Keep a local focus, PM asks voters
David Cameron has appealed for voters in Thursday's crunch elections not to punish the Tories for Britain's economic woes.
View ArticleTainted by association? Boris shrinks from Cameron's touch
Boris Johnson received an undesired endorsement from embattled prime minister David Cameron today, as Labour tried to paint the pair as "two Tory peas in a pod".
View ArticleDecision time: Britain goes to the polls
Voters in England, Wales and Scotland go to the polls today as a host of vital elections are held across the country.
View ArticleMea culpa? Mervyn King admits financial crisis mistakes
The governor of the Bank of England has finally admitted he bears some responsibility for failing to see the signs of a financial crisis.
View ArticleMP reveals Murdoch decision abuse
Tory MP Louise Mensch has hit out at the "sexual insults and slurs" aimed at her over the decision not to back a select committee's criticism of media baron Rupert Murdoch.
View ArticleSarkozy courts far-right but fails to floor Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a last-ditch appeal to far-right voters on Thursday, saying they could be decisive in Sunday's election runoff, after he failed to land a...
View ArticleHollande in winning position for French runoff
PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy faces defeat at the hands of Socialist Francois Hollande in a presidential runoff on Sunday, paving the way for a French push to temper austerity in...
View ArticleGunman holds hostage at Italian tax office - police
ROME (Reuters) - A man armed with a rifle took 15 people hostage at a tax collection office near the northern Italian city of Bergamo on Thursday before freeing all but one of them, police said. The...
View ArticleCameron defends role in Murdoch takeover deal
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron rejected calls to fire his Culture Minister on Friday after a public inquiry heard how the minister had ignored warnings from staff to lend his support...
View ArticleVideo: The Week in News
From uproar in the House of Commons to a rogue tornado which disrupted a wedding, here are five of the most striking video reports as seen on Yahoo! News this week.
View ArticlePM's tribute to Falklands fallen
David Cameron has paid his own personal tribute to the 255 soldiers, sailors and airmen who gave their lives to liberate the Falkland Islands.
View ArticleChina cancels visit to UK 'over Dalai Lama meet'
China's top legislator cancelled a visit to Britain in anger over a meeting between Prime Minister David Cameron and the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, a source said.
View ArticleAction on discrimination urged
Fresh laws may be required to protect armed forces personnel from discrimination and abuse, Ed Miliband said as he called for cross-party action on the issue after meeting troops serving in Afghanistan.
View ArticleMiliband warning on Afghan pullout
The international community must "up its game" on political progress in Afghanistan or risk wasting a decade of sacrifice by British soldiers, Labour leader Ed Miliband has warned.
View ArticleMiliband piles pressure on Hunt
David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt face "huge" questions over their handling of News Corporation's BSkyB takeover in the wake of the latest evidence to the Leveson Inquiry, Labour leader Ed Miliband said.
View ArticleClegg slams gay marriage free vote
Voting on gay marriage should not be left to MPs' consciences, Nick Clegg has said.
View ArticleBusiness start-up loans announced
Young entrepreneurs will get access to around £80 million-worth of loans to get new businesses off the ground, David Cameron has announced.
View ArticleBlair faces grilling over ties to Murdoch
LONDON (Reuters) - Tony Blair's decision to openly court Rupert Murdoch to win power and ensure favourable coverage during his decade-long tenure as British prime minister will come under scrutiny when...
View ArticleCameron to meet BofE chief over eurozone crisis
Prime Minister David Cameron will meet the head of the central bank and the head of Britain's financial watchdog on Monday to discuss the eurozone crisis, Downing Street said.
View ArticleLeveson's rage as protester breaches Blair security
Lord Leveson was forced into the embarrassing position of having to order a security investigation into his own inquiry today, after a protester burst from behind him to shout at Tony Blair.
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