Adolf Hitler’s Liverpudlian half-brother in the 1911 census

We’ve unearthed Adolf Hitler’s half-brother in our 1911 census records, and his return makes for fascinating reading.

Alois Hitler Jr had a troubled childhood and is said to have had a rocky relationship with his parents. In 1910 he met a young woman called Bridget Elizabeth Dowling, at the…

• Heidi Wright was forced to take eight-hour bus ride after being denied access to LAX flight
  
  
• Airport staff say disabled woman only had photocopy of expired ID 
  
  

By JESSICA JERREAT…

What the Tamiflu saga tells us about drug trials and big pharma

We now know the government's Tamiflu stockpile wouldn't have done us much good in the event of a flu epidemic. But the secrecy surrounding clinical trials means there's a lot we don't know about other medicines we take…

Obama administration wins Jefferson Muzzle award for restricting free press

The river you can’t see for RUBBISH: Former Indonesian paradise is now clogged with household waste and toxic chemicals dumped by textile factories

• The Citarum in Java is now said to be the dirtiest river in the world
• More than 35million people still rely on it for drinking and washing
• Greenpeace report last year claimed one of the largest textile…

‘Anti-radiation belt’ developed by Israeli firm for nuclear emergencies

Published time: April 09, 2014 19:01

An Israeli company called Stemrad has developed a body belt that protects people from the worst effects of gamma radiation. Called the Stemrad 360 Gamma, the belt could be a lifesaver for the emergency services in a nuclear accident.

Oren Milstein, the co-founder…

Moroccan national planned to use ‘drone-like flying bomb’ on federal building

Published time: April 08, 2014 03:20

A Moroccan national was arrested in Bridgeport, Connecticut for allegedly planning to use a radio-controlled model airplane as a “drone-like flying bomb,” with the aim of slamming it into a school and a federal building.

The FBI arrested El Mehdi Semlali Fahti, 27, after “wires and…

Former executive of bank that helped trigger collapse of RBS found dead along with his wife, 57, and daughter, 22

• Jan Peter Schmittmann, wife and daughter found dead on Saturday
  
  
• Their bodies were discovered by Schmittmann's elder daughter
• The former top banker came under fire for taking a large pay-off
• It…

Magic Mushrooms and LSD Help Cancer Patients Overcome Fear of Death, Say Scientists

• By Tom Porter 
  
  April 5, 2014 14:15 GMT

Drugs including magic mushrooms and MDMA are being used to treat cancer patients and people suffering from social anxiety by…

Airport luggage spies: How officials are rummaging through your bags without telling you

• Officials are allowed to search bags before they go on baggage carousel
• Two thirds of searchers turn up nothing and owners are never told
  
  
• Staff also found not seeking proper authorisation before searching…

Large sea found deep under ice on Saturn moon

Published time: April 03, 2014 23:38

A joint NASA-European spacecraft has uncovered a sea deep under the icy surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, scientists announced Thursday.

Italian and American researchers said the discovery was made possible with the use of Cassini, a space probe exploring Saturn and its rings 17 years after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The body of…

Now that's vintage! Brewers make beer from yeast extracted from a 35 million-year-old whale FOSSIL

• The brew is called Bone Dusters Paleo Ale and it is said to taste sweet 
  
  and 'very Belgianesque' and will be served in selected bars in Virginia
• Two…

Ukraine parliament orders all armed groups to lay down weapons

Published time: April 01, 2014 12:32

The Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada has adopted a resolution on the immediate disarmament of illegal armed groups. The most notorious is the nationalistic Right Sector, whose members have been involved in the bloodiest turmoil in Ukraine’s recent past.

The vote passed by the parliament on Tuesday allows for the banning of Right Sector if it…

Has the highly-contagious Ebola virus hit Canada?

MARCH 25, 2014 2:40PM

Shocking images show Syrian thief blindfolded and CRUCIFIED by terrorist group linked to a British suicide bomber

• The execution took place in Syrian city of Raqqa as onlookers took pictures
• It was exacted by terror cell The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria who hold city
• They…

UFO or secret fighter jet? The mysterious triangular craft pictured flying over Texas

• Aviation experts believe plane could be a secret military prototype
• Say it could be a high precision stealth bomber
• Believed to be a manned…

Navy to test hundreds of homes in California for radiation

Act of compassion violates school dress code policy

Maya Rodriguez, KUSA12:31 a.m. EDT March 25, 2014

What started out as a kind gesture is turning into a battle over whether hair, or the lack of it, should matter in school.

KUSA - It was meant as a gesture of solidarity: a girl in Grand Junction shaved her head to support her friend, who…

Britain's cruelest 'carers': Two hospital workers filmed slapped brain-damaged patient and called him a 'dirty scummy boy' while he groaned in pain at £3,000-a-week private Priory

• Worried family hid secret surveillance cameras around the man's room
  
  
• Rita Page and Lynette Crook were filmed in Bury, Greater…

U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf