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Albanian dies falling from 85mph Eurostar train in Kent

18.10.11
A man fell to his death from a high-speed Eurostar train as it travelled through Kent last night... more

'Don't undermine David Cameron on climate targets'

23.06.11
Pressure is mounting on Tory MEPs not to undermine Prime Minister David Cameron over tougher European climate change targets ... more

Tory causes more outrage with 'date rape' comments

23.05.11
A senior Tory has sparked outrage today by claiming some 'date rape' victims are partly responsible for their ordeal. ... more

Plane travel databases to log every EU passenger

02.02.11
Personal details of every passenger flying in and out of Europe will be logged on international databases under EU plans announced today to combat terrorism and organised crime... more

EC targets derivatives and short-selling with new rules

15.09.10
New rules to ban short-selling of shares and tighten control of derivatives markets are unveiled by the European Commission ... more

Milk from clone farms is used across Europe

02.08.10
Holidaymakers across Europe may have unwittingly been drinking milk from the offspring of cloned cows, it has emerged... more

EU agrees to tighter rules on banker bonuses

07.07.10
Bankers working in the European Union could see bonuses slashed from next year and set more towards long-term success... more

EU agrees to put cap on bankers’ cash bonuses

30.06.10
Bankers will be prevented from walking away from disasters with huge pension pots under new EU rules... more

Talks halted on tough hedge fund rules

24.06.10
Discussions over draconian new rules for hedge funds and private equity firms have collapsed in Brussels... more

Harriet Harman nominates Diane Abbott for Labour leadership

08.06.10
Labour's acting leader, Harriet Harman, nominates Diane Abbott for the party's leadership in an attempt to get a woman on the ballot paper... more

Cameron branded ‘pathetic’ as Tory duo quit over U-turn

05.11.09
David Cameron hit by two Tory resignations and denounced as 'pathetic' and 'autistic' by the French foreign minister over his new policies on Europe... more

Tory rebels over new Europe party

15.07.09
David Cameron was hit by in-fighting in his new European Right-wing grouping... more

Greens are London's biggest winners as Labour plunges to fifth in suburbs

08.06.09
Labour suffered a humiliating rout in the European elections as it was pushed into fifth places in dozens of areas around Britain - although it clung on to second in London... more

This anti-Europe spasm will take Britain nowhere

08.06.09
The Euro-sceptics’ triumph will not lead to withdrawal – just impotence, warns a former Europe minister ... more

Europe casts its vote

04.06.09
Polling stations are open today between 7am and 10pm... more

Nervous wait for Brown as future hangs in balance

04.06.09
Gordon Brown faces a nail-biting wait which could see him propelled from Number 10 in the wake of a voter backlash at the polls... more

Cameron: PR would aid BNP

02.06.09
David Cameron hit back at Health Secretary Alan Johnson's call for voting reform, warning that it could hand real power to the racist British National Party... more

Shamed MEPs to receive part of £20 million pay-off

02.06.09
Three MEPs accused of abusing their expenses will be paid hundreds of thousands of pounds as part of a £20 million retirement package for British MEPs... more

Don’t back a vote system that will let in the BNP

02.06.09
Proportional representation may sound like a fair and effective system but it's anything but... more

Lumley: The Green Party is the obvious choice in poll

27.05.09
Joanna Lumley is urging voters to shun mainstream politicians and instead back the Greens in next week’s Euro elections... more

I'll restore the balance of our lunatic fringe

20.05.09
Opinion polls: Love Them or Hate Them or Don't Know or Other, there are an enormous number of them around at the moment... more

BNP City Hall official meets neo-fascists at Euro summit

14.04.09
A British National Party official at City Hall came under fire after he attended a conference where European neo-fascists gave Nazi salutes... more

Gilts: another reason to worry

26.03.09
THE Prime Minister's attempt to co-ordinate a global response to the downturn at the G20 summit in London has already taken him this week to the European Parliament and the United Nations in New York... more

Goodbye, boys... Eva Herzigova may have to cover up as the EU pulls the plug on 'sexist' TV commercials

05.09.08
The end could be in sight for adverts which use sex to sell after they came under the unforgiving gaze of Brussels. ... more

EU court plan 'infringes UK legal rights'

03.09.08
British subjects could be convicted in their absence in foreign courts under EU plans, it emerged... more

Tory MEPs told to publish expenses or face ban

23.06.08
The Tory leader has threatened to oust Conservative MEPs who refuse to publish details of their expenses claims... more


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