Tom Morris
Joined 23 May 2009
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My main profile is on en.wikipedia.org.
My Wikinews articles have now been translated into the following languages: French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Tamil, Czech, Russian, Hungarian, Serbian, Polish, Romanian, Catalan, Hebrew and Esperanto.
Featured Articles
edit- 1 July 2013: Pride in London 2013: in pictures
- 7 February 2013: Same-sex marriage in the UK passes second reading in Commons
- 5 December 2010: UK Parliament to vote on tuition fee rise on Thursday
Articles
edit- 27 February 2021: Anas Sarwar wins leadership of Scottish Labour party
- 12 February 2017: UK Parliamentary report: homophobia in sport worse than racism
- 18 January 2017: Theresa May's Brexit speech rules out single market membership
- 6 September 2016: Black Lives Matter protest causes delays at London City Airport
- 9 April 2016: Thousands march in London calling for David Cameron's resignation over tax affairs
- 22 March 2016: Explosions at Brussels airport and subway systems
- 5 March 2016: Former President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, detained as part of corruption investigations
- 31 December 2015: UK's Financial Conduct Authority drop inquiry into culture of banking
- 15 August 2015: Scottish Labour elect Kezia Dugdale new leader
- 9 May 2015: Conservatives win majority in 2015 UK general election
- 10 April 2015: Labour grabs poll lead in UK General Election campaign
- 9 April 2015: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev found guilty in Boston Marathon bombing trial
- 27 March 2015: UK Supreme Court require government to release Prince Charles 'black spider' letters
- 18 March 2015: Netanyahu's Likud party wins election in Israel
- 19 February 2015: Senior Telegraph writer Peter Oborne alleges paper suppressed reports on HSBC
- 16 February 2015: Islamic State execute 21 Coptic Christians held in Libya
- 15 February 2015: Netanyahu calls for European Jews to move to Israel
- 15 February 2015: Police shoot dead suspect in Copenhagen attacks
- 31 January 2015: Millions march in France and around the world in support of Charlie Hebdo
- 12 January 2015: Sri Lanka to investigate alleged coup attempt by outgoing president
- 8 January 2015: John Boehner re-elected as US House Speaker despite conservative challenge
- 7 January 2015: FBI investigating explosion near NAACP office in Colorado Springs
- 7 January 2015: Twelve dead in shooting at offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo
- 28 November 2014: Finland passes law allowing same-sex marriage
- 2 October 2014: Hong Kong democracy protesters call for CY Leung resignation as demonstrations continue
- 13 September 2014: Northern Irish politician Reverend Ian Paisley dies aged 88
- 10 September 2014: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge announce second pregnancy
- 24 August 2014: US government to investigate paramilitary policing
- 12 August 2014: Actor and comic Robin Williams found dead at 63
- 7 August 2014: Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces intention to stand for Parliament again
- 3 July 2014: Unite union tell UK Labour to offer EU referendum
- 23 June 2014: Egyptian court sends three Al-Jazeera journalists to jail
- 23 June 2014: George Osborne mulls northern England high-speed rail links
- 6 June 2014: Conservatives win Newark by-election
- 6 June 2014: Queen's Speech sets out Coalition government's final year agenda
- 5 June 2014: Three police officers dead in Moncton, New Brunswick shooting
- 20 May 2014: Pennsylvania court strikes down same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional
- 18 May 2014: Bank of England governor warns housing market is biggest threat to UK economy
- 17 May 2014: BJP's Narendra Modi elected new prime minister of India
- 3 May 2014: 77-year-old pastor found guilty of child rape and sexual abuse
- 2 May 2014: Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman to quit
- 2 May 2014: Gerry Adams arrested over 1972 Jean McConville murder
- 1 May 2014: Richard Desmond to sell Channel 5 to Viacom for estimated £450m
- 30 April 2014: UK government announce police stop-and-search powers rethink
- 7 April 2014: Writer and TV presenter Peaches Geldof dies aged 25
- 6 April 2014: UK culture minister Maria Miller called to resign following alleged threat to Telegraph newspaper
- 5 April 2014: Afghans go to the polls
- 20 March 2014: Kansas anti-gay church leader Fred Phelps dies at 84
- 14 March 2014: Labour politician Tony Benn dies aged 88
- 11 March 2014: British trade union general secretary Bob Crow dies at 52
- 19 February 2014: Piers Morgan interviewed by police investigating phone hacking
- 15 February 2014: Two dead in storms with no sign of floods letting up in Britain
