In a recent statistical revelation, two-thirds of the UK’s freshly minted jobs found themselves in the hands of individuals born outside the country. This disclosure coincided with a bleak milestone, marking Britain’s unemployment at 2.5 million, including a staggering 951,000 individuals aged 16 to 24. Against the backdrop of rising unemployment fueled by public sector job cuts, an examination... 

Pastor Terry Jones speaks to the press about his planned mass burning of the Qur'an in September 2010. British Home Office excludes US pastor from coming to UK to attend far-right demonstrations after 9/11 Qur’an burning threat. An American preacher who threatened a mass public burning of the Koran has been banned from entering the UK. Pastor Terry Jones provoked international outrage when... 

Amid the soaring tuition fees burdening British students, a new controversy has erupted, revealing that over £250 million of British taxpayers’ money is allocated annually to fund university education for students from other EU countries. This revelation has stirred public outcry, especially as domestic students are warned of graduating with substantial debts due to the impending tripling of... 

Counting the cost: Britain's £1trillion National Debt means it will pay interest of nearly £120million a day - more than the government spends on defence. Britain’s government debt smashed through £1 trillion ($1.59 trillion) for the first time yesterday – a staggering £40,000 per household. Campaigners branded the milestone ‘terrifying’ and warned that taxpayers will have to foot the... 

Eleanor Carruthers, 68, had the flu vaccine in October but died after catching the swine strain. A grandmother-of-three thought she was safe from swine flu after she had the vaccine months ago. But Eleanor Carruthers, 68, from Merseyside became the latest victim of the outbreak on Saturday. Mrs Carruthers was seriously ill with emphysema and lung cancer, but had had the flu vaccination in October to... 

Mohammed Hanif Khan in the Stoke on Trent mosque where he worked as imam. He is alleged to have sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy inside the mosque. He denies all the charges against him. A British Muslim worship leader is accused of serially raping a young boy during visits to a mosque for religious lessons. Mohammed Hanif Khan, 42, is alleged to have sexually assaulted the boy, who was 12 years... 

Lucrative contracts threatened as agent languishes in Wandsworth prison. Britain is embroiled in a damaging diplomatic row with Mongolia over the arrest of its most senior spy which is threatening to derail relations between the two countries and freeze British companies out of contracts worth millions of pounds. Bat Khurts, who was the head of Mongolia’s counter-terrorism agency, has languished... 

Jack Straw said the British Pakistani community must face up to 'Pakistani heritage men thinking it is OK to target white girls' for sexual abuse. Row erupts after former home secretary says grooming for sexual abuse is a particular problem amongst Pakistani men. A row has broken out after the former home secretary Jack Straw said some British Pakistani men regard white girls as “easy... 

Doctors have voiced concerns that swine flu infections could reach “epic proportions” at one hospital, with 18 patients reporting symptoms in just 24 hours. Staff at the George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton, in Warwickshire, put all the sufferers into isolation in an attempt to contain the outbreak. Four of them, however, were so ill that they had to be moved to the intensive care unit. Medical... 

Artist Denis Peterson leaves onlookers impressed with his real life scenes showing cities around the world – but gobsmacked when they realise every inch of these pictures are painted. At first glance some of his works look like a simple billboard over a busy urban setting. But on closer inspection the hidden secret is revealed – even the tiny people and obscure reflections on background... 

Abu Yahya selling clothes at the New Covent Garden Market in Vauxhall earlier this month A notorious Muslim fanatic has been accused of fiddling the benefits system by working while claiming jobseekers’ allowance. Abdul Rehman Saleem, known as Abu Yahya, is working on a market stall at the same time as collecting the £60 a week benefit, a friend of his estranged wife claimed. The 35-year-old was... 

British linguist Nicholas Ostler says the English language’s days as the global lingua franca are numbered despite even as it enjoys unheard-of global dominance. In his recent book “The Last Lingua Franca: English until the Return to Babel” he reaches the conclusion after tracing the rise and fall of one-time international languages Aramaic, Phoenician, and Persian. Ostler majored... 

Arctic conditions: A bus tries to make its way through Tunbridge Wells, Kent, as bad weather sweeps across the country Ten years ago global warming “scientists” were saying the opposite, that Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past. So if winters become warmer it’s global warming’s fault and if they become colder it’s still global warming’s fault. So whatever... 

In a first for the Vatican and British broadcaster BBC, Pope Benedict XVI Friday was given a radio slot to deliver a Christmas message to the people of Britain. The pope, 83, said he remembered his September visit to Scotland and England with great fondness. ‘I want you to know that I keep all of you very much in my prayers during this holy season,’ he said. The message was broadcast only... 

One of the police officers arrested a street preacher Telling a street preacher that it is against the law to affirm the Bible’s teaching on homosexuality is costing a team of British policeofficers some $11,000 – plus legal fees. That was the resolution announced by The Christian Institute in a case that it fought on behalf of a street preacher, Dale Mcalpine, who was arrested and detained...