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An authoritative new report by Policy Exchange, the UK’s leading centre-right thinktank, entitled The Hijacking of British Islam: How extremist literature is subverting Britain’s mosques, reveals the worrying extent of extremist penetration of mosques and other key institutions of the British Muslim community. The report is the most comprehensive academic survey of its kind ever produced in the UK and is based on a year-long investigation by several teams of specialist researchers into the availability of extremist literature and covers more than a hundred mosques and Islamic centres throughout the UK. for more click here

The right of council housing tenants in Scotland to buy their homes is to end, BBC Scotland understands. Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is also expected to tell MSPs that a new generation of council houses will tackle Scotland’s housing crisis. for more click here

The wife of the former prime minister is due to highlight the “betrayal” of more than 311,000 pensioners in private care homes in her first high-profile foray into the public arena since her controversial decision to publish her autobiography next October. for more click here

MIAMI (AP) — A group of men accused of plotting to destroy Chicago’s Sears Tower were in the final stages of forming a homegrown terrorist cell dedicated to waging an Islamic holy war before they were arrested, a prosecution terrorism expert testified Tuesday. for more click here

Civil servants working on Gordon Brown’s proposals for constitutional reform have been surprised by one book included on their recommended reading list.

A history of the King James Bible, Adam Nicolson’s Power and Glory, might seem an obscure source text for the Google age. But the Prime Minister sees it as a fascinating case study of how a leader can create a sense of national identity. for more click here

The UN has voted overwhelmingly for the 16th year in a row to end the crippling US trade embargo against Cuba, despite a pledge from President George Bush that it will stay in place. for more click here

A new music video appearing regularly on Fatah-controlled PA TV promises restoration of the “Arab identity” of cities throughout the Jewish State. for more click here

The bad news came thick and fast for the property market yesterday.The headline grabber was the fact that online estate agency Hometrack’s monthly survey had shown house prices falling in October for the first time in two years. To be fair, the drop was just 0.1%, and that was a month-on-month fall. Annual house price growth was 4.4%, down from 5% the month before.

Now Hometrack isn’t the most prominent house price survey, so it would be easy to ignore. But far harder to dismiss were figures from the Bank of England showing that mortgage approvals for new house purchase had fallen to 102,000 in September, from 108,000 in August. That’s the lowest monthly figure since July 2005, and 20% down on the same time last year.

And it’s only set to get worse…
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A HUGE “leisure village” would be created around Ocean Terminal under the latest plans drawn up for the development of Leith’s docklands.

The ten-year plan sets out in detail for the first time how the land around the massive shopping centre would be used to create a new urban village. for more click here

A PETITION calling for a Leith museum is set to go before the Scottish Parliament.

As part of a high-profile campaign, the document will go to the Petitions Committee on November 6. for more click here