General news

• Amal in new call to free journalist

  26-02-2015 23:41
  
  Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has renewed calls for Egypt to release an Al-Jazeera journalist two weeks after an order was made allowing him to return to Canada on bail.
  
  Read more

• Video shows Llamas on the run in Arizona's Sun City

  26-02-2015 23:14
  
  For motorists in Arizona’s Sun City, it was no doubt an a-lama-ing sight.
  
  Read more

• Video shows Llama Drama in Arizona City

  26-02-2015 23:14
  
  For motorists in Arizona’s Sun City, it was no doubt an a-lama-ing sight.
  
  Read more

• All fiction follows one of six basic storylines, according to new research

  26-02-2015 23:00
  
  What do the following novels have in common: Pride and Prejudice, Brideshead Revisited and Carry On Jeeves? Well yes, they're all written in English by famous English authors, and they all feature characters and dialogue; but on the face of it, they're completely different. Not to Professor Matthew Jockers from Stanford University, they're not.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• CPAC 2015: See how Twitter reacted when asked to submit questions for right-wing political conference

  26-02-2015 22:57
  
  If there is one thing the Republican party is known for outside of political ideology, it is that the party recently has not made an impact on younger voters.
  
  Read more

• Net neutrality: US regulators vote to stop internet service providers offering paid-for 'fast lanes'

  26-02-2015 22:48
  
  Government officials have voted to impose strict new regulations on internet service providers in a move they hope will protect so-called net neutrality.
  
  Read more

• Children as young as seven are being lured into street gangs, MPs warn

  26-02-2015 22:44
  
  Children as young as seven are at risk of becoming embroiled in gang culture, but the Government has no idea how many gangs are operating in the country, a report from MPs has said.
  
  Read more

• £150k for McCartney's boyhood home

  26-02-2015 22:23
  
  Sir Paul McCartney's old home in Liverpool has sold for £150,000 at an auction in the city.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Could full body transplants really be possible in two years?

  26-02-2015 22:15
  
  In ancient Indian folklore Sita is in love with two men, her husband Shridaman and his hunky friend Nanda. Shridaman is the intellectual with the body of a wimp, while the muscular Nanda has little to offer in the upstairs department.With the help of divine intervention, the two men magically switch heads, confusing Sita no end because she can't decide which version represents her real husband. Heads seem so critical to our identity and personality, and yet it's the body that makes us what we a
  
  Read more

• Coffee 'may protect against MS'

  26-02-2015 22:00
  
  Drinking coffee may protect against multiple sclerosis (MS), a study suggests.
  
  Read more

• Artery clue to statins failure

  26-02-2015 22:00
  
  Failure to respond to cholesterol-lowering "statin" drugs may be a sign of worsening artery damage in heart disease patients, a study has shown.
  
  Read more

• 'Jihadi John': The reaction to the unmasking of Emwazi confirms his PR value

  26-02-2015 21:58
  
  The self-proclaimed “Islamic State” likes to dominate the news agenda and knows how to do so.  It also likes to project power at moments of weakness. Thus most of the world knows that Isis burned a Jordanian pilot to death in a cage but few recall that at the same time the movement was losing the battle for the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani. A motto occasionally seen on Isis social media reads: “Media is half jihad.”
  
  Read more

• Besiktas vs Liverpool match report: Reds knocked out of Europa League after spot-kick woe in Istanbul

  26-02-2015 21:55
  
  Liverpool lost their first European penalty shoot-out as Dejan Lovren was the only man to miss from the spot against Besiktas in Istanbul.
  
  Read more

• Besiktas vs Liverpool match report: Battling Liverpool show maturity before suffering penalty heartbreak

  26-02-2015 21:55
  
  It will not go down as Liverpool’s most famous appearance at the Ataturk. They will not make a film about it; it will not become shorthand for everything that is wonderfully improbable in sport.
  
  Read more

• 'Jihadi John': Just how much did the security services know about him?

  26-02-2015 21:54
  
  A hooded jihadist threatening carnage in an English accent next to a soon-to-be beheaded captive: it was hardly surprising that Jihadi John would become a terrorist celebrity in the internet age.
  
  Read more

• Camilla proud of father's regiment

  26-02-2015 21:51
  
  The Duchess of Cornwall has spoken movingly about her late father's wartime memories as she marked the "glorious history" of the regiment in which he served.
  
  Read more

• Arts study 'at risk' in schools

  26-02-2015 21:51
  
  Music, drama and art are a vital part of school life, but are at risk of being squeezed out of education, a leading headmaster is warning.
  
  Read more

• Donald Macintyre's Sketch: Dracula deserts Shropshire – to MPs' dismay

  26-02-2015 21:51
  
  In one of the more solemn moments of Culture Media and Sport questions, the Tory MP Mark Pritchard complained that a Dracula film was no longer to be made on location in Shropshire as planned but in “another European country”.
  
  Read more

• New series of Poldark is set to showcase the beauty of Cornwall all over again

  26-02-2015 21:50
  
  As if the tourist industry of Padstow in Cornwall wasn't already blessed with Rick Stein's proliferating eateries and the popularity of ITV's Doc Martin clogging the narrow streets of nearby Port Isaac with sightseers, the area's rugged natural beauty has now attracted the makers of a new BBC1 adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark novels.
  
