A BBC TV crew has been detained and interrogated in North Korea for "improper reportage" about Kim Jong-Un An entire BBC crew, including Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, has been detained in Pyongyang and interrogated for an alleged inappropriate description of leader Kim Jong Un. He was one of three BBC staff, along with...
THE shocking scale of the terrorist threat facing Turkey was laid bare tonight amid warnings to British tourists to avoid the country over safety fears. Officials in Ankara revealed they have thwarted an astonishing 85 terror attacks — including defusing LIVE bombs — since the turn of the year alone. A popular...
British cyclist Simon Yates has failed an in-competition drugs test — with his team blaming an "administrative error" over an asthma inhaler. Orica-GreenEdge said they took "full responsibility for the mistake" and there was "no wrongdoing" by Yates. He tested positive for banned substance...
WAR graves for thousands of British Army heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice during World War One have been left overgrown and abandoned, it has emerged. Headstones of the young men who died on the battlefield in Iraq between 1914 and 1918 are now inundated with mud, weeds and grass. The Commonwealth War Cemetery in the...
ISLAMIC State (ISIS) extremists are calling for the deaths of Muslim leaders who criticise their murderous regime. In the latest issue of its propaganda magazine Dabiq, ISIS calls on its jihadi followers to arm themselves with “knives, guns and explosives” and kill anyone who disagrees with them – including...
ENGLAND’S children’s commissioner has urged French officials to fast track the asylum claims of children left alone in the Calais jungle so they can move to the UK. Anne Longfield is calling on French Government to speed up the applications of 150 children so that they can be reunited with family members in...
The government has ordered an inquiry into the UK Anti-Doping Agency (Ukad) over its handling of an investigation into alleged doping activities by a British doctor involving Premier League footballers and other leading athletes. According to a Sunday Times investigation, Mark Bonar — a London-based private doctor —...
THE Islamic State (ISIS) ‘Secret Service’ handpicked the Paris attackers and they have now set their sights on Britain. The tight-knit unit, who mask their identity from even fellow militants, includes senior British ISIS fighters who are keen to bring the war to Europe. Claude Moniquet, chief executive of the...
JIHADIS are being trained up inside some of the most secure British prisons in preparation to join barbaric Islamic State, it has been claimed. Extremists are carrying out mock beheadings and taught how to slit the throat of a bound captive, according to prison sources. The shocking revelations claim that would-be terrorists...
The Canberra bomber was designed way back in the 1940s. So why is Nasa still using three of them today? BBC Future investigates. In 1944, with World War Two entering its final stages, the British Air Ministry set out requirements for a new bomber, one that would be able to fly at high speeds and high altitudes. The ministry...
British imams visit Iraq in bid to counter Isis propaganda in the UK A group of Sunni imams are to make the first-ever visit by British Muslim religious leaders to see first hand the front line in the fight against Isis. The imams, representing mosques across the country, will travel to Iraq on Tuesday for an eight-day...
CHILDREN were told to write to their parents explaining why they had converted to Islam as part of a bizarre homework assignment. Year 8 Pupils at Les Beaucamp High School in Guernsey were asked to explain to their parents “how becoming a pupil has changed your life how much you love your family and hope they can accept...