Author: Darren Smith

Britain holds less than two weeks’ worth of stored gas supply and risks becoming dangerously dependent on foreign imports unless urgent action is taken to reverse the decline of North Sea production — warnings that have intensified pressure on the Labour government over its decision to block new oil and gas exploration licences. The stark figures, highlighted by industry body Offshore Energies UK, lay bare the scale of Britain’s exposure. An analysis by sector body Energy UK found the country has significantly less natural gas storage capacity than comparable European nations. While the Netherlands holds close to 200 days’ worth…

The RSPCA is appealing for information after CCTV footage captured the moment a woman abandoned a dying four-month-old puppy outside a kennels near Leeds — leaving him in the dark two hours after the facility had closed, with a head injury, blood coming from one ear and a body condition so poor vets rated it just one out of five. The puppy, named Hobi by those who cared for him, was a lurcher-cross left outside Woodhaven Kennels in South Milford at 7pm on 6 May. The kennel owner discovered him and rushed him to a vet, but despite their efforts…

A young soldier who died after falling from her horse during a performance before the King at the Royal Windsor Horse Show is feared to have been dragged beneath a heavy World War One-era artillery gun carriage — prompting urgent calls for a safety review of ceremonial equestrian displays. Lance Bombardier Ciara Sullivan, 24, of the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, died at the scene on the evening of 15 May after being thrown from her horse as the display exited the arena in Windsor, Berkshire. According to the Daily Mail, Sullivan was riding one of six horses pulling a…

A quiet but growing scandal is undermining the integrity of America’s most prestigious universities, as students and parents at elite institutions game disability accommodation systems to gain extra time in exams and preferential housing — with some openly admitting they would be “stupid not to” exploit a system that asks almost nothing in return. The practice, reported in detail by the Daily Mail, centres on the widespread misuse of disability accommodation policies originally designed to level the playing field for students with genuine medical and mental health conditions. Anxiety, ADHD, irritable bowel syndrome, gluten intolerance, endometriosis and night terrors are…

A shocking daylight brawl outside a busy Wetherspoons pub in southeast London has been caught on camera, showing four women punching, kicking and pulling each other’s hair before three of them collapsed to the pavement in a heap. The fight broke out outside The Watch House on Lewisham High Street on 21 May, as temperatures reached 23C and pub gardens across the country filled with Bank Holiday drinkers soaking up the sunshine. Among those caught up in the chaos was a woman clutching a small dog on a lead as the confrontation escalated around her. Footage of the incident,shows two…

Video footage of young Beaver Scouts bowing and prostrating during a mosque visit in Scotland has gone viral and drawn fierce online debate about indoctrination, parental consent and the direction of youth organisations — with particular attention falling on one boy who remained standing throughout while his peers knelt on the prayer carpet around him. The clip, posted on X , shows children aged between six and eight from Stirling and Trossachs District visiting the Central Scotland Islamic Centre in Stirling. A Muslim man wearing a white prayer cap demonstrates Islamic prayer postures — bowing and then full prostration with…

Thousands of ticket holders for Candace Owens’ cancelled Australian tour face losing their money after the event’s promoter collapsed with just 21 cents in its bank account — as the American commentator herself claims she was left hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket after being repeatedly denied an Australian visa. Owens was originally due to tour Australia in November 2024 but was refused entry after the government determined she had the “capacity to incite discord.” A second attempt in March 2025 met the same fate, and a subsequent High Court challenge was dismissed in October 2025. With the…

Two young women have confronted a street preacher in Croydon, south London, after alleging he had told them they deserved to be raped because of their clothing — claims the preacher emphatically denied before security officers intervened and escorted the women away. The video, shared widely on X on Sunday 24 May, shows the two women — one wearing shorts, one a crop top — approaching a robed preacher and his security team beside a stall bearing the banner “Islam is your birthright.” The women insist the alleged comment was directed at them, or at girls dressed similarly, earlier in…

A German television advertisement produced by L’Oréal Paris depicting White men as perpetrators of street sexual harassment has drawn criticism online after official German crime statistics consistently show non-German nationals are significantly overrepresented as suspects in sexual offence cases. The campaign, part of L’Oréal Paris’s global Stand Up Against Street Harassment initiative run in partnership with anti-harassment NGO Right To Be, has been integrated into Germany’s long-running soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten on RTL. The campaign promotes bystander intervention techniques and carries messaging including the slogan “Your lipstick is not to blame.” Critics on X have pointed out that…

The astronauts who completed a historic trip around the moon earlier this year have found themselves at the centre of an unlikely viral moment — after a conspiracy theorist confronted them on Capitol Hill and accused them of faking the entire mission. A video of the encounter, which has spread rapidly across social media, shows Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen being accosted by an aggressive man as they walked through Washington. “Stop lying! Stop acting! You all never went to space,” the man shouted as the crew approached. The four astronauts responded by largely walking on,…