Author: Darren Smith

News, Science & Sport Darren Smith is a freelance reporter specialising in general news, science, and sport. His work covers breaking stories, scientific research, and major sporting events.

Britannia Daily has obtained a deeply controversial video produced by a World Health Organisation collaborator showing a facilitator discussing masturbation and genital pleasure with children as young as four — footage that has sparked widespread outrage from parents and critics across the world. The footage, which Britannia Daily can reveal was produced by Rutgers — a Netherlands-based sexual health organisation and formal WHO collaborator — shows a female facilitator calmly questioning young children about touching their bodies. In the clip, a girl aged approximately nine and a younger boy are asked directly about their genitals. The facilitator explains to the…

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A Ukrainian man charged with setting fire to properties linked to Sir Keir Starmer told detectives he had never heard of the Prime Minister and had no idea who he was, the Old Bailey has heard. Roman Lavrynovych, 22, is one of three men on trial accused of targeting two properties and a car connected to Sir Keir in a series of arson attacks in north London in May 2025. A transcript of his police interview, read to jurors on Wednesday, revealed that when a detective asked whether he knew who the UK Prime Minister was, Lavrynovych replied simply: “No.”…

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A 25-year-old man has been shot and killed by drive-by gunmen at a barbecue party in Brixton, south London, as his devastated family paid tribute to a young man whose “smile could light up a room.” Keanu Taylor, also known as Bish or Lil Bish, was among four people struck by gunfire outside the Southwyck House estate on Coldharbour Lane in the early hours of Saturday morning. He was rushed to hospital in a life-threatening condition but later died. Three others — aged 21, 47 and 70 — were also hospitalised, though their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening…

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A video circulating widely on social media showing a South Asian man boasting about the availability of Russian women whose husbands have died in Ukraine has gone viral — laying bare an uncomfortable reality taking shape inside Russia as Vladimir Putin continues to send his men to the frontlines while importing foreign workers in their tens of thousands to fill the void left behind. In the clip, a man believed to be Indian walks arm-in-arm with a young Russian woman in what appears to be a Russian city, speaking directly to the camera in English. “Brother, come to Russia —…

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A short video clip showing a man apparently pickpocketing a victim in broad daylight on a busy Brixton street has gone viral, drawing fierce reactions online and reigniting debate about street crime in one of south London’s most troubled areas. The approximately 16-second clip, filmed near a NatWest branch and bus shelter in Brixton, shows a man in a dark jacket and grey trousers approaching a younger person near an Arriva bus. Using conversation and deliberate gestures as a distraction, the man bends down and rummages through the victim’s pockets and bag area near the bus door — in full…

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A man stabbed his partner to death during a row at their North London home before attempting to kill himself by triggering a gas explosion that lifted floorboards and shook neighbouring properties “like a mini-earthquake,” a court has heard. Clifton George, 45, is on trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court accused of murdering Annabel Rook, 46, a mother of two and co-founder of London social enterprise MamaSuze, at their home in Stoke Newington in the early hours of 17 June 2025. Prosecutor William Emlyn Jones KC told jurors that the killing followed a deteriorating relationship between the couple, who had lived…

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People who carry out attacks on behalf of Iranian-backed networks in Britain could face prison sentences of up to 14 years under sweeping new legislation expected to be announced in the King’s Speech next week, according to the Times. The proposed laws would grant ministers the power to designate proxy organisations as foreign intelligence services — a significant measure that would apply even to individuals who may not be fully aware of who is ultimately directing them. Anyone found to have acted on behalf of such groups would be liable for lengthy custodial sentences, marking one of the most significant…

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Britannia Daily has obtained disturbing video footage appearing to show an Albanian man beaten unconscious on his own land by two younger men who had allegedly been carrying out illegal excavation and construction work there without his consent — before police turned their attention not to the attackers, but to the victim’s own family. The victim, identified by Britannia Daily as Rexhep Ademi, can be seen on the ground being struck repeatedly. A Hitachi excavator is visibly present in the background of the footage, placing the attack directly on the land in dispute. A woman, believed to be a relative,…

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Four Palestine Action activists have been found guilty of criminal damage following a retrial at Woolwich Crown Court, with one also convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to a police officer in a case that has been one of the most politically contentious prosecutions in Britain in recent years. Charlotte Head, 30, Samuel Corner, 23, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21, were unanimously convicted by a jury on the criminal damage charge following 14 hours of deliberation. Corner was additionally found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent after striking Sergeant Kate Evans with a sledgehammer during the…

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Britannia Daily has obtained disturbing video footage appearing to show an elderly Albanian man beaten unconscious on his own land by two younger men who had allegedly been carrying out illegal excavation and construction work there without his consent — before police arrived and arrested not his attackers, but the victim himself. The victim, identified by Britannia Daily as Rexhep Ademi, can be seen on the ground being struck repeatedly. A Hitachi excavator is visibly present in the background of the footage, placing the attack directly on the land in dispute. A woman, believed to be a relative, can be…

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