Author: Darren Smith

A Christian pastor held in police custody for eight hours was released with bail conditions preventing him from preaching in Bristol city centre throughout the Christmas period after his arrest for comments about Islam and transgender ideology. Avon and Somerset Police arrested Pastor Dia Moodley, 58, in Broadmead last November on suspicion of “inciting religious hatred” under the Public Order Act 1986. The arrest was justified for speech described as “anti-islam and transgender rhetoric,” though the pastor maintains he “merely publicly shared his Christian views.” The bail conditions banning Moodley from entering Bristol city centre were later dropped after the…

Ohio authorities have taken into custody a 25-year-old man following an interstate manhunt after he allegedly drove seven hours to North Carolina to kill his ex-girlfriend and her military boyfriend as they slept on Valentine’s Day morning. Caleb Hayden Fosnaugh faces breaking and entering charges and two counts of murder following the deaths of Ukrainian refugee Kateryna Tovmash, 21, of Vass, and Matthew Wade, 28, of Hamilton, Mississippi. The double homicide marks the second violent killing of a Ukrainian refugee in North Carolina within six months. Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields announced Saturday evening that Fosnaugh had been taken into…

A one-year-old girl suffered a fractured femur after being pulled in opposite directions during a terrifying supermarket incident where a homeless man attempted to snatch her from her parents in Bergamo, Italy. The Romanian man has been arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping of a child under 14 and aggravated assault following the attack captured on CCTV at the store. He remains in prison awaiting validation of his arrest. Doctors treating the toddler at hospital confirmed she sustained the broken leg bone as a result of the alleged assault. The injury occurred when both her mother and the suspect held…

A Green Party councillor has drawn criticism for encouraging local children to create Valentine’s Day cards for adult male asylum seekers housed at a former training camp in East Sussex, with opponents raising safeguarding concerns about the initiative. Conservative MP Nus Ghani condemned the move as “highly irresponsible,” warning there had been “no regard for safeguarding” in encouraging children to make Valentine’s cards for “single adult men.” The MP stated there was “widespread concern locally” about the appropriateness of the gesture. Anne Cross, a Green councillor on East Sussex County Council, organized the welcome initiative alongside her grandchildren, creating Valentine’s…

A 23-year-old man identified as Quentin has been killed after being beaten repeatedly in the head by militants linked to the Antifa-aligned Jeune Garde movement outside Sciences Po Lyon on 12 February. Quentin was providing security for Némésis, an organisation that campaigns for European women’s safety, when approximately 40 militants confronted around 15 security staff protecting female activists from the right-wing feminist collective. The fatal assault occurred following violent clashes on the sidelines of a conference held by La France Insoumise MEP Rima Hassan at the Lyon university. Tensions had erupted when several female members of Némésis unfurled a banner…

Two men who arranged to smuggle firearms into the UK as part of an ISIS-inspired conspiracy to attack Manchester’s Jewish community have been sentenced to life imprisonment with combined minimum terms exceeding 60 years. Preston Crown Court handed Walid Saadaoui, 38, of Abram in Wigan, a minimum term of 37 years, whilst Amar Hussein, 52, of no fixed abode, received a 26-year minimum sentence. Both were convicted of preparing acts of terrorism between 13 December 2023 and 9 May 2024. Greater Manchester Police described the plot as one that could have become “the UK’s most deadly terror attack” had law…

A pathologist present during Jeffrey Epstein’s post mortem examination has called for authorities to reinvestigate the paedophile’s death, stating he believes the financier was strangled rather than hanged in his New York prison cell. Dr Michael Baden, who was hired by Epstein’s estate to observe the examination, has urged a fresh inquiry nearly seven years after the convicted sex offender was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on 10 August 2019. The pathologist remains unconvinced by the New York Medical Examiner’s Office conclusion that Epstein took his own life whilst awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. “My opinion is…

A judge has told a man sentenced for attempting to murder a British Army officer in a Chatham street attack that he is unlikely to ever be released into the community. Mr Justice Picken delivered the assessment at Maidstone Crown Court as he sentenced Anthony Esan, 25, to life imprisonment with a minimum term of seven years and 162 days. The judge imposed a hospital order alongside the custodial sentence. Esan admitted repeatedly stabbing Lieutenant Colonel Mark Teeton in Sally Port Gardens in Chatham on 23 July 2024. The victim survived the attack but sustained multiple stab wounds during the…

Metropolitan Police have recorded a significant reduction in shootings involving converted blank firearms following the dismantling of a criminal network led by a 60-year-old man who manufactured weapons inside his South Ockendon caravan whilst stockpiling homemade explosives. Thomas McKenna was sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment plus five years on licence at Kingston Crown Court on 12 February after pleading guilty to converting imitation firearms, conspiracy to sell prohibited weapons and making explosives. His arrest in November 2024 resulted in a measurable drop in gun crime linked to converted blank firearms across London. The gang’s reach extended to a convicted accomplice…

Manchester United has been compelled to issue a public statement emphasising its commitment to diversity and inclusion following controversial remarks by billionaire co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe claiming Britain is being “colonised by immigrants.” The club’s statement, released after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer demanded Ratcliffe apologise for his language, declared Manchester United “prides itself on being an inclusive and welcoming club” whilst highlighting its diverse players, staff and global supporter base. Ratcliffe made the contentious comment during an interview with Sky News, sparking major backlash from politicians across the spectrum. The Prime Minister publicly called on the billionaire to issue…