  Read more

• 'Jihadi John': The cruelty and computer skills of Isis’s British executioner

  26-02-2015 21:49
  
  The propaganda value for Isis of “Jihadi John” was made clear by the nom de guerre he gave himself: Abu Abdullah al-Britani.
  
  Read more

• 'Jihadi John': CAGE representative storms off Sky News interview after accusing Kay Burley of Islamaphobia

  26-02-2015 21:49
  
  A representative of an advocacy group for communities affected by the 'war on terror' stormed off Sky News today during an interview about the Isis militant known as ‘Jihadi John’, after a presenter told him to “get over himself.”
  
  Read more

• 'Jihadi John': CAGE representative storms off Sky News after accusing Kay Burley of Islamaphobia

  26-02-2015 21:49
  
  A representative of an advocacy group for communities affected by the 'war on terror' stormed off Sky News today during an interview about the Isis militant known as ‘Jihadi John’, after a presenter told him to “get over himself.”
  
  Read more

• 'Jihadi John': The softly spoken student who became a symbol of murderous brutality

  26-02-2015 21:46
  
  The Briton who became the symbol of murderous Isis brutality was yesterday portrayed as a softly spoken man who bought campaigners “posh baklava” as a thank you for working on efforts to help him return to his native Kuwait, it emerged yesterday.
  
  Read more

• VIDEO: Victoria Cross for serving soldier

  26-02-2015 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British soldier serving in Afghanistan has been awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest honour for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
  
  Read more

• Jury convicts Saudi Khalid al-Fawwaz over Africa embassy bombings

  26-02-2015 21:44
  
  Khalid al-Fawwaz, 52, faces up to life in prison after a jury convicted him on four conspiracy counts on their third day of deliberations.
  
  Read more

• 'Unnecessary and unintentional' delay allowed Algerian terrorists to siege oil plant

  26-02-2015 21:28
  
  An “unnecessary and unintentional” delay meant government intelligence of terrorists planning to kidnap British workers in Algeria was not passed on before an armed siege at an oil plant led to the deaths of 40 workers, including six UK citizens, an inquest heard.
  
  Read more

• Petri-dish debutantes: In Milan, Miuccia Prada breeds a new mutant femininity for autumn/winter 2015

  26-02-2015 21:21
  
  “Genetically modified.” Those were the two, odd, words that Miuccia Prada used to describe the jersey material that was the key building block of her autumn/winter 2015 show, the closing act on the second day of the Milanese collections.
  
  Read more

• "Jihadi John" killer from Islamic State beheading videos unmasked as Londoner

  26-02-2015 21:19
  
  By Michael Holden and Mark Hosenball LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The masked "Jihadi John" killer who fronted Islamic State beheading videos has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi, a British computer programming graduate from a well-to-do London family. The black-clad militant brandishing a knife and speaking with an English accent was shown in videos released by Islamic State (IS) apparently decapitating hostages including Americans, Britons and Syrians. The 26-year-old militant used
  
  Read more

• The head of Network Rail: A lack of women working on railways leads to 'macho' culture where hundreds are injured each year

  26-02-2015 21:17
  A lack of women working on the railways has led to a “macho” culture that is partly to blame for hundreds of employees being injured every year, the head of Network Rail has said in a speech.
  
  Read more

• CPAC 2015: 5 signs the pro-gun crowd is here to stay

  26-02-2015 21:15
  
  The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) kicked off on Thursday near Washington DC and an initial stroll through the exhibitions proved that the gun lobby is alive and well.
  
  Read more

• 'Jihadi John': Talk featuring anti-gay scholar postponed at university where Mohammed Emwazi studied

  26-02-2015 21:03
  
  A London university has postponed a speech by a controversial anti-gay Islamic scholar, who was scheduled to appear at the university where a man suspected to be Isis militant ‘jihadi John’ studied.
  
  Read more

• London's galloping high-rise developments face a backlash from protest movement

  26-02-2015 21:00
  
  London is starting to look like Dubai or Shanghai – even Oz's Emerald City. Shimmering skyscrapers soar from sooty arterial roads. These glass and steel spores are encroaching on other cities, too; meanwhile rural towns are being circled by speculative housing. As the UK emerges from the crash, building is looking healthy. Construction employs 2.5 million people, it's a highly visible totem of economic dynamism, and the Government's stated need to build 290,500 homes each year until 2031 –
  
  Read more

• Andy McSmith's Diary: Lunch with Hague, a lesson in ‘civil servantese’

  26-02-2015 20:53
  
  William Hague entertained the hacks during his valedictory speech at a Press Gallery lunch yesterday with examples of what he called “civil servantese”. 
  
  Read more

• Tiny molusc on beach could hold key to augmented reality

  26-02-2015 20:50
  
  A tiny mollusc found on British shores may hold the secret to developing an “augmented version” of reality – a discovery that could potentially revolutionise the fledgling world of wearable apps such as Google Glass.
  
