News Round-Up

“Austria attacker swore allegiance to Islamic State before stabbing boy” – A Syrian asylum seeker who viciously stabbed a 14 year-old boy to death and knifed several others swore allegiance to Islamic State, according to the Mail.
“Criminal had deportation blocked after claiming he was ‘father figure’” – A violent Polish criminal with a history of abuse has had his deportation blocked after claiming to be a “father figure” to his teenage nephew, reports the Mail.
“Fresh Chagos deal chaos as ex-Mauritius PM ‘arrested’” – Keir Starmer is facing fresh chaos on the Chagos Islands deal after the former Mauritius PM who drew up the deal was arrested for money laundering, says the Mail.
“JD Vance blasts Britain’s thought police in explosive Munich speech” – In TCW, Dr Frederick Attenborough reacts to JD Vance’s Munich speech, where the US Vice President accused Britain of leading a European assault on free speech.
“JD Vance is wrong, says minister in first government attack on free speech comments” – Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds says JD Vance was wrong to claim that the “threat from within” to free speech poses a greater danger to Europe than Russia, according to the Telegraph.
“Trump tells Europe they will not be part of Ukraine peace talks” – Donald Trump has praised his deputy JD Vance’s “brilliant” attack on Western allies as his envoy said European leaders would not be part of any Ukraine peace talks, reports the Mail.
“‘I’m ready and willing to put British troops in Ukraine’” – Keir Starmer has announced he is “ready and willing” to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine to enforce any peace deal, says the Telegraph.
“Badenoch says free speech is at risk after JD Vance attack on ‘values’” – Kemi Badenoch insists free speech is “under threat” after the extraordinary barbs launched by US Vice President JD Vance, according to the Mail.
“Man denies religious aggravation after Koran is burned” – A 50 year-old man has denied religiously motivated harassment after a Koran was burned outside the Turkish consulate in London, reports the Telegraph.
“When it’s illegal to cause distress to believers, call it for what it is: a secular version of blasphemy” – Language can ‘open eyes’, Salman Rushdie wrote, yet still ideas of profanity are being used to silence dissenting voices, says Kenan Malik in the Guardian.
“Charging man over Koran burning risks creating ‘blasphemy law by the back door’” – Robert Jenrick says that “we must prize freedom of speech”, even if it is offensive to many Muslims, according to the Telegraph.
“‘Labour forced my daughter out of private school – now taxpayers foot the £8,000 bill for taxis’” – A council is being forced to spend more than £8,000 a year for a schoolgirl’s taxis after she was forced out of her private school by Labour’s VAT raid, reports the Telegraph.
“Labour’s private school tax humiliation is already complete” – Our leaders believe the myth that private school parents can effortlessly afford fees, says Michael Mosbacher in the Telegraph.
“Yvette Cooper sets up Elon Musk-style DOGE unit” – Yvette Cooper has set up her own Elon Musk-style unit to root out Home Office waste, reports the Mail.
“‘Britain desperately needs a DOGE… and I know exactly where to start the cutting’” – Many in the UK would welcome the ability to check under the rug of government departmental spending, writes Olympian and entrepreneur Alex Story for GB News.
“Wes Streeting’s allies have ‘infiltrated’ No.10 ahead of leadership bid” – Allies of Wes Streeting have “infiltrated” Government and are ready to back him in a future leadership contest, reports the Mail.
“Starmer warned his Premiership is heading for the ‘dustbin of history’” – Keir Starmer has been told he needs to increase UK defence spending dramatically to counter the threat of Putin – or face the prospect of his Premiership being consigned to the “dustbin of history”, says the Mail.
“Poll reveals a third of 16 and 17-year-olds would back Reform party” – Labour’s plans to lower the voting age to 16 would be a boost for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party, according to an exclusive poll for the Mail on Sunday.
“How white identity politics has been incubated by Westminster’s generation of fools” – Reckless policies on immigration and favouring minorities have pushed us to the edge of a renaissance for ethno-nationalism, says Patrick O’Flynn on his Substack. Things could get very ugly very soon.
