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We need to talk about Nazi Germany

In the week Theresa May defiantly delivered her "hard right" stance on the Brexit negotiations and America gets set to inaugurate one of the most "hard right" figures in modern political history the message of 2017 has become quite clear; If 2016 delivered the body blows, the next few years ...

Putting up a fight in the age of misinformation

Think the UK has a free press? You're sadly mistaken, and what's happening to journalism right now should worry you... Whilst the threat of litigation is silencing real journalists and publications, an even darker threat, fake news, is putting them clean out of business. Politicians, climate change deniers, corporations and even countries ...

Jewish woman and her son bombarded with gas canister by racist thug

A Jewish woman and her 13 year-old son were bombarded with gas canister by a racist thug who chanted 'Heil Hitler'. Four members of the Orthodox Jewish community, Cheya Stern, her 13 year old son, her brother Simon Lemberger and passerby, Abraham Law, were pelted with canisters of nitrous oxide ...

University to launch Centre for Brexit Studies

Birmingham City University is to launch a Centre for Brexit Studies this month, created to further enhance understanding of the consequences of the UK withdrawing from the European Union. The Centre for Brexit Studies (CBS) will promote engagement of both ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’ standpoints, whilst providing collaborative opportunities with businesses, ...

£159,990 cash seized from criminal gang who laundered large amounts of cash through two businesses that were allegedly selling alcohol outside the UK. See SWNS story SWCASH; A gang have been jailed after they were caught red handed with bundles of dirty cash - from selling £15 million of illegal alcohol. The four criminals were found by HM Revenue and Customs to be running two businesses selling alcohol in Britain without paying exercise duty and VAT. An investigation into Eurolink Trading Ltd and Saffire Trading Ltd showed £15 million was made from illegal sales, transferring the proceeds into the bank account of a company which has ceased trading. All four gang members were charged with proceeds of crime offences linked to alcohol fraud, found guilty and jailed for a total of 19 years after an eight-week trial at Southwark Crown Court on Friday.

This is why you don’t brag about dealing drugs

A 20-year-old has been sentenced after pleading guilty to supplying cocaine and heroin - after he posted pictures of himself holding wads of cash. Mohamed Bazi was given a 24 month prison sentence suspended for 24 months and ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work. Police conducted a ...

The world in 2016: Have we tried turning it off and on again?

Hate-fuelled, morbid and varnished with a disturbing veneer of instability, 2016 will forever be remembered as the year the world took leave of its senses. A reality show celebrity is now the most powerful man on earth, Britain has cut ties with its biggest trading partner and Mo Farah didn’t even make it ...

Camden Rocks: First Wave of Bands Announced

Camden Rocks Festival has announced the first names for the 2017 line-up. Punk legends The Damned, stoner rock giants Orange Goblin, and The Ruts DC are the first to be revealed from the bill. The fest will host over 250 bands and artists across 25 of Camden Town’s revered venues this ...

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