The founder of the far-right English Defence League filmed himself in Italy last month boasting about being able to buy drugs easily. Via: Tommy Robinson makes racist slur and brags about buying drugs in drunken video
Duterte government accused of shameless persecution of Rappler’s Maria RessaThe editor of an online newspaper in the Philippines has been arrested on charges of cyber-libel as part of what the country’s journalists’ union said was a campaign of intimidation against voices critical of President Rodrigo Duterte.Speaking from the website’s headquarters Read more
Dual-heritage singer Mahmood now takes his place among the Eurovision contenders. But there’s no pleasing some peopleItaly’s Sanremo Music Festival, the model for everything from Eurovision to The X-Factor, is one of the oldest and most prestigious of its kind. On Saturday evening 26-year-old Alessandro Mahmoud, who goes by the Read more
Exhibition at Bath’s Fashion Museum tells story of mittens and more over last 400 yearsGloves worn by monarchs, soldiers, and Luke Skywalker in one of the Star Wars films, are to go on show at the Fashion Museum in Bath.Mittens, gauntlets and driving gloves all feature in the exhibition, which Read more
Fifa has a new human rights policy, yet its president appears to have been too caught up with other things to help out a footballer jailed under false pretencesTo the middle east, where Fifa’s brilliant plan to bring peace via the medium of football continues apace. Last month, Qatar’s extraordinary Read more
Government to close again if no deal done by midnight Friday Agreement could face difficulties before it reaches Oval OfficeWith the clock ticking before the US enters the second government shutdown in as many months, tension was rising on Wednesday over whether Donald Trump would sign the latest deal over Read more
But prime minister again fails to rule out extending Article 50 – which Olly Robbins is alleged to have floated, if MPs refuse to back her deal Via: Brexit: Theresa May dismisses her negotiator saying 'long delay' planned as 'something overheard in a bar'
‘We think many people are simply too embarrassed to tell us they have been scammed in a romance fraud,’ say police Via: Women targeted in 'romance scams' lose £100,000 in space of two weeks
Follow for live updates from Westminster Via: Brexit news – live: Theresa May interrogated over no-deal ferry contract at PMQs as Tories lash out over aide's overheard comments
Counterpart at MI5 has also agreed to stay beyond his expected tenure Via: MI6 chief to remain in position longer than expected over post-Brexit security fears