News Round-Up

• “Four ambulances set on fire in London in suspected antisemitic hate crime” – Four Jewish charity ambulances have been deliberately set ablaze in North London in an arson attack that is being treated as antisemitic hate crime by counter-terror police, reports the BBC.
• “The Jewish ambulance service defying antisemitism” – When Hatzola’s ambulances were firebombed in Golders Green, volunteer Yossi Pincus didn’t skip a beat – he kept saving lives, writes Nicole Lampert in the Telegraph.
• “Exhibition showing ‘Jews’ eating babies not abusive or insulting, police claim” – Police have determined that drawings at an “antisemitic” art exhibition in Margate showing Jewish people eating babies are not “directly abusive or insulting” to Jews, says the Telegraph. 
• “Britain is bringing back the blasphemy laws – and the Free Speech Union is taking the Government to court” – In the American Conservative, Toby reports that the Free Speech Union has initiated a judicial review against the Government’s new anti-Muslim hostility definition, claiming it effectively revives blasphemy law, but applies it to Islam alone.
• “Boat packed with migrants crosses Channel as gendarmes look on – just days after border chief quit” – French gendarmes have been spotted standing idly by as a boat crammed with migrants launched into the Channel, according to the Mail.
• “UK faces surge in Channel crossings as French deal nears expiry” – Britain faces a surge in migrant Channel crossings as the £475 million three-year deal funding French beach patrols nears expiry, reports the Times.
• “Paedophile migrant who failed to disclose child sex offence after coming to UK wins appeal” – An immigration judge has allowed a Portuguese migrant with a child molestation conviction to fight deportation after deeming his non-disclosure an honest mistake, says the Mail.
• “Illegal migrant who killed his wife could avoid being kicked out of Britain” – An illegal immigrant who stabbed his wife to death could avoid deportation – because of a deadly “blood feud” sparked by his own crime, reports the Mail.
• “BBC issues statement after controversial ‘anti-migrant extremism’ storyline in new crime drama sparks fury” – The BBC has defended its drama The Capture after it was hit with accusations of peddling “propaganda” designed to discredit those claiming the Home Office isn’t being transparent about illegal immigrants, says GB News.
• “When is prayer in public a crime in Britain?” – The asymmetry could not be starker, says Lois McLatchie Miller in the Spectator. Britain tolerates praying in public – but only when engaged in by Muslims in Trafalgar Square, not Christians outside abortion clinics.
• “‘High-risk criminals released without public safeguarding’” – The prisons inspector has warned that last-minute deportation decisions by the Home Office are resulting in the release of offenders who pose a risk to the public, reports the Times.
• “Three schoolgirls, between 12 and 14, charged after teenager knife attack” – Three schoolgirls, aged 12, 13 and 14, have been charged after a teenager was “stabbed five times in her back, back of her neck and arm”, according to the Mail.
• “Why did we learn of missile raid from US not ministers?” – Why are we learning from US media, rather than our own Government, that Iran may have launched a missile attack on the UK’s military base in the Chagos Islands? asks Kemi Badenoch in the Mail.
• “Starmer suggests Trump insults him as a ‘pressure’ tactic” – Keir Starmer has described Donald Trump’s insults as a deliberate pressure tactic after the President posted a sketch mocking him as a “coward”, says the Mail.
• “Labour hires zero apprentices despite pledge to abolish youth unemployment” – The Treasury recruited zero apprentices last year despite Labour’s promise to tackle youth unemployment, reports the Telegraph.
• “Why Reform UK is at odds with no-show Nadhim” – Another week, another Reform UK press conference – yet no sign of the party’s most divisive Tory scalp, Nadhim Zahawi, notes Andrew Pierce in the Mail.
• “Six saved babies. What about the 70 who died?” – Synthetic folic acid is being hailed as a lifesaver, but for every neural tube defect it may prevent, nine babies die in the womb, warns Dr Clare Craig on the HART Substack.
• “IgG4 class switching, immune tolerance, and adverse event risk from repeated mRNA booster vaccination” – Repeated mRNA boosters promote immune tolerance and heighten the risk of breakthrough infections and other adverse outcomes, writes Dr Robert W. Malone on his Malone News Substack.
• “Covid jab skipped vital safety checks, German Covid inquiry told” – A German Covid inquiry has heard that critical safety tests on mRNA Covid vaccines were skipped because of tight timelines, says GB News.
• “Britain must scrap woke ideology and embrace energy sovereignty” – Britain needs to be drilling in the North Sea and scrapping carbon taxes to combat the cost-of-living crisis and prevent further deindustrialisation, says Henry Tufnell in the Sun.
• “The two biggest myths about AI data centres” – AI data centres are being built, whether Americans like them or not, writes Ross Pomeroy in WUWT? But there’s more to like than to hate.
• “The severe socio-economic costs of solar and wind” – Heavy focus on solar and wind has ignored the essential role of reliable baseload power, says Sethakgi Kgomo for CFACT.
• “How geological activity is melting Antarctica’s glacial and sea ice” – Volcanic heat and seismic forces have played a major overlooked role in Antarctic ice loss, notes James Edward Kamis on Climate Change Dispatch.
• “The first heatwave of the year… and the same old narrative” – Long term temperature records are back challenging the climate narrative, says Dr Matthew Wielicki on his Irrational Fear Substack.
• “‘Reclusive’ vegetarian couple are accused of starving daughter, three, to death” – A reclusive vegetarian couple have appeared at the Old Bailey accused of starving their three year-old daughter to death on a restricted diet, according to the Mail.
• “Appointment of trans person as endometriosis representative ridiculed” – A trans woman has landed a role as Parliamentary Engagement Officer at the Endometriosis South Coast charity, prompting ridicule from critics who say a biological male has no place speaking on a female-only condition, reports GB News.
• “How the National Trust is re-educating its workforce” – The only culture excluded from a new National Trust ad campaign is the one embodied in the 200-plus country houses the charity owns, says Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
• “Just what the BBC doesn’t need: a new Lefty boss” – A healthy national broadcaster needs the support of a big cross-section of the British population, writes Robin Aitken in the Telegraph. It cannot rely just on progressives.
• “OAPs are out partying more than Gen Z” – Pensioners have overtaken Gen Z in nightlife enthusiasm, with six in 10 youngsters choosing the sofa instead, reports the Mail.
• “School forced to cancel bouncy castle treat for children with excellent attendance” – A school has scrapped a bouncy castle reward for top attenders after parents complained it was unfair, says the Mail.
• “Jimmy’s plan to tackle the Manosphere” – Jimmy Carr has weighed in on Louis Theroux’s ‘Manosphere’ documentary and shared his tips for helping young men find their way.

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