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Large parts of Britain shook this on Saturday as the country experienced its biggest earthquake in 10 YEARS. A two-second tremor was felt by people across England and Wales as scientists confirmed a reading of between 4.4 and 4.9 on the Richter scale. Thousands described their experience on social media after the mini-quake happened at 2.31pm. Reports suggest it was felt in south Wales, south-west England, the West Midlands and North West. Scientists at the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) described...

Hundreds of Americans attended a gun show in Florida just days after a tragic mass-shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The 500-booth expo is less than 50 miles north of the school and was well attended despite the recent attacks. Reporters in the area said that many, in fact, attended because of the attacks, with a renewed desire to protect themselves. The event, sponsored by Florida Gun Shows, ran through the weekend with organisers not put off by the recent tragedy. Jorge Fernandez,...

As Jeremy Corbyn dismissed a “ridiculous smear” by the Sun alleging he briefed a Czechoslovakian communist spy during the cold war after a photo of the two emerged, another more current embarrassing photo of a Russian agent expelled from the UK with a UK politician has come to light. The Labour Leader’s spokesman insisted that he met a Czechoslovakian diplomat in the 1980s but “neither had nor offered any privileged information.” But that did not stop Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson...

Faith leaders have called on the Government to end its “unjust, ineffective and inhumane” practice of detaining people indefinitely without trial for administrative reasons in immigration cases. At present, Britain detains around 30,000 people a year in mostly privately-run detention centres on administrative grounds, ostensibly while attempts are made to remove them from the UK. Britain is the only European country not to have a time limit on how long people can be detained for on immigration grounds. Leading Church...

PETA Flash Mob Calls for Everyone to Wear Their Own Skin, Not Animals' A group of female PETA supporters braved the winter weather and bared their skin for a radical vegan protest at the start of London Fashion Week today. With the slogan "Wear Your Own Skin" painted across their bodies, the activists encouraged passers-by to stand up for animals by leaving fur, leather, shearling, and other animal-derived materials out of their wardrobes. "Whether it's the fur of a frightened fox...

A furious Oxford University dean has branded his own students as "entitled" after they smashed glasses and abused catering staff at a traditional college dinner. The second-year students at the university’s Trinity College were warned they face a “collective fine” for their drunken antics at the Halfway Hall bash on Tuesday (13/2). More than 200 students attended the boozy ceremony which marks the halfway point for students in their university career. Dean Dr James McDougall has ordered the students to...

The thugs grabbed the £1,400 necklace from 45-year-old Menaka's neck while she was out walking with her family.

An Islamic fanatic who used Twitter and Instagram to spread "poisonous" propaganda to promote ISIS has been jailed. Shafi Mohammed Saleem, 28, used more than 20 Twitter and Instagram accounts to share his pro-Daesh messages between 2016 and 2017. Detectives from the Met arrested at him home address in East London in April 2017 after investigating his online activities. One of Saleem's tweets included an image of two 'zombie knives', with just the word "itching". Another showed a second man...

A cannabis law reform lobbying group has hit out at a Tory drugs minister for what they call “hypocrisy” for opposing drugs reforms while her husband’s company has a lucrative contract growing cannabis. Victoria Atkins husband's company is in partnership with GW Pharmaceuticals, a UK biotech firm, which is developing Epidiolex, a synthetic drug made from cannabis plants and used to treat childhood epilepsy. Families with children with epilepsy around the world have been medicating the condition with natural cannabis...