Police in Northumbria are investigating threats made to a UKIP candidate by an angry voter. Newcastle East candidate David Robinson-Young said he had received a call from a man who had told him “you had better f**k off or you
An academic whose son was injured while playing rugby has called for the sport to be banned at school. The government wants the sport, which was named after Rugby school in Warwickshire, to have increased participation to help curb rising
The release of the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war has been delayed until next year due to arguments about controversial content and the behaviour of leading individuals. The report was initially delayed due to a three year dispute between
The Communist Party has launched its manifesto for the general election, where it is fielding only nine candidates in a political field full of splinter left wing, ‘anti austerity’ groups. Criticising the Labour Party for ‘being dominated by its right
Supermarket giant Tesco has announced record losses of £6.4 billion, rounding off a disastrous financial year dominated by an accounting scandal and ferocious price wars with cut price chains. The company called the figures a “horror show” with an annual
A UKIP candidate has had his challenge for a wager on UKIP’s success in the General Election turned down.Mark Hughes, the prospective candidate for Harwich and North Essex, took to twitter to offer the challenge to his rival, Bernard Jenkin
Only a fortnight ago, David Cameron pleaded with UKIP supporters to “come home” to the Conservatives and not to use their vote as a “protest” in the general election.Insisting that he had heard the message of frustrated Tories “loud and
Nicola Sturgeon has said Scotland would demand a second independence referendum should the UK vote to leave the EU. The SNP leader, whose MEPs sit with the Greens and Welsh nationalists in the European Party to form one of its
His family were told he would never walk or talk again. Now L/Bdr Ben Parkinson MBE has once again defied his doctor’s diagnosis by walking up and down stairs at a training camp for bilateral above knee prosthetic users, in Oklahoma,
Falkland Islanders have delivered a blunt message to the Argentine government as it launched a legal campaign to stop them searching for oil in their own coastal waters. Daniel Filmus, Argentina’s minister for the disputed islands, announced the country had begun legal proceedings
Canadian singer Michael Bublé has been forced to apologise for unintentionally offending (some) people after posting a photo of himself next to a girl in tiny shorts with the hashtag #beautifulbum. The photo, taken by the star’s wife, was supposed
The BBC has confirmed that the hand-picked audience for the opposition leaders’ debate was left leaning, despite claiming otherwise live on air. Out of all the audience members who had declared a party allegiance, only three marked themselves down as
A man who told a 12-year-old boy who was selling poppies to raise money for The Royal British Legion that he would have him “shot by the Taliban” has walked free from jail. Adelso Saws, who already has a conviction
Purple has always been the colour of royalty and in Roman times, only the emperor was allowed to wear a Tyrian purple cape. So it may come as no surprise to some that a bright UKIP poster has been spotted
A report claiming people who support UKIP lack any real experience of living with migrants has been dismissed as “factually inept” by a party spokesman. The argument is based on a map comparing where UKIP support is strongest and where
The BBC has been challenged by another UKIP candidate who refused to be drawn into a debate on whether the party was divided over one of its flagship policies. Tim Aker, who is standing in the constituency of Thurrock where
Following a hit and miss interview with Jeremy Vine where Energy and Climate Change Minister Ed Davey appeared to say none of his party’s policies were set in stone, the Lib Dems have vowed to block Tory cuts to the
Threats of violence and even death are being used to stop UKIP from campaigning for the general election as the hard left try to stamp the party out. Groups including ‘Stand Up To UKIP’ have warned UKIP candidates not to
The Labour candidate in Grimsby, Melanie Onn, has provoked outrage by implying that the fishing industry was not a ‘decent’ or ‘skilled’ career. Speaking on The World Tonight after a hustings in Grimsby Minster Melanie Onn, a union official who was
An investigation has revealed that migrants who pick vegetables for British supermarkets are treated like ‘slaves’ and forced to live in filthy conditions. Desperate workers who move to Western Europe for the chance of higher wages are living in wooden
With her BBC interview getting almost 40,000 views following her battle in a live interview on the edge of Grimsby’s harbour, Victoria Ayling says the BBC are desperate to “get her back” tonight. The candidate for Grimsby was interviewed on the news
David Cameron’s hopes of wooing UKIP supporters to vote Conservative in May have been dealt a hammer blow by Brussels. The Tory leader was desperate to be seen as the only real option for securing a renegotiated relationship with the
UKIP’s candidate for Rotherham, Jane Collins, has spoken out as a Pakistani-born father of five was convicted of child sex offences against girls in Peterborough, saying that although child sexual exploitation was carried out by men and women of all
Labour supporters look to be panicking in the constituency of Great Grimsby as both Unite and Unison have joined forces with Hope Not Hate for an anti-UKIP campaigning day. Staff from the unions, which donate millions to Labour, have sent
Euro MPs have been condemned as “hypocrites” for their support of the inaugural European Games in the capital of Azerbaijan, despite the country’s record on human rights. Political parties, including the group where the Liberal Democrat’s sole MEP sit, have
