British Isles

Britain becomes breeding ground for Islamic terrorism

19 Sep 2014
Britain is fast becoming a breeding ground for Islamic radicalism as British-born Muslims flock to the Middle East to join the growing jihad. An average of seven Britons a week are travelling to Syria and Iraq…

Ofsted wave of no-notice inspections

19 Sep 2014
There will be 40 unannounced school inspections across England this month, Ofsted has revealed. After the so-called Trojan Horse allegations in Birmingham, there were proposals for inspectors to visit schools without warning. There had been claims…

Children of married parents are better behaved, research finds

19 Sep 2014
Children raised in marital homes are better behaved than those brought up by unmarried parents, according to major research funded by the Department for Education. The study of around 3,000 children aged three to sixteen found…

'Grinding poverty' leaving hundreds too poor to wash

19 Sep 2014
New research released has shown that some of the UK's poorest families can no longer afford to heat water to wash themselves. Debt charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has released statistics showing that of over 1,000…