out hallucinatory fantasies to give both the facts and atmosphere of the events that led to both the re-election and resignation of Richard Nixon. Hunter has been dead now for twelve years, having blown his brains out in...

Virgin Media has announced the second ubiquitous price rise for its customers this year. Prices for the majority of customers will increase by an average of 4.7 per cent from November 2017, which is the second hike to be announced this year. Similar price changes on deals for new customers have also taken place today. Commenting on the results, Dan Howdle, consumer telecoms analyst at Cable.co.uk, says: "With inflation back in the room and with Virgin Media having announced in...

The job drain in the financial sector is likely to start before Brexit negotiations conclude because banks are planning for a worst-case scenario. Britain's finance industry could lose up to 40,000 investment banking jobs in the next few years unless it strikes a softer deal on its departure from the European Union. But many jobs could be lost before any deal is struck. According to a new report by consultancy firm Oliver Wyman banks are currently planning for a worst-case...