Switzerland bans the burqa: Referendum proposed by far-Right group outlaws full-face coverings – following similar moves in the likes of France and Denmark The referendum was put forward by the far-right group Swiss People’s Party Demonstrators held marches in cities such as Bern tonight as the motion passed Masks to protect against Covid-19 are still … Read more
Scotland outlaws smacking children from today in UK first – despite concern over the state’s growing interference in family life Scotland has become the first part of the UK to outlaw the smacking of children The legislation removes defence of justifiable assault from Scots law Campaigners say it undermines parents’ freedom to bring up their children … Read more
Christopher Scott Ellis has died at the age of 39 it Oklahoma City, it was revealed on Wednesday. The mechanic passed away after an apparent heroin overdose, TMZ reported, and had been dead for several days when he was found slumped in a chair near a syringe and spoon at his home on September 9. … Read more
The federal government reopened its investigation into the brutal slaying of black teenager Emmett Till in 2018, 63 years after the black teenager’s death in Mississippi. The Justice Department told Congress in a report that March it is reinvestigating Till’s slaying in Money, Mississippi, in 1955 after receiving ‘new information’. Till’s accuser Carolyn Bryant, pictured … Read more