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The heightened fear of terrorism often leads to a misinterpretation of what is actually taking place, especially in airports and on planes. Understandably airport staff need to be alert to all potential risks, but in this case they appear to have got the wrong end of the stick and the person involved was totally innocent. A British Muslim woman was reading a book on Syrian art as she waited for a flight at Doncaster Airport. One of the Thomson Airways...

By Charles Hibbert A video has been posted online suggesting that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is all just an elaborate prank. A YouTube channel called Cracked who post humorous daily videos about topics going on in America made the video. With 1,275,163 subscribers on their YouTube channel, it is not surprising that the entertaining video has currently been viewed 594,460 times. Daniel O’Brien and Adam Ganser made the video that addresses all the flaws in Trump’s campaign by implying that...

London is home to many weird an wonderful cafes, but pairing cappuccinos with oral sex has to be a first! Plans for a ‘fellatio café' in central London have been revealed by entrepreneur Bradley Charvet, with space for up to 100 punters to drink sit and drink coffee while being given oral sex by an escort. Modelled on similar businesses in Thailand, customers will be able to pick an escort from thumbnail photos on an iPad when they go inside and get their...

The Bank of England has cut interest rates to 0.25 per cent and hinted at further cuts in the next few months. Interest rates haven't been cut since the financial crisis took hold in 2009 and now stand at a record low. The Bank also announced the biggest cut to its growth forecasts since it started making them in 1983 on the back of the economic uncertainty caused by Brexit. It has reduced its growth prediction for 2017 from the...

By Charles Hibbert  Experienced BBC weather presenter Louise Lear was unable to control a badly timed laughing fit live on air. Attempting to present the six o’clock weather report, Louise clearly found something very amusing and broke down into multiple laughing fits throughout her report. Louise has actually been working with BBC weather since 1998 and has also presented other BBC programmes, so whatever set her off must have been truly hilarious. Unsurprisingly amused viewers took to social media with...

There have been some critics who have said that the Labour leader has massive core support, but few polices, well this afternoon he plans to change that. Today Corbyn is expected to reveal a number of pledges that he hopes will change the face of Britain. A major part of the speech is likely to be the £500bn programme of investment in the UK economy, a huge figure, but it is hoped to reinvigorate the economy, which might be heading...

The entire population of the World could fit into Hertfordshire and a few surrounding counties, according to new geographical data. According to a graphic released in the Independent, if everyone in the world stood together taking a metre squared each it would fit into an area of roughly 7,400km. A map was mocked up for the US and showed that it wouldn't even make a dent in the state of California. As for the UK, it would take up a small...

Another day another piece of bad publicity against Sir Philip Green the former chief of BHS. This time a member of staff at BHS claims the tycoon slapped her down after they had the audacity to stand up to him. Chris Page, 68, explained how she spoke to Green while working on the shop floor back in 2000 The gran of seven said: The gran of seven said: “I was working in the Christmas shop. “I was getting to work...

The state of Texas, US will permit certain students to bring concealed guns to school from this week. A new "campus carry" law went into effect yesterday which allows people 21 and older with a concealed handgun license to carry pistols in classrooms and buildings throughout public colleges, including the University of Texas system. Proponents of the law say it could prevent mass shootings in schools, although critics have pointed out that it will endanger safety on campuses. Texas Governor Greg Abbott,...