News Round-Up

• “Anger at ‘cover-up’ as asylum seeker charged with alleged rape of girl” – Anger is growing over a “cover-up” after two Afghan asylum seekers were charged with the alleged rape of a 12 year-old girl, but police advised authorities not to reveal the assailants’ background, reports the Mail.
• “Migrant ‘tried to kidnap child, 10,’ while living in 3-star asylum hotel” – A migrant from a taxpayer-funded asylum hotel has been charged with attempting to kidnap a child, reveals the Sun.
• “Brits fined £30 million for accidentally bringing migrants into the country” – Travellers have been slapped with thousands of pounds in fines under a highly controversial scheme designed to crack down on the waves of illegal migrants sneaking into the country, reports the Mail.
• “Four-star migrant hotel covers Hilton branding amid protests elsewhere” – A four-star migrant hotel has covered up its Hilton branding after protesters targeted similar buildings, says the Mail.
• “‘We live next door to Britain’s ‘poshest migrant hotel’” – Locals living near what has been described as the UK’s “poshest” migrant hotel have spoken out after an expose revealed four-star luxury for asylum seekers, reports the Mail.
• “Record number of migrants claim asylum after arriving as skilled workers” – A record number of migrants are claiming asylum despite arriving in the UK with legal visas, Telegraph analysis of Home Office data shows.
• “Manchester Arena bomber ‘has prison privileges restored’” – Manchester Arena terrorist Hashem Abedi has had full prison privileges restored for “good behaviour” – despite a brutal attack on guards in April, reports the Mail.
• “Inside worst high street where shoppers are terrified to visit” – A Welsh city has the dubious honour of having Britain’s “worst high street” after a think tank found it has the highest proportion of empty units, says the Mail.
• “Lynda La Plante on crime-ridden Britain” – In a candid interview with the Telegraph, Lynda La Plante tells Claire Allfree that crime-ridden Britain is spiralling into fear and chaos – and politicians are utterly clueless about how to fix it.
• “Palestine Action supporters’ plot to overwhelm police” – Thousands of pro-Palestinian supporters are planning to flout terror laws in a co-ordinated attempt to overwhelm the police, reveals the Mail.
• “Violent anti-racism protester avoids jail for attacking police” – Left-wing activist Caroline Leneghan has avoided jail for a second time after attacking a police officer, reports the Telegraph.
• “Vandalising Wes Streeting’s office is not protest, it is violent criminal intimidation” – In the Telegraph, Tom Harris argues even social-justice warriors aren’t above the law.
• “How Leftists seized control of Britain’s doctors’ union” – The BMA has a long and distinguished history but is becoming increasingly known for its internal divisions and radical tendencies, says Nicole Lampert in the Telegraph.
• “Surgeons finish child’s op using mobile phone torches amid power cut” – A power cut at Great Ormond Street children’s hospital forced surgeons to finish an operation using the torches on their mobile phones, reports the Mail.
• “Retirees pull billions from pension pots to escape Reeves’s tax raid” – Middle-class Britons risk a retirement “disaster” after a record £5 billion was pulled from pension pots in the wake of Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid, says the Express.
• “Keir Starmer ‘seriously considering’ introducing digital ID system” – Sir Keir Starmer is giving serious consideration to the idea of introducing a digital ID system – in defiance of longstanding warnings by civil liberty advocates, reports the Mail.
• “The blood-soaked British success story testing Labour’s mettle” – In the Telegraph, Matthew Field reveals how Grand Theft Auto VI – a £1.5 billion British-made blockbuster dripping with violence – is now caught in Labour’s online safety crosshairs.
• “Boost for Farage as UK’s top firms book slots at Reform conference” – One Cabinet minister has told the Mail on Sunday that many leading companies will attend Reform’s high-profile autumn conference in Birmingham.
• “‘How my beloved Green Party lost the plot’” – In the Telegraph, ex-Green Deputy Leader Shahrar Ali warns that the party has become a real danger to women, children – and to democratic politics itself.
• “Solar farm plan for near sacred pilgrimage route is savaged by locals” – Plans to build a solar farm near a sacred pilgrimage route have been savaged by locals who argue it will make the site look like a prisoner of war camp, reports the Mail.
• “Barclays latest British lender to quit climate banking alliance” – Barclays has become the latest British lender to quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance, arguing that the departure of several global banks has left it no longer fit to support the bank’s green transition, according to Reuters.
