London - A report by the British intelligence services has claimed that "some thousands" of militant Islamists are active in the country, the Sunday Telegraph has said.
The document, which the paper describes as being drawn up by the intelligence service of the Ministry of Defence, the internal security organization MI5 and the police's Special Branch, identified the cities of London, Birmingham and Luton as particular centres of Islamist activity.
London, Nov 9 : Priests should be allowed to marry, according to a leading candidate to become the next head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
The Rt Rev Malcolm McMahon, Bishop of Nottingham, said that there is no doctrinal reason preventing them from getting married.
For centuries, Roman Catholic priests have been required to take a vow of celibacy, but Bishop McMahon argued that this now seemed unfair following the influx of married Anglican clergy.
His comments are set to reignite the debate over whether the Church should put an end to the tradition in order to tackle the problem of shortage of priests.
London, Nov 9 : Cheryl Cole may have never spoken about her older brother Andrew’s troubled life but now he has revealed how the caring ‘Girls Aloud’ singer has repeatedly tried to help him get his life on track.
Andrew, who grew up with Cheryl on a heroin-ravaged estate in Newcastle, is an alcoholic drug addict, who has spent a third of his life behind bars.
Andrew, who is now out of jail, has an appalling record of more than 50 court appearances, many for violence and thuggery.
Now, the 28-year-old has revealed how his ‘worried’ sister used to quietly visit him in jail as he served time for a brutal robbery.
London, November 9 : ‘X-Factor’ judge Dannii Minogue has finally broken her silence to confirm her troubled relationship with co-judge Simon Cowell on the reality show.
The Aussie singer revealed that cracks began to show on their close bond after Simon started to ‘snub’ her away to be with ‘Girls Aloud’ stunner Cheryl Cole who is the new girl joining the judging panel.
“I guess Simon and I don’t talk much any more, definitely nothing like last year when I was next to him on the panel and was also the new girl,” News of the World quoted her as saying.
London, November 9 : A Brit woman, who’s a sex addict, has told how her insatiable appetite for sex drove her to sleep with 1,000 men.
The 25-year-old, who insists that her appetite for sex is nothing less than an illness, admitted that her addiction led her to turn towards the Internet as the hunting ground – no matter if the men turned out to be ugly.
“That’s another sad parts of this problem — my desire for sex overrides any quality control issues,” News of the World quoted her as saying.
“It doesn’t matter to me how it happens or what they look like and it’s a bonus if they’re well-endowed,” she added.