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April 5, 2024

Elderly couple felt pressured to sell their home by local council amid government’s push to house migrants

A British council sent a letter to a United Kingdom couple asking what they were doing with their "empty" and "derelict" home as the government attempts to house asylum seekers.

April 5, 2024

UK lawmaker 'manipulated' into giving personal numbers of colleagues in sexting blackmail scam

Senior British lawmaker William Wragg is the latest parliamentarian to be targeted with unsolicited messages in efforts to acquire sensitive personal information.

April 5, 2024

UK doctors accept government pay offer, ending longest strike in National Health Service history

Senior doctors in England have accepted a pay offer from the British government that ends a yearlong dispute. Eighty percent of those casting a vote backed the offer.

April 5, 2024

Politician behind Scotland's hate speech law says JK Rowling's rhetoric 'offensive' but allowed

The Scottish politician behind a widely condemned hate speech law blasted the author of Harry Potter for her rhetoric daring the law to prosecute her for mere speech.

April 4, 2024

Senior UK jurists have joined calls to stop arms sales to Israel. Other allies face similar pressure

600 British jurists and 3 retired U.K. Supreme Court judges have called on the government to cease arms sales to Israel after 3 U.K. aid workers died in an Israeli airstrike.

April 3, 2024

The killing of aid workers adds to pressure on the UK government to halt arms sales to Israel

Opposition parties have demanded that the U.K. government publish legal advice it received as to whether Israel has broken 'international humanitarian law' in the Israel-Hamas war.

April 3, 2024

JK Rowling and I could be locked up by Scotland’s anti-free-speech mob

Scotland has gone from William Wallace fighting for 'freedom' to J.K. Rowling. The 'Harry Potter' author is defending the ability to speak her mind despite new hate speech laws.

April 2, 2024

Famous atheist says he identifies as a 'cultural Christian' and is 'horrified' by promotion of Islamic holiday

Scientist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins said if he had to choose between Christianity and Islam, he would choose Christianity every time.

April 1, 2024

Critics slam Scotland’s new hate speech law as an attack on freedom

A new Scottish law making it a criminal offense to spread hate speech against protected groups online or elsewhere went into force just in time for April Fools' Day.

April 1, 2024

5 delicious food pranks that proved a hungry public craves every morsel of news

These five food-related pranks fooled a hungry public around the world into believing some delicious tales, including the claim that spaghetti grew on trees.