Articles by Brendan Cole

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France will demand Britain help pay for new Channel customs posts after Brexit

French politicians want the UK to help pay for new customs posts at Channel ports after Brexit, which has been criticised by Iain Duncan Smith MP.

Dec 27, 2017

Brexit

Prince Philip opposed the 'ridiculous' Cold War arms race and wanted to see nuclear disarmament

Newly released documents show how Prince Philip had opposed the nuclear arms race during the Cold War.

Dec 27, 2017

Prince Philip

Anthrax 'found in North Korean defector' hints at Pyongyang's biological weapon plans

A North Korean soldier who defected is said to have anthrax antibodies in his system, raising fears in Seoul over its weapons capabilities.

Dec 26, 2017

North Korea South Korea

Jo Johnson MP Tory minister Boris brother

Student unions, not universities curb free speech say campaigners

British universities have been warned they could be fined if they restrict free speech on campus, but campaigners say that it banning speakers is the fault of student unions.

Dec 26, 2017

Violent criminal who tied up elderly man and slashed him with a machete escapes from prison

Dean Cotter, 29, escaped from HMP Kirkham, where he was serving a sentence for tying up an elderly man and slashing him with a machete.

Dec 24, 2017

Pop star Lorde, who will perform in Putin's Russia, cancels concert in Israel over Jewish state's 'oppression'

New Zealand pop star Lorde has cancelled her planned concert in Israel following pressure from fans not to endorse the Jewish state and the status of Palestinians.

Dec 24, 2017

Israel

'Putin, you should no longer be president' vows Alexey Navalny who says he can stand in Russian election

Opposition figure Alexey Navalny says he has the public support to run in Russia's presidential election against Vladimir Putin.

Dec 24, 2017

Vladimir Putin

'I sleep on a friend's floor and hide from the bailiffs' -Ex-Arsenal star Emmanuel Eboue tells of riches-to-rags story

Former Arsenal star Emmanuel Eboue has spoken of his riches-to-rags story where he went from earning millions to kipping on the floor of a friend.

Dec 24, 2017

Steve Bannon raises sexual misconduct claims against Donald Trump involving 13-year-old girl

Donald Trump's former strategist Steve Bannon raised sexual misconduct claims about Donald Trump and a 13-year-old girl in a Vanity Fair interview where he criticised Ivanka.

Dec 24, 2017

Steve Bannon Donald Trump White House

'The Spanish state is defeated' says ousted Catalan leader Puidgment after separatists win majority in snap ballot

There was an 80% turnout in the snap election in Catalonia which saw the separatist parties do the best.Catalan President Carles Puigdemont declared

Dec 22, 2017

'It's a bit whiffy': Boris Johnson says retired Met police officers had 'vendetta' for Damian Green.

The Metropolitan Police is facing a growing backlash over its role in the first secretary of state Damian Green's downfall after he quit in the fallout from the porn scandal.

Dec 21, 2017

Theresa May

Total population of half UN countries backing Trump's Jerusalem plan is 191,000 - smaller than Huntsville, Alabama

The total population of four out of the eight countries who backed the US plan to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital is 191,000 - smaller than Huntsville, Alabama.

Dec 21, 2017

United Nations Israel

Here are the seven cybersecurity startups recruited to work with GCHQ to help it spy better

GCHQ says UK has cyberweapons that can cripple hostile states

GCHQ says the UK has cyberweapons that can cripple a hostile state. Theresa May will visit Warsaw to work with Poland to counter Russian disinformation.

Dec 21, 2017

US is drawing up concrete plans for a military attack on North Korea say Washington insiders

The US is planning to launch a military attack on North Korea to curb its nuclear programme. Sources say that weapons stockpiles will be targeted.

Dec 20, 2017

North Korea Donald Trump

Britain has no major warships on operation anywhere in the world in 'strategic embarrassment'

Cuts are being blamed for the UK not having any of its major warships on operation overseas for the first time in living memory.

Dec 20, 2017

Police 'make basic errors' in sex abuse cases due to 'sales targets' approach to conviction rates

Scotland Yard will review all its rape and sex abuse probes after another trial collapsed amid claims police withheld evidence.

Dec 20, 2017

Probe launched into whether murdered drug kingpin 'Mr Big' had bribed officers with 'brown envelopes'

Greater Manchester Police are looking into claims that the Salford's murdered Mr Big Paul Massey had officers in his pay.

Dec 19, 2017

Leak causes 200 litres of seawater per hour to pour into Royal Navy's new £3.1bn aircraft carrier

The Royal Navy's £3.1bn aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has a leak so serious 200 litres pour into the vessel every hour.

Dec 19, 2017

The Kremlin may threaten us but it is not our enemy says ex-UK foreign secretary William Hague

The former foreign secretary William Hague says that Russia is not Britain's enemy, as his successor is set to hold talks in Moscow.

Dec 18, 2017

Russia Moscow Vladimir Putin Ukraine

Drugs boss who trafficked millions in cocaine and heroin ordered to pay back just one pound

Drugs kingpin Dean McCaffrey has been ordered to pay back £1 for trafficking millions of pounds worth of cocaine and heroin.

Dec 18, 2017

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