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An ICM poll has found that over a quarter of people (28 per cent) who use a racial slur at someone due to their race is not a hate crime. The same number also thinks that hate crime laws are an attack on freedom of speech in the UK. Additionally ten per cent of the respondents think that physically attacking someone due to their race is not a hate crime, reports the Independent. Home Office figures released in October suggest that...

When the UK voted to leave the EU, many Brexiteers thought that ties would be instantly cut from mainland Europe, but it seems it is going to take a lot longer. The BBC has reported that Britain’s ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, thinks the UK-EU deal could take a decade to sign off and it could still be rejected by other EU member states. Tory MP Dominic Raab said this morning that the EU would be hit the...

British citizenship has been a hot topic this year thanks to the result of Brexit, with many EU nationals looking to find out how they can secure their UK citizenship. Any persons wishing to apply for UK citizenship has to pass a test that combines both topics surrounding British history and British values. The test is designed to place emphasis on the diversity of British history, and the achievements accomplished. Take the test and see if you can score the...

Retail giant Amazon has successfully completed the world's first delivery by drone. The driverless plane delivered the order in less than thirty minutes in Cambridgeshire. The billionaire founder of Amazon announced on Twitter that: "First-ever #AmazonPrimeAir customer delivery is in the books." Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon in 1994, claimed that it took just 13 minutes from click to direct delivery. The new service is known as Amazon Prime Air and promises to get packages to customers in 30 minutes...

It was the longest PMQs, possibly ever, at 46 minutes, and time, well time running out, was the theme that dominated the session. In the UK we are living longer than ever, and Jeremy Corbyn was wondering why the Tories had axed £4.6bn social care funding, to ensure our final years are as miserable as Alf Garnett seeing out the rest of his days in The Gambia. Local Authorities can now raise additional council taxes to fund elderly social care,...

Buckfast gets you fucked fast, as the saying goes. Well, it can also get you minted fast if you're a monk at Buckfast Abbey in Buckfastleigh, Devon. The Charity Commission tpday revealed Buckfast Abbey Trust's income for 2014/15 was £8.8m - mostly coming from its wine. Monks at the abbey have been making Buckfast wine - known as 'buckie' - since the 1920s. But thanks to Scotland's love of the drink, their profits have soared of late. The abbey trust is a shareholder...

The Mayor of London is flogging predecessor Boris Johnson's 'redundant' water cannons to raise cash to tackle gang crime - because they are illegal to use in Britain. Sadiq Khan today revealed that purchasing and kitting out the cannons had cost the taxpayer over £320,000 - including £970 on CD players. The three water cannons were bought second-hand by Boris Johnson from the German Federal Police in June 2014, despite the fact that they cannot be used legally in the...

Over 2.5 million Brits will be touching down home for Christmas on Heathrow tarmac this Christmas. A lucky few will be getting a special Welcome Home from London artist, Ben Eine. Ben, who is known for his eye-popping fonts, has created a range of colourful banners for family and friends to use at the terminal to greet loved ones returning from abroad for the Christmas festivities.. The 15th December will see Heathrow's busiest day of the year with over 94,000 people travelling...

A disgraced councillor suspended by the Tory party for making outrageous comments about the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox has had his ban extended to FOUR years. Dominic Peacock, 61, was given a two year ban in July after he posted a message saying 'I've donated the steam off my piss' to a charity set up in her memory. But after pleading his innocence at appeal and claiming the temporary ban made by Beverley and Holderness Conservative association was...