A woman who was filmed ranting on board a crowded Central Line train has been arrested by police. It came after a video of her tirade on the London Underground was uploaded onto YouTube and viewed by thousands of people. Jacqueline Woodhouse, 42 has been charged with racially aggravated common assault and a racially aggravated public order offence. She is set to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court today ...

It has been reported that around 2,000 firearms were melted down in a blazing furnace on Tuesday as part of an effort designed to combat gun trafficking and corruption in Jamaica while reducing violent crime. Police, government and UN officials destroyed pistols and revolvers by pitching them into a kiln glowing bright orange at a cement factory in the capital of Kingston. Most of the guns were decommission ...

For the first time in 20 years Britain has appointed an ambassador to Somalia. The new Ambassador to Somalia, Matt Baugh, will be based in the Kenyan capital Nairobi for the time being until security conditions permit the opening of a UK Embassy in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. On Thursday, William Hague arrived in Mogadishu, to  mark the start of a major diplomatic push by Britain to help stabilise a coun ...

Prince Harry is hoping to line up on the starting blocks next to sprinter Usain Bolt during his diamond jubilee tour of the Caribbean and Central America. The prince plans to meet the world's fastest man at his training base when the royal visits the Jamaican capital of Kingston next month. It is expected that Bolt, who defends his Olympic 100-metre title at London 2012 this summer, will give Harry a few po ...

Don Cornelius, creator and host of “Soul Train,” a milestone in television programming that introduced generations of viewers to new music and dance trends emerging from black America, died on 1 February of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Los Angeles, according to police. He was 75. Police responded to a report of a shooting at Mr. Cornelius’s house at about 4am., and he was pronounced dead at a hospital. ...

It is natural to assume that once a criminal has been convicted and put in prison they are no longer a threat to society. Recent reports suggest this is not the case. Prisoners are intimidating their victims and communicating with the outside world on Facebook, using mobile phones smuggled into jail. Inmates are forbidden to use the internet or mobile phones, but the inability of authorities to prevent them ...

Scattered snow showers and freezing temperatures could cause icy conditions on roads in parts of the UK, forecasters have warned. Forecasters say that gusts from Siberia could bring severe and prolonged frosts with a windchill factor making it feel far colder. The bitter snap is likely to set in throughout February, making it the longest period of cold since the big freeze of December 2010. Almost everywher ...

Egyptians on Wednesday mark the first anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, with the ruling military planning grandiose celebrations while activists vow to re-ignite their unfinished revolution. Exactly one year ago, inspired by an uprising in Tunisia, ordinary Egyptians took to the streets to call for democratic change and to demand the fall of the regime. On Tuesday, Egypt's military rul ...

Following the media storm in a teacup last week, police received more than 40 complaints about MP Diane Abbott’s "racist" slur against white people — but she will NOT face charges.\The shadow junior health minister tweeted that whites "love playing divide and rule" during a Twitter conversation last week. Met officers were urged to charge her with racial harassment - like England football captain and Chelse ...

Tens of thousands of chanting and dancing revellers waved the green and gold colours of the African National Congress as Africa’s oldest liberation movement celebrated its 100th anniversary Sunday. African leaders and former heads of state, along with African kings and chieftains, attended a midnight ceremony where President Jacob Zuma lit a flame, which will stay alight the entire year, at the Bloemfontein ...