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UKIP dealt a major blow to mainstream parties Friday with initial results of local elections in England showing strong gains for the eurosceptic party. Nigel Farage predicted his party could chalk up some 200 council seats by the end of the day after…

A man accused of sending sexually explicit and violent messages to the Labour MP Stella Creasy on Twitter is due to stand trial on Monday. Creasy, the MP for Walthamstow in north London, received abuse on Twitter along with campaigner Caroline Criado…

The English Premier League is to hold a meeting Monday where it will discuss the conduct of a chief executive caught up in a sexism row. Last week Britain’s Sunday Mirror newspaper published leaked private e-mails sent by Premier League chief executive…

A federal prosecutor urged a New York jury to convict Islamist cleric Abu Hamza on kidnapping and terrorism charges, insisting in closing arguments the evidence against him was “simply overwhelming.” “The real Abu Hamza is not the man you see now in…

Two British journalists were recovering in Turkey on Thursday after being shot and beaten by rebel kidnappers while covering the Syrian conflict, the Times reported. Times writer Anthony Loyd was shot twice in the leg while being held captive and photographer…