“London’s most dangerous Tube stops and trainlines revealed” – The Mail names London’s most dangerous Tube and train stations.
“How Leeds district became one of the worst places to bring up a child” – Residents of one of Britain’s most deprived areas say the area has descended into a whirlwind of drug use, violence and prostitution, according to the Mail.
“Hospital ‘put into lockdown’ after boy, 16, was stabbed” – A hospital in Birmingham was put on “lockdown” after a group “ambushed” an A&E department following a stabbing on a city street, reports the Mail.
“Vigilante fathers vow to patrol Birmingham and arrest ‘citizens’” – A group of vigilante fathers are getting together to “police” the area where teenager Leo Ross was murdered last month, says the Mail.
“The next British boom could be in the offing – if Starmer abandons Net Zero” – The PM faces a choice that could determine Britain’s role in the ‘fifth industrial revolution’, writes Liam Halligan in the Telegraph.
“Lucy Letby’s former boss: If she was lying she deserved an Oscar” – In the Sunday Times, a retired head of nursing at the Countess of Chester hospital speaks for the first time about why she believes Lucy Letby is innocent.
“WFH parents make children think school ‘optional’, says Ofsted chief” – According to the head of Ofsted, parents who routinely work from home are driving persistent absence in schools, reports the Mail.
“We needed a Covid Inquiry – but this isn’t it” – On the TTE Substack, Prof Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson argue that the Covid Inquiry is failing to ask critical questions about vaccine safety and government response.
“Nurse who challenged trans NHS doctor threatened with sack after ‘misgendering’” – A nurse who challenged a trans doctor for using women’s changing rooms is being threatened with the sack by the NHS after “misgendering” her colleague, reveals the Telegraph.
“Waterloo Road ‘offensive’ trans storyline sparks fan fury at woke BBC” – The BBC has been accused of using an elderly character’s dementia to boost its woke trans agenda in its school drama Waterloo Road, reports the Mail.
“Trump moves to have transgender discrimination cases dropped” – Donald Trump is dropping a series of transgender discrimination cases brought by the US Government against private companies, reports the Telegraph.
“The university could be the last bastion of woke” – Matt Goodwin’s Bad Education paints a damning picture of life inside the academy, says Joanna Williams in Spiked.
“Gone in 90 seconds” – The time is ripe for students and staff to re-expand the range of opinions it’s possible to express, writes Helen Joyce in the Critic.
“Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais and the big fight over Life’s Too Short” – The hilarious sitcom Life’s Too Short starred Warwick Davis as ‘the Martin Luther King of little people’, writes Tom Ford in the Telegraph. But not everyone saw the funny side.
“Anti-British film wins Bafta for Best British debut film” – Kneecap, an Irish anti-British film, has won the Bafta for the best outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer, reports the Telegraph.
“No borders, no merit, no justice: the bizarre philosophy of our intellectual elite” – In Minding The Campus, John Staddon exposes the bizarre worldview of our intellectual elite, where borders are obsolete, merit is unfair and criminals aren’t to blame.
“Musk goes ‘offline’ after Maga influencer claims she gave birth to his 13th child” – Elon Musk has vowed to take a break from his social media site after a Maga influencer claimed to have given birth to his 13th child, reports the Telegraph.
“Details of co-parenting deal between MAGA influencer and Elon Musk” – In the Mail, MAGA influencer Ashley St Clair has shared more details about her secret relationship with Elon Musk.
“Sam Kerr the victim of white privilege? Pull the other one” – Sam Kerr’s behaviour is a case of celebrity entitlement disguised as the politics of grievance, says Oliver Brown in the Telegraph.
“Trump would back legal action if Prince Harry lied about drug use” – Trump remains committed to Prince Harry facing a criminal prosecution if he is found to have lied about his drugs use in his visa application, according to the Mail.

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