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BOMBSHELL REPORT: Mass immigration is costing Britain £17BILLION each year
MASS immigration is costing British taxpayers £17billion a year, a bombshell report warned last night. But it said the UK could save £1.2billion by quitting the EU. A detailed study of the costs of migration to Britain set against its benefits showed an overwhelmingly negative impact on the Treasury. The...
‘I can’t stand it!’ Furious reaction to Angelina Jolie’s BBC lecture on the migrant crisis
ANGELINA JOLIE has been criticised for giving a speech at a special event organised by the BBC in which claimed "fear of migration" could threaten world peace. The Hollywood star claimed on Monday there was a "race to the bottom" between European nations to reintroduce border controls as the continent...
‘Hello world’ Spy agency GCHQ opens Twitter account
SPY listening post GCHQ has been keeping tabs on security threats for years. ow the secretive agency has emerged from the shadows with a Twitter account. Learn more about the birth of British Signals Intelligencehttps://t.co/3nkdWCaacO pic.twitter.com/CZGW8dNcra — GCHQ (@GCHQ) 16 мая 2016 г. Its first post, sent...
Britain post-Brexit would NOT be back of the queue for US trade deal, Trump declares
BRITAIN would not be at the back of the queue for a trade deal with the US if they left the European Union, according to presidential hopeful Donald Trump. The Republican nominee said Brexit would make no difference to a potential bilateral trade deal if he became leader — despite claims from Barack Obama. The current US...
Crackdown could allow Facebook and Google to open universities
UNIVERSITIES will have to publish the amount of class and lecture time students receive in a Government crackdown on sub-standard courses. They will also be forced to list the jobs graduates get and how much they earn under proposals in a White Paper announced today. Plans to open up higher education to competition by allowing...
Whatever happened to Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless…
IT has been more than 20 years since Lucy Lawless made an eye-popping arrival onto screens as the title character in Xena: Warrior Princess. The actress became an instant hit with audiences who saw her tough alter ego go on a quest to redeem herself for her dark past alongside buddy Gabrielle (Renee O'Connor). It has been a...
Donald Trump on Cameron: ‘we are not going to have a very good relationship’
DONALD TRUMP has warned that he may not have a “very good relationship” with David Cameron if he is becomes the next US president. The billionaire Republican candidate was responding to comments the prime minister made last year after Mr Trump’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the US. The presidential...
Iran arrests eight for ‘un-Islamic’ Instagram modelling
Iran has arrested eight people working for online modelling agencies deemed to be "un-Islamic", the prosecutor of Tehran's cybercrimes court has said. The arrests are part of an operation that has seen women targeted for posting photos showing them not wearing headscarves on Instagram and elsewhere. Women in Iran...
ICBC to be first Chinese lender to own London vault
China's ICBC Standard Bank, the world's biggest bank by assets, has agreed to buy a massive vault in London. It will be the first Chinese lender to own a vault in London as it looks to grow its precious metals business The vault, which is in a secret location and is being sold by Barclays, can hold up to 2,000 metric...
What is the fate of the boy from the movie “Toy” ?
In 1976, the screens released film directed by Francis Weber's "Toy" with Per Richard in the lead role. Now Fabrice Greco (the actor's name) is alive and very successful. The role in "toys" was his only appearance in the film. For a long time nothing was known about him, but still some of the...
A couple’s fight against racism
Jeff Nichols’ new film Loving tells of an interracial couple in the 1950s who overcame racism to be together. Nicholas Barber is impressed by this sober and delicate movie. Jeff Nichols’ quiet and honourable new issue drama, Loving, could be seen as this year’s Spotlight: both films tell the true story of how...
Sykes-Picot: The map that spawned a century of resentment
Reaching its centenary amidst a general chorus of vilification around the region, the legacy of the secret Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916 has never looked more under assault. As Iraq lurches deeper into turmoil and disintegration, Kurdish leaders in the already autonomous north are threatening to break away and declare outright...