  Read more

• Spacey reveals House Of Cards plans

  26-02-2015 20:47
  
  House Of Cards star Kevin Spacey promised Frank Underwood has big plans as US president at the world premiere of the new series in London.
  
  Read more

• Gabon: Where the fate of the elephant will be decided

  26-02-2015 20:45
  
  The army had never before pushed this far into the interior in such numbers. The Gabonese region of Minkébé is normally uninhabited, other than for the occasional hunter or Baka pygmy tribe. Pressed up against the Congo-Brazzaville and Cameroon borders, its national park is covered by virgin equatorial forest largely untouched by man. Now it had proved fertile ground for the ivory poachers.
  
  Read more

• Judge ends 'cover-up' case against Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

  26-02-2015 20:44
  
  An Argentinian judge has dismissed the accusation made by state prosecutors that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner conspired to cover up Iran’s alleged role in a deadly bombing in 1994.
  
  Read more

• The guru, India's greatest export, is not always an easy act to follow

  26-02-2015 20:26
  
  India’s rate of growth has overtaken China’s and its population is set to do the same, but in one sector it is already far and away the world leader: the mass production of gurus.
  
  Read more

• John Legend criticised over Bahrain gig over human rights concerns

  26-02-2015 20:24
  
  Human rights campaigners have slammed a decision by award-winning musician John Legend to perform at a state-backed event in Bahrain next week.
  
  Read more

• Foreign cash revelations threaten to derail Hillary Clinton's presidential plans

  26-02-2015 20:23
  
  Revelations about millions of dollars donated by foreign governments to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was serving as the US Secretary of State raised potentially perilous conflict-of-interest questions yesterday that risk dogging her if she decides to run for president later this year.
  
  Read more

• Trayvon Martin shooting: Mother says son's killer George Zimmerman has got away 'free'

  26-02-2015 20:23
  
  The mother of black teenager Trayvon Martin has denounced a decision by federal prosecutors not to charge the who shot and killed her son, saying he must be held accountable.
  
  Read more

• Netanyahu dwells on Iran threat to win votes

  26-02-2015 20:22
  
  Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before Congress about the perceived Iranian threat to Israel’s existence is a trump card. It may divert attention from the economy and high cost of living issues that are the strength of his rivals in the Zionist Camp and enable him to pose as Israel’s security saviour.
  
  Read more

• Rotherham Abuse Victims Project Gets £250,000

  26-02-2015 20:21
  
  An outreach project that aimed to tackle child sexual abuse by gangs within Rotherham has been offered new funding after it was shut down four years ago because the council saw it as "a nuisance". The Government announced it would contribute £250,000 towards reinstating the Risky Business programme, which works below the radar encouraging exploited children to escape their perpetrators. In January Sky News highlighted the council's continued failure to reinstate the project , des
  
  Read more

• Netanyahu visit to US Congress puts strain on Israeli relations

  26-02-2015 20:20
  
  Growing opposition to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to attack US policy on Iran while addressing Congress next week has provoked even one leading pro-Israel lobby group to urge him to stay away.
  
  Read more

• Kenya Child Sex Abuse Brit Jailed For 17 Years

  26-02-2015 20:18
  
  Simon Harris, 55, from Herefordshire, was convicted of three indecent assaults, five sexual assaults and four counts of possessing indecent images of children in December last year. At his eight-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court, jurors heard Harris would cruise the streets of Gilgil and lure vulnerable boys into his Land Rover with the promise of education, food and money. Harris came to the attention of the authorities after British journalists working in Kenya were tipped off about the abu
  
  Read more

• Jihadi John was a computer programmer known to MI5 for at least four years

  26-02-2015 20:14
  
  The masked executioner who as “Jihadi John” has come to embody the bestial violence of Islamic State was today revealed to be a British computer programmer who was known to MI5 and police for at least four years before he slipped away into Syria.
  
  Read more

• 'Jihadi John' profile: Mohammed Emwazi, from British computer programmer to Isis executioner

  26-02-2015 20:14
  
  The masked executioner who as “Jihadi John” has come to embody the bestial violence of Islamic State was today revealed to be a British computer programmer who was known to MI5 and police for at least four years before he slipped away into Syria.
  
  Read more

• Stone Age Britons imported wheat in shock sign of sophistication

  26-02-2015 20:03
  OSLO (Reuters) - Stone Age Britons imported wheat about 8,000 years ago in a surprising sign of sophistication for primitive hunter-gatherers long viewed as isolated from European agriculture, a study showed on Thursday.
  
  Read more

• Algeria threat data delay - coroner

  26-02-2015 20:02
  
  An "unnecessary and unintentional" delay meant government intelligence of terrorists planning to kidnap British workers in Algeria was not passed on before an armed siege at an oil plant led to the deaths of 40 workers including six UK citizens, an inquest heard.
  
  Read more

• Ancient wheat DNA find 'exciting'

  26-02-2015 20:00
  
  English hunter-gatherers traded with continental wheat farmers at least 2,000 years before agriculture came to Britain, research has suggested.
  
  Read more

Follow @GeneralnewsUK on Twitter!