Pheasant Awareness Training for Dog Owners

BY INDIA MAPPLETHORPE DEFRA Introduces Mandatory ‘Pheasant Awareness Training’ for Dog Owners In a move that has left the British Countryside equal parts bemused and grudgingly resigned, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has quietly unveiled its latest initiative to restore harmony between man, beast, and gamebird. From January 2026, all dog walkers venturing within three miles of a hedgerow will be required … Continue reading Pheasant Awareness Training for Dog Owners

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The Clonoe Ambush: Behind the Scenes

BY FRANCIS CARR How the SAS Ended One More IRA Attack and the Future Threat of Russian Hybrid Warfare in Britain On the night of 16 February 1992, at approximately 10:40 PM, a Provisional IRA unit launched an assault on the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) police station in Coalisland, County Tyrone. Armed with Eastern Bloc AK-47s and a Soviet-designed DShK heavy machine gun mounted on … Continue reading The Clonoe Ambush: Behind the Scenes

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Chris Packham, the BBC Extremist: ‘Stick Your Head in a Bucket of Fuel and Set Fire to it’

BY BEN O’ROURKE BBC Presenter Chris Packham used to be known for his peroxide hair and quirky kids programmes then graduated to BBC’s ‘Springwatch‘ and all the spin-off series. As he grew older, so did his audience and the series gained him a new generation of young viewers interested in wildlife. Few people in the UK under 50 don’t know who he is. For the … Continue reading Chris Packham, the BBC Extremist: ‘Stick Your Head in a Bucket of Fuel and Set Fire to it’

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My Classmate Was a Kidnapper

BY ROGER WATSON On the fiftieth anniversary of the Great Train Robbery, I recalled the fact that I went to school with a kidnapper. And there is a link between the kidnapper and the famous robbery. There can be few who do not know the story of the Great Train Robbery in 1963. I am old enough to remember it as I was eight years … Continue reading My Classmate Was a Kidnapper

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Farage a Racist? Really?

There are plenty of social media users who associate Nigel Farage with racism. A quick search on Twitter soon identifies the accusers: Which makes the following footage – exclusive to CSM – very interesting indeed. In the first video (below), Nigel Farage is seen at a UKIP dinner and he’s making crystal clear to the then leadership of the party under Gerard Batten that the … Continue reading Farage a Racist? Really?

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