- 14 February 2014: UK drugs policy petition reaches 100,000 signatures, may prompt Parliamentary debate
- 5 February 2014: Scottish Parliament approve same-sex marriage
- 27 January 2014: Tunisia approves new constitution
- 26 January 2014: Ukrainian opposition rejects power-sharing deal
- 11 January 2014: Ariel Sharon, former Prime Minister of Israel, dies at 85
- 25 December 2013: Alan Turing given posthumous pardon
- 22 December 2013: Rebels take over South Sudan oil regions
- 19 December 2013: Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins sentenced to 29 years in prison for attempting to rape baby
- 14 December 2013: Council of Australian Governments agree on reduced environmental regulation
- 10 December 2013: UK Government announce same-sex weddings to start from March 29
- 6 December 2013: Nelson Mandela dies aged 95
- 1 December 2013: Investigation into Jimmy Savile abuse cases expands to nineteen more hospitals
- 29 November 2013: John Major weighs in on Scottish independence debate
- 25 November 2013: Gunman alleged loose on Yale campus
- 25 November 2013: Iran to reduce nuclear enrichment in exchange for sanctions reduction
- 22 November 2013: Police announce rescue of three women held captive in London home for 30 years
- 21 November 2013: Scottish legislature gives green light to same-sex marriage
- 21 November 2013: George Zimmerman charged in case of alleged domestic abuse
- 6 November 2013: Illinois to allow same-sex marriage law
- 18 October 2013: UK politicians weigh in as 'Plebgate' affair reopens
- 17 October 2013: US government reopens following bi-partisan debt deal
- 10 October 2013: UK government rejects industry proposal for press regulation
- 2 October 2013: US novelist Tom Clancy dies at age 66
- 1 October 2013: UK's Conservatives promise an end to deficit by 2020, Human Rights Act repeal
- 30 September 2013: Norway's Conservative, Progress parties form minority government coalition
- 30 August 2013: UK House of Commons vote against Syria intervention
- 29 August 2013: Archbishop of Canterbury: Church's attitude to same-sex marriage considered 'wicked' by the young
- 13 August 2013: Russian government confirms gay protesters to be arrested at Olympics
- 12 August 2013: Nelson Mandela's health showing 'slow but steady improvement'
- 25 July 2013: 77 die in train crash in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- 22 July 2013: Chris Froome wins Tour de France
- 16 July 2013: House of Lords approve same-sex marriage bill at third reading
- 14 July 2013: George Zimmerman found not guilty in Trayvon Martin case
- 9 July 2013: Mansour announces election plans for Egypt after violence and protests
- 1 July 2013: Pride in London 2013: in pictures
- 28 June 2013: Stephen Lawrence police corruption allegations lead to calls for investigation
- 27 June 2013: US Supreme Court rules Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional
- 26 June 2013: Silvio Berlusconi convicted of sex with underage prostitute
- 2 June 2013: Second man charged in Lee Rigby murder case
- 22 May 2013: Same-sex marriage passes third reading in House of Commons
- 9 May 2013: Lord Falconer proposes bill to legalise assisted dying for terminal ill in UK
- 13 April 2013: French Senate vote in support of same-sex marriage
- 7 April 2013: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: close Guantanamo Bay
- 4 April 2013: Uruguay Senate gives green light for same-sex marriage
- 27 March 2013: David Miliband to resign as MP for job at non-profit
- 14 March 2013: Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires elected as Pope Francis
- 26 February 2013: Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien resigns amid sex abuse allegations
- 7 February 2013: Same-sex marriage in the UK passes second reading in Commons
- 25 January 2013: UK government formally launches same-sex marriage legislation in Parliament
- 25 January 2013: Israelis re-elect Netanyahu, centre-left rises
- 24 January 2013: Pentagon announces end to ban on women in combat
- 12 January 2013: Report: hacker activist Aaron Swartz commits suicide
- 5 January 2013: Church of England to allow celibate gay bishops
- 4 January 2013: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai discharged from hospital
- 3 January 2013: Comedian Jim Davidson arrested as part of Yewtree sex abuse inquiries
- 3 January 2013: Pennsylvania court sentences child porn priest to eight years in prison
- 26 November 2012: 18-year-old charged for Thanksgiving lesbian assault
- 8 November 2012: UK Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to investigate Nadine Dorries reality TV appearance
- 7 November 2012: World leaders react to Obama win
- 7 November 2012: Voters in Maine and Maryland vote for marriage equality
- 7 November 2012: United States re-elects Barack Obama
- 5 November 2012: Coptic Christians select their 118th pope
