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The United Kingdom today raised its terror alert to “severe” in response to ISIS activity in Iraq and Syria. “What we’re facing in Iraq now with ISIL is a deeper and greater threat to our security than we have known before,” U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said in a news conference from 10 Downing Street, referring to the Islamic State …

They followed up with an apology tweet.

Via the Sydney Morning Herald: British intelligence agencies MI5 and MI6 have identified the man suspected of the horrific beheading of American journalist James Foley, according to British media reports. The hooded man with an English accent is believed to be 23-year-old Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, known to fellow Islamic State militants as Jihadi John. The former rapper left his family …

The Guardian has a review: When Kate Bush got her £3,000 record deal from EMI at 16, she used some of it to pay for dance classes with the legendary choreographer Lindsay Kemp. In last night’s The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill (BBC 4), a documentary about the singer-songwriter broadcast on the near-eve of her first tour in …

Via Gay Star News: The Westboro Baptist Church has accepted comedian Adam Hills’ offer to go to Iraq. Hills, who hosts British TV show The Last Leg, ranted about the ‘God Hates Fags’ church after they claimed Robin Williams was in hell for being a ‘fag enabler’. They also said they would protest at the late actor’s funeral. The threat …

Via the Independent: Detectives are making arrangements to interview Sir Cliff Richard following a search of his £3.1m penthouse apartment over an alleged sex crime against a boy at an evangelist event at a Sheffield stadium in 1985. Sir Cliff, 73, who is currently in Portugal, has been told through his lawyers of the request to meet police. The pop …

Via Pink News: US pastor Scott Lively, who believes gay people can be ‘cured’, came to blows with lesbian Christian rock star Vicky Beeching yesterday (14 August). He told her she had ‘given into a lie’ into believing there is any such thing as a ‘gay person’. Beeching, a British theologian and musician who made her name in the US …

Latch was released two years ago in the UK where it reached #11 on the pop chart. This week it rises to #7 on Billboard‘s US Hot 100 pop singles chart and remains at #1 on the US dance/electronic chart. Disclosure, who say they take their influences from legendary gay nightclubs like the Paradise Garage, play San Francisco’s Outside Lands …

A British man has pleaded guilty after being charged with making a Facebook comment which called for gay people to be machine-gunned. The comment was made on a newspaper’s Facebook link to their article about a gay pride event. Under a story about a gay pride event, Paul Gair said that gay people were cunts who should be shot. When …

Oxford University’s Out Of The Blue a capella group has earned 3.3M views on their Shakira cover, sales of which benefit a British children’s hospice. The top comment on YouTube (with 600+ likes) rips some of the reactions to their performance: I love the ‘omg so gay’ comments. These guys are going to be drowning in pussy! You know why? …

Rolling Stone has the review: Sam Smith’s gospel-tinged “I’m Not the Only One” finds the breakout soul singer exploring the fallout of an extramarital affair. In his new video for the track, Smith shows exactly how painful and destructive that fallout can be, with Dianna Agron (Glee) cast as a heartbroken wife and Chris Messina (Argo, The Mindy Project) as …

Via the BBC: The High Court has dismissed a charity’s claim the London mayor was responsible for a ban on a bus advert which suggested people could “get over” homosexuality. The Core Issues Trust (CIT) had accused Boris Johnson of “currying favour” with gay lobby groups. The mayor’s office had rejected the CIT’s claims. Mrs Justice Lang said Transport for …

Via the Independent: Comedians Rubberbandits have released a new song on YouTube which has proven an instant hit with fellow comedians. The song ‘Fellas’ champions everybody’s right to explore their sexuality with the words, “If you want to f*** a fella, f*** a fella” mouthed by a puppet version of Hollywood actor Gabriel Byrne. The song continues with its anti-homophobia …

I am considering outing gay @c_of_e bishops who discipline gay clergy who marry http://t.co/wtKDYO4oRv @LGCM @changingatt @LondonLGBTPride — Peter Tatchell (@PeterTatchell) July 24, 2014 Via Pink News: Gay hospital chaplain Jeremy Pemberton had his Permission to Officiate revoked by the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham after he married his same-sex partner, while London vicar Andrew Cain said he “fully expects” …

Accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC Singers, last night Pet Shop Boys performed the world premier of their Alan Turing opera, A Man From The Future, at Britain’s Proms event at Royal Albert Hall. The Independent has posted a review: Tennant stands by the choir for A Man From the Future, with fellow Boy Chris Lowe behind …

Tomorrow night at London’s Royal Albert Hall, Pet Shop Boys will perform with the BBC Concert Orchestra in the world premiere of their Alan Turing opera, A Man From The Future. Via the Guardian: “For one night only, I’m one of the BBC singers!” marvels Pet Shop Boys frontman Neil Tennant – he is adding his voice to the 18-strong …

Opening on November 21st: In THE IMITATION GAME, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, the genius British mathematician, logician, cryptologist and computer scientist who led the charge to crack the German Enigma Code that helped the Allies win WWII. Turing went on to assist with the development of computers at the University of Manchester after the war, but was prosecuted …

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