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Cob houses are proving particularly popular among innovative homebuilders

Mortgage-free homes soar in popularity among creative home buyers

  An increasing number of people are ditching traditional mortgages in favour of building their own debt-free homes in the UK. Creativity is making headway in the UK as an increasing number of people are making homes from wood, cob, a mix of clay, sand and straw, and even recycled shipping containers. In West Cork in Ireland for example, cob[Read More…]

Refugees asked to perform sex acts to gain asylum in the UK

Refugees asked to perform sex acts to gain asylum in the UK

Border agency officers have been asking claimants to commit lewd acts in order to prove their sexual identity, it has been revealed. The practice was criticised in a Commons committee report which saw asylum seekers waiting for up to 16 years for a decision. But in the case of some who were fleeing from countries where they are persecuted because[Read More…]

Daniel Kaluuya says he was targeted by violent cops because of his colour

UK man sues the Met police after violent strip-search

A British man is suing the police after they ordered him off the bus and forced him to take his trousers off in public. Daniel Kaluuya who appeared in the TV hit series Skins is suing the Metropolitan police after accusing them of picking on him as a suspected drug dealer because of his colour. Daniel had been sitting on[Read More…]

‘No blacks please’. New study reveals racial tension in the property market

‘No blacks please’. New study reveals racial tension in the property market

London is often presumed to be one of the most culturally diverse and metropolitan cities in the world. And yet this veneer of tolerance does not always stretch to black citizens in the UK who are searching for housing. An undercover investigation carried out by the BBC revealed that letting agents in London are prepared to discriminate against would-be tenants[Read More…]

Ministry of Defence outlines to sell more wars to the public

Ministry of Defence outlines to sell more wars to the public

Leaked documents have revealed how the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has drawn up plans to make war more “acceptable” to the public. The document revealed how the government intends to “play down” the number of deaths resulting from war, and make use of more drones, trained assassins from the SAS and MI5 hitmen to sway public opinion in favour of[Read More…]