- 2 November 2012: Obama and Romney enter final stretch in campaign for US Presidency
- 1 November 2012: Freddie Starr arrested as part of Savile child sex inquiry
- 31 October 2012: Metropolitan Police to sell New Scotland Yard
- 18 October 2012: Attorney General vetos release of Prince Charles correspondence
- 9 October 2012: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez re-elected
- 1 October 2012: California passes law banning gay-to-straight therapy
- 22 September 2012: Pennsylvania courts to decide on controversial voter ID law
- 26 August 2012: US astronaut Neil Armstrong dies
- 8 August 2012: Olympics gymnastics finals conclude with wins for Netherlands, United States, China
- 31 July 2012: British male gymnasts pick up medal despite last-minute appeal by Japan
- 20 July 2012: UK border officers go on Olympic strike
- 7 July 2012: WorldPride London 2012: In pictures
- 22 June 2012: UK education secretary Michael Gove to drop GCSEs in favour of new O-level-style exams
- 18 May 2012: Disco diva Donna Summer dies at 63
- 12 May 2012: Obama's new stance on same-sex marriage earns donations
- 22 March 2012: Failure for New Hampshire gay marriage repeal effort
- 22 March 2012: Former Florida governor Jeb Bush endorses Romney
- 22 February 2012: Tameside Council seek to ban English Defence League rally
- 12 February 2012: 'Stop being so damn respectful' say free speech supporters in London
- 12 February 2012: Anti-ACTA activists protest across Europe
- 3 February 2012: Chris Huhne resigns from UK Cabinet to face charges
- 29 January 2012: British courts give green light for assisted dying case
- 28 January 2012: Five arrested over police payments at News International
- 23 January 2012: Wikinews Shorts: January 23, 2012
- 18 January 2012: Wikinews interviews Sue Gardner on Wikipedia blackout
- 17 January 2012: Wikipedia, Reddit in 'blackout' against SOPA, PROTECT IP laws
- 1 January 2012: UK's Commission on Assisted Dying to recommend law change
- 23 December 2011: UK to ban hidden credit card fees
- 23 December 2011: Attorney general drops case against Israeli participants in Freedom Flotilla
- 22 December 2011: Italian senate passes €30 billion austerity package
- 21 December 2011: Leveson Inquiry told hacking was 'bog-standard' journalism tool at Daily Mirror
- 18 December 2011: Aidan Burley MP sacked following Nazi pics furore
- 17 December 2011: Former French president Jacques Chirac found guilty of corruption
- 16 December 2011: Author and contrarian Christopher Hitchens dies at age 62
- 7 December 2011: Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav goes to prison for rape
- 6 December 2011: Alleged racist tram ranter remanded after court hearing
- 2 December 2011: Australian woman claims Church of Scientology imprisoned her for twelve years
- 11 November 2011: Knight Foundation and Mozilla send geeks into newsrooms
- 10 November 2011: Right-to-die activists reveal euthanasia for Dutch patient with severe dementia
- 21 October 2011: St Paul's cathedral to shut down following 'Occupy' protest
- 19 October 2011: Occupation in London enters fifth day
- 11 October 2011: Gilad Shalit to be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners
- 24 September 2011: Denmark elects new centre-left coalition and prime minister
- 23 September 2011: Southampton City Council votes against water fluoridation
- 13 September 2011: Copyright on musical recordings extended by twenty years in EU
- 6 September 2011: Shooting at diner in Carson City, Nevada
- 5 September 2011: Proms performance by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra disrupted
- 13 August 2011: David Cameron responds to rioting, promises changes on policing
- 24 July 2011: Norway gunman defends actions as 'gruesome but necessary'
- 23 July 2011: British painter Lucian Freud dies aged 88
- 23 July 2011: Aaron Swartz arrested and charged for downloading JSTOR articles
- 16 July 2011: Rebekah Brooks resigns from News International
- 28 June 2011: Greek workers strike over austerity measures
- 15 March 2011: British pathologist criticised by General Medical Council
- 12 March 2011: British MP reveals Fred Goodwin superinjunction
- 13 January 2011: Tucson gunman appears in court for Giffords shooting
- 2 January 2011: Spanish smoking ban takes effect in bars and restaurants
- 23 December 2010: Alaska Supreme Court rules in Senate election challenge
- 5 December 2010: UK Parliament to vote on tuition fee rise on Thursday
- 4 December 2010: British government scraps planned rules on pay equality
- 2 December 2010: Pentagon 'don't ask don't tell' poll shows support for repeal
- 30 November 2010: European Commission to investigate anti-competitive allegations against Google
- 30 November 2010: Tony Blair debates religion with Christopher Hitchens in Canada