• “What if we ditched Net Zero?” – How low could energy prices go if we stopped Net Zero? wonders David Turver on his Eigen Values Substack.
• “Sceptics win, Endangerment Finding axed – truth finally prevails in the climate wars” – In WUWT?, Anthony Watts hails the EPA’s scrapping of the Carbon Dioxide Endangerment Finding as a landmark victory for climate sceptics.
• “Department of Energy report on the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions” – It’s fabulous to see the US Government finally listening to competent people and making sense in the area of climate science, says Francis Menton on the Manhattan Contrarian blog.
• “The dark future for renewables” – On NetZeroWatch, Andrew Montford warns that Britain’s obsession with Net Zero is driving energy prices sky-high, wrecking industry and paving the way for blackouts and economic collapse.
• “The climate lobby is losing control” – The public is turning against the consequences of a reckless green agenda, says Maurice Cousins in the Critic.
• “China’s solar sector has slashed 87,000 jobs since 2024” – China’s solar industry is undergoing a dramatic downturn marked by mass layoffs, bankruptcies and calls for government-led consolidation amid severe overcapacity, reports Oilprice.com.
• “Trump rolling back ‘trillion dollars’ of Dem green car regulations” – A trillion dollars worth of Obama-era greenhouse gas regulations for cars, trucks and engines will be axed, says the NY Post.
• “Climate change is last thing to worry about. AI is the current, real threat” – Forget doomsday climate scenarios decades away – the real and urgent threat, says P. Gosselin on the NoTricksZone, is the unstoppable rise of AI.
• “Recognising Palestinian state would destabilise international law, Starmer told” – Sir Keir Starmer has been warned that recognising a Palestinian state would “destabilise” the international legal order, reports the Telegraph.
• “Backlash for Starmer after Hamas praises move to recognise Palestine” – Sir Keir Starmer has suffered a fresh backlash from Labour MPs over his decision to recognise a Palestinian state after Hamas praised the move as “one of the fruits of October 7th, according to the Times.
• “Hamas orders starving hostage to dig his own grave” – Hamas has released a video of an emaciated Israeli hostage digging his own grave inside a small tunnel in Gaza, says the Christian Post.
• “Elon Musk’s latest venture blasted as ‘vanity project for the wealthy’” – Elon Musk’s Boring Company plans to build a futuristic tunnel in Tennessee that will whisk passengers from the city centre to the airport in eight minutes, according to the Mail.
• “47 pesticides found in US homes, water and people – as Congress moves to shield manufacturers” – The invasion of toxic herbicides, insecticides and fungicides warrants action to protect public health – not shield the chemical industry from liability, says Nicolas Hulscher on the Focal Points Substack.
• “Labour MPs resist ‘backsliding’ Supreme Court trans judgment” – According to the Times, Labour MPs have deemed the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of a woman as “completely unnecessary” and a “backslide” on trans rights.
• “Transgender pool star loses discrimination case” – A trans pool player has lost a discrimination case against one of the sport’s main organisers in a landmark ruling in the UK, reports the Mail.
• “Gender-critical staff taking a stand, says Sandie Peggie’s lawyer” – Sandie Peggie’s lawyer predicts a surge of employment tribunals as a major UK security firm faces legal action for dismissing a prison officer who refused to use female pronouns for male trans inmates, says the Times.
• “Civil servants attending ‘woke’ events each month during working hours” – Civil servants are scheduling hundreds of ‘woke’ events a month during working hours, including “listening circles for trans colleagues and allies”, reports the Mail.
• “Watford FC diversity officer screamed ‘Go back to your country’” – A Watford FC diversity officer screamed “Go back to your country, you bloody Indians” while throwing punches at Southall station during a violent confrontation with railway staff, says the Mail. 
• “Conserving whiteness?” – Media elites want to abolish whiteness, warns Bo Winegard in Aporia. Conservatives should resist.
• “Sydney Sweeney revealed to be Republican after eugenics row” – Actress Sydney Sweeney’s voter registration has come to light amid the woke backlash surrounding her American Eagle denim campaign, reports the NY Post.
• “The Left’s stupid obsession with race” – The Sydney Sweeney controversy reminds us that the Left is a parcel of garrulous morons, says John Leake on the Focal Points Substack.
• “There is no proof at all scientifically, there are just models… It is total poppycock” – A reminder of when legendary botanist David Bellamy dared to question the man-made climate change story – and ended up losing his job at the BBC because of it.

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