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Racists target Edinburgh Central Mosque with hate-speech graffiti
20 January 2026 @ 11:13 pm
Racists target mosque Racists have sprayed Edinburgh Central Mosque with hate-speech messages telling Muslims to ‘get out of Scotland’. Police say officers are investigating the incident. The attack was perpetrated over the cover of darkness last weekend. A spokesperson for the mosque said that its members and committee were “deeply saddened and concerned,” insisting that […]
By SkwawkboxClimate crisis threatens three species of Antarctic Penguin
20 January 2026 @ 10:54 pm
Antarctic penguins have drastically changed their breeding patterns because of the climate crisis, which is now threatening the species’ survival. A ten-year study by Penguin Watch at the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University revealed that the breeding seasons of three species — Adélie, Gentoo, and Chinstrap have moved forward by more than three […]
By HGGreens: ‘if only Labour would nick our policies, not just our memes’
20 January 2026 @ 10:21 pm
Polanski’s Green party is showing UK parties how it’s done, after Labour’s social media accounts copied a trending Green-party political meme just days after it was posted on 16 January. Mirror, mirror The Greens’ meme is a play on a popular ‘Spidermen’ scene where web-slinging clones point accusingly at each other. The clones bear the […]
By SkwawkboxThe Greens just made major gains on Reform in latest Westminster poll
20 January 2026 @ 9:53 pm
Zack Polanski’s Greens are closing the gap on Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, as shown in the latest YouGov voting intention poll — achieving major gains. Greens up, Reform down Reform’s lead is down two points, standing at 24% for two consecutive weeks. Meanwhile, the Greens are up three points to 17%. This means […]
By James WrightICE are using a terrifying Palantir app to hunt their targets
20 January 2026 @ 9:14 pm
Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) thugs are using a special app — known as ELITE — to track would-be targets. The developer behind the technology should come as no surprise to anyone…the genocide-linked tech firm Palantir. The app provides ICE agents with digital map and features a ‘confidence score’ to measure how accurately it […]
By Joe GlentonAmazon workers given “minimal information” after Tuberculosis outbreak at Coventry warehouse
20 January 2026 @ 8:07 pm
On Friday 16 January, the union GMB called for an Amazon warehouse in Coventry to close after confirmation of a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak on-site. The retail giant then released a statement confirming that 10 workers at the Lyons Park facility — known as BHX4 — tested positive for non-contagious TB. The kicker? The positive test […]
By Alex/Rose CockerNearly 80 percent of millionaires think the super-rich buy political influence
20 January 2026 @ 7:43 pm
As political leaders gather for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, millionaires from around the world say elected representatives must tackle the existential global crisis posed by extreme wealth, by taxing the super-rich. The super-rich buy political influence Polling on behalf of Patriotic Millionaires has found that 77 percent of millionaires polled […]
By The CanaryLabour quietly tries to hide its U-turn on the Audit Reform Bill
20 January 2026 @ 7:02 pm
On 20 January, the Labour government put out a self-congratulatory press release about its new economic growth package and slashing regulatory red tape. Given that the first half bangs on about Octopus Energy spin-off Kraken Technologies — you’d be forgiven for missing Labour’s latest U-turn halfway down the presser. Quietly, almost with embarrassment, one might […]
By Alex/Rose CockerIsraeli F35I stealth fighters touch down on UK soil
20 January 2026 @ 6:50 pm
Lakenheath Alliance for Peace has been in touch with news of Israeli F35I stealth fighters touching down in the UK: Three Israeli F-35I “Adir” fighter jets arrived at RAF Mildenhall on Friday 16 January and departed on Sunday 18 January. At the same time more US F-15Es departed RAF Lakenheath headed for the Middle East. […]
By The CanaryPlastic Pollution is Growing in Cornwall, quicker than anybody predicted
20 January 2026 @ 5:15 pm
Cornwall’s beaches still look beautiful from a distance. But walk the tideline after a storm, or look closely at the wrack line where seaweed gathers, and a different story emerges – one of rapidly growing plastic pollution
By Nathan Spears