News Round-Up

• “Syrian asylum seeker ‘raped girl, 19, in public toilet at Bournemouth beach’” – A Syrian asylum seeker has pleaded not guilty to raping a 19 year-old woman in a public toilet on Bournemouth beach, reports the Sun.
• “Libyan migrant, 24, is arrested after three injured in knife attack” – A migrant who arrived in Britain by small boat has been arrested after three people were injured in a knife attack in Eastbourne, says the Mail.
• “Migrant sold drugs to send money back home to disabled father jailed” – An Albanian migrant who came to the UK illegally and sold drugs has been jailed for two years, reports the Mail.
• “Unacceptable to have migrant hotel near schools, Epping council tells court” – Lawyers for a local council in Essex have argued that housing migrants within walking distance of five schools puts students at an “unacceptable” risk, according to the Independent.
• “Housing migrants in hotel was a ‘financial lifeline’” – A court has heard that housing asylum seekers at a hotel in Epping was a “financial lifeline” for its owners, according to the Mail.
• “Woman ‘brandished meat cleaver’ at Canary Wharf hotel after migrant ‘walked into flat’” – A woman tried to force her way into a hotel housing migrants after one of its residents walked into her blind mother’s flat, reports LBC.
• “When a tweet rates worse than a rape – the strangulation of free speech” – In TCW, Bruce Newsome shows how in Britain, free speech, the press and public protest get crushed, while migrants, Muslims and the radical Left seem to get a free pass.
• “Stop heavy-handed treatment of Palestine protesters, equality watchdog warns” – Britain’s human rights watchdog has warned against “heavy-handed policing” of Palestine protesters which it says risks a “chilling effect” on protest rights, according to the Standard.
• “Worried about real crime? ‘Jog on’ say police” – The British constabulary’s lust for inventing crimes to investigate, rather than simply dealing with the ones they already have, is impressive, says Frank Haviland on his Substack.
• “‘I hunt phone thieves professionally – I was still targeted on Oxford Street’” – In the Telegraph, an ex-detective turned private investigator warns that some London areas have become “lawless”.
• “Now we have proof free speech is a joke in two-tier Britain” – The Ricky Jones and Lucy Connolly cases have put the system’s hypocrisy on full display, writes Sam Ashworth-Hayes in the Telegraph.
• “Time to sack ‘activist’ judges, says Robert Jenrick” – The Shadow Justice Secretary has urged politicised judges to resign, or face being removed from office, reports the Mail.
• “Islamophobia definition review delayed as consultation paper goes viral” – Angela Rayner’s Islamophobia plan is on ice after Tories flooded officials with thousands of objections, says the Times.
• “On the streets with Bournemouth’s ‘Safeguard Force’ on first patrol in seaside resort” – A spate of antisocial behaviour, stabbings and sexual assaults in Bournemouth has prompted a new volunteer group to start patrolling the streets, reports LBC.
• “‘Five months of bin strikes under Labour has turned us into a rat village’” – In the Telegraph, Abigail Buchanan reports from a rat-infested Birmingham where five months of bin strikes have left streets heaving with rubbish.
• “Labour MP Oliver Ryan reinstated after suspension over WhatsApps” – A Labour MP who was suspended over offensive messages in a WhatsApp group is to have the party whip restored, reports the Mail.
• “New study thoroughly disassembles the CO₂-drives-climate assumption in one fell swoop” – Not only does CO₂ have no discernible effect on climate, but any alleged anthropogenic role within the hypothetical greenhouse effect is not detectable either, says Kenneth Richard on the NoTricksZone.
• “Government will not offer bailout to UK’s largest bioethanol plant” – The UK’s largest bioethanol plant is set for closure with the loss of 160 jobs after the Government confirmed it would not offer a bailout deal to the facility in Lincolnshire, reports Sky News.
• “Rockefeller-funded activists behind first wrongful death suit targeting Big Oil” – Rockefeller-funded activists are secretly backing a Washington State wrongful death case blaming oil companies for a deadly 2021 heat wave, says the Free Beacon.
• “Offshore wind’s mask finally comes off” – The green fairy tale now seems to be unraveling faster than a faulty wind turbine blade in a Nantucket storm, writes David Blackmon in the Daily Caller.
• “Why a Michelin-starred restaurant ditching its vegan menu marks the return of the carnivore” – After a dalliance with veganism, Eleven Madison Park’s sudden shift back to meat marks a major turning point, says Tomé Morrissy-Swan in the Telegraph.
• “Latest Associated Press silly shamefest: your dog is causing climate change” – In Red State, Bob Hoge flags the latest idiocy from the National Academy of Sciences, which has determined that your pooch is contributing to the possible death of human society.
• “UEFA’s banner: ‘Stop Killing Children’ – but which ones?” – UEFA’s “Stop Killing Children” banner sounds noble, but on her Substack, Laura Dodsworth calls out its obvious Israelophobia.
• “UK ‘ready to put boots on the ground’ as part of a Ukraine peace deal” – The Defence Secretary says Britain is ready to put “UK boots on the ground” in Ukraine should Trump’s talks with Putin result in a ceasefire, according to the Mail.
• “Perverted liberalism has led to neo-Marxism, perverted patriotism may yet lead to neo-fascism” – J.D. Vance is part of a new wave of Right-wing politics that is flirting with dangerous ideas and people, warns Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
• “Cotswolds pub staff threatened to walk out if JD Vance showed up” – US Vice President J.D. Vance was forced to cancel a dinner reservation at a trendy Cotswolds gastro-pub after woke staff threatened to walk out if he showed up, reports the Mail.
• “Nigeria’s data breach allegations expose risks of centralised digital ID systems” – A single compromised login in Nigeria’s national ID system could become a skeleton key to millions of lives, warns Reclaim The Net.
• “Letters from America – part 4” – On the TTE Substack, Prof Carl Heneghan and Dr Tom Jefferson dive into excess deaths in America before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
• “Reform-controlled council axes funding for Pride march” – A Reform-led council has cut funding for a Pride march next year after its deputy leader Darren Grimes branded the event “political street theatre”, reports the Mail. 
• “Sailor attacks musical about her life after actors hijack ending with trans protest” – Record-breaking British female sailor Tracy Edwards has slammed a musical based on her life story after the cast members used their platform to stage a pro-trans fundraiser, says the Telegraph.
• “‘We are the media now’” – On the WATN? Substack, Prof Norman Fenton reports back on Mahyar Tousi’s inaugural New Media Conference at the Emmanuel Centre in Westminster.
• “The Confessions of Samuel Pepys by Guy de la Bedoyere: Pepys: diarist, sex addict… rapist” – In the Mail, Ysenda Maxtone Graham’s review of Guy de la Bédoyère’s The Confessions of Samuel Pepys strips away the cosy image of the diarist to reveal him as a compulsive adulterer, predator and rapist.
• “‘Children normally get told don’t talk to strangers. Whereas this scheme is the complete opposite’” – On GB News, our own Charlotte Gill reveals how the organisation City of Sanctuary UK has been encouraging schoolchildren to write valentines cards to asylum seekers.

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