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BNP to get free advertising on BBC for general election

23.10.09

Video: New row breaks out over BNP getting free television advertising, while Europe’s most notorious far-Right leader said BBC had given Nick Griffin a massive potential boost... more

Never mind the politics, it's time to join the euro

07.09.09

Back from summer holidays and the anxious wait for the Visa and MasterCard statements begins... more

Tory spin chief’s head on the block over phone-tap claims

09.07.09

One of David Cameron’s most senior allies was under pressure to quit tonight over claims of a giant phone hacking scandal... 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

Cameron 'must stop accepting Ashcroft donations'

23.02.09

David Cameron faced demands to suspend donations from Tory backer Lord Ashcroft as election watchdogs began an inquiry into the legality of his gifts to the party... more

Charities slam boys and girls' Big Brother

02.02.09

Channel 4 bosses have been accused of shamelessly exploiting children to boost ratings with a new Big Brother-style programme... more

Tearful Speaker admits blunders over raid

03.12.08

Police had no warrant to search the parliamentary office of Tory MP Damian Green, the House of Commons Speaker admitted ... more

Speaker faces being forced out after raid

01.12.08

Commons Speaker Michael Martin may be pressed to take early retirement at the next election in the wake of the Damian Green affair, the Standard has learned.... more

Brown stuns MPs with call for Osborne inquiry

22.10.08

Gordon Brown astonished Westminster by demanding an official probe into George Osborne's relationship with Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska... more

Sack Miliband or you'll look weak, MPs warn Brown

31.07.08

Gordon Brown has been warned by Labour MPs that he would look "weak" if he failed to sack David Miliband... more

Miliband emerges as the young pretender

30.07.08

David Miliband has marked himself as a dangerous rival to Gordon Brown by blatantly refusing to rule out a leadership contest... more

The truth about mum and me: Carol Barnes's son James talks about the newscaster's last days

25.07.08

The last person to speak to TV newscaster Carol Barnes was her only son James Thomson, and the memory of that final conversation constantly replays in his mind like a tape on a permanent loop.... more

Tragic Carol Barnes leaves £800,000 to son who assaulted WPCs after drinking binge

20.07.08

News presenter Carol Barnes has left more than Ł800,000 to her troubled son in her will.... more

Carol Barnes's son escapes jail sentence after assaulting three policewomen days after his mother's memorial service

08.07.08

The son of late News At Ten presenter Carol Barnes narrowly avoided jail after assaulting three female police officers and a bouncer at a bar during a drunken night out .... more

My Family star's caution over drugs

10.06.08

...despite Met chief's call for celebrity users to face a jury... more

Cameron is simply a Spectator at Mayor show

08.05.08

Borismania came to town at the party to celebrate the Spectator's 180th anniversary... more

Television news presenters gather to say goodbye to much-loved former colleague Carol Barnes

17.03.08

Figures from the world of television news bade a final farewell to former ITN newscaster Carol Barnes at her funeral service today. Former colleagues Dermot Murnaghan, Alastair Stewart and Mark Webster gathered alongside close family and friends for the funeral near Barnes's home in Brighton, East Sussex... more

Tributes roll in for Carol Barnes, the 'tenacious, courageous' face of TV news who never got over the death of her daughter

10.03.08

Tributes were being paid last night to television newsreader Carol Barnes, who died yesterday less than a week after she collapsed at her home in Brighton. The 63-year-old was admitted to the Royal Sussex Hospital following a severe stroke and never regained consciousness... more