London, Oct. 3: Britain's security agencies are fighting a covert war in cyberspace against extremist Islamist internet sites as part of a new anti-terrorist strategy, senior Whitehall officials have revealed.

As well running its own sites, the Government gives material support to groups that monitor and combat jihadist material on the web in an attempt to prevent indoctrination of young Muslims.

According to The Independent, the scheme is being introduced when the threat level is described as being "at the severe end of severe".

London, Oct 3 : A top secret BBC script for an announcement to be broadcast if the UK came under nuclear attack in the early 1970s has been released from files in the National Archives in Kew, west London.

According to a report by BBC News, the script has been in a file of documents kept secret for more than 30 years.

London, Oct. 3 : Agents of Britain’s MI5 intelligence service have bungled again.

London, Oct. 3: British security officials have warned that the terrorist threat in Britain is approaching critical status.

The threat level is at the "severe end of severe" according to sources, who say the level of "chatter" among terrorist cells has increased in recent months, prompting the police and MI5 to boost their presence and operate at full stretch to counter the elevated threat, reports The Telegraph.

London, Oct. 3: The British Muslim community has raised strong objections to a Muslim character in the popular television show “Eastenders” eating during Ramadan.

Complaints poured in after Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra) was seen eating a chapatti in his shop.

Muslims should fast between sunrise and sunset in the month-long religious festival.

When confronted on the show by Jane Beale (Laurie Brett), Masood said he was a "bad person". He said he found it difficult to fast because his job required him to sell food all day.

London, Oct 3: Teachers in Britain, it seems, believe strongly in the saying ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’, for according to a new survey one in five educators of the country wants the cane brought back in schools.

The survey of 6,200 teachers by the Times Educational Supplement found that a fifth supported the right to use corporal punishment in extreme cases.

The poll revealed that 22 percent secondary teachers demand the revival of corporal punishment and 16 percent of the primary teachers demand it.