A chilling tale of how overzealous social workers fuelled by ‘satanic panic’ led to innocent parents across the UK having their children ripped away from them has been explored in a new documentary.
From coffee mums in a leafy north-London suburb to presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, dozens of communities have been rocked by bizarre and spurious allegations of adults ritually abusing children, in the name of Satan, despite no evidence for this.
Channel 5’s ‘When Evil Came To Rochdale’, which
Thousands of motorists face paying new environmental taxes despite upgrading their cars to the latest, most environmentally friendly models.
Councils across Britain are imposing new Ultra Low Emissions Parking charges which are hiking the cost of parking a diesel car by an inflation-busting 50 per cent.
Within London’s square mile, older vehicles are charged double that of the most environmentally friendly.
Also hit by the new charges are businesses and tradespeople who scrapped their older vans and swapped them for
The tragic felling of the 300-year-old Sycamore Gap next to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland sparked fury across the country.
A teenage boy who was arrested was released on bail as millions mourned the loss of the tree, which featured in 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and was one of the most photographed trees in the world.
Sycamore Gap joins a huge list of loved and significant trees which have been cut down throughout history.
In 1892, the famous
Motorists across the country face a tsunami of penalties this year as oversized yellow box junctions become the latest ‘cash cow’ trap to be rolled out by councils.
Some 27 local authorities are awaiting approval for new powers to issue fines of up to £160 for motorists who stop in one of 111 yellow boxes nationwide.
Until now, only the police and councils in London and Cardiff have had the power to slap you with a penalty for stopping in
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“The recommendation should only focus on bringing forward the measures set out in the CER directive, not expanding them.”
-A comment of the German government to the draft Council recommendation on a coordinated approach by the Union to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure.
Story of the week: As is often the case on security matters, everyone
