One in eight schoolchildren has English as a second language

More than one in eight schoolchildren in England do not speak English as their first language. These shocking figures are a direct result of Labour’s open-door immigration policy, and shows just how stretched schools are since the Eastern European countries joined the EU in 2004. In four areas of the country there are two thirds [...]

Help for black grouse

A group of wildlife charities is hoping to extend the distribution of the black grouse after the population of males has increased and the bird’s decline in the North Pennines has reversed.
Conservationists are hoping to move the birds into north west Northumberland and the Yorkshire Dales. They hope to provide the right conditions to allow [...]

Harris Tweed company axes jobs

A Stornoway-based Harris Tweed mill is to axe 36 jobs and reduce the number of tweed patterns it produces.
The Kenneth Mackenzie Mill says that the cuts are necessary to enable the industry to survive.
The mill is owned by Yorkshireman Brian Haggas, who announced last year that he planned to streamline the industry. He wants to [...]

Events in History – 27th April

London Zoo opened in 1828
On 27th April 1296 the English Army, led by Edward I, defeated the Scots in the Battle of Dunbar.
On 27th April 1828, London Zoological Gardens opened in Regent’s Park. Women were told not to poke the animals through the cage bars.
On 27th April 1927 Shelia (Christine) Scott was born, She broke [...]

Three bitten by rabid dog

Three kennel staff at a quarantine kennel in Essex have been bitten by a puppy suffering from rabies.
The puppy had been imported from Sri Lanka, where the viral disease is rife. The puppy was in a kennel in the Chingford area of Essex. Staff who were bitten by the animal have been vaccinated.
The dog arrived [...]

“Fighting is good” terrorist tells baby daughter

One of the Islamic terrorists who murdered 52 innocent people in London on 7th July 2005 was shown on a video telling his seven month old daughter that fighting was “good” and he did what he did “for Islam”.
The video was shown in the trial of three men who were alleged to have helped the [...]

Driver who left toddler brain damaged given paltry sentence

Boparan, on the right, with his father Ranjit
The son of a multi-millionaire who left a toddler with severe brain damage after hitting him at 72mph in a 30mph zone has been given a paltry jail sentence of 21 months.
Antonio Singh Boparan escaped the maximum jail sentence for dangerous driving after the incident in November 2006 [...]

Rare bird in Aberdeenshire reserve

Great white egret – pair in Scotland for first time
A nature reserve in Aberdeenshire has welcomed two examples of a rare bird. The great white egret has been seen at the RSPB reserve Loch of Strathbeg near Crimond.
The egret arrived on Monday, and is only the seventh of its type to be seen in the [...]

Birmingham – first ethnic majority city in UK?

Trevor Phillips – praising the “virtues” of immigration
The eyes of Europe are on Birmingham as it becomes the continent’s first ethnic majority city, Britain’s equalities chief has said.
Speaking at the same Birmingham hotel on the 40th anniversary of Enoch Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’ speech, Trevor Phillips called for a fresh debate on immigration which he [...]

St George parade scrapped – in case Muslims are offended

A march to celebrate St George’s Day was axed – because the authorities feared it could spark race riots.
About 1,500 children were due to take part in a parade to commemorate the patron saint of England on Wednesday.
But council bosses in Bradford, West Yorks, ditched the event over concerns it could upset the Asian community, [...]