His wife died following conventional treatment for cancer. Now Lord Maurice Saatchi wants to introduce a law to encourage medical innovation, but some experts say it is not necessary, Helen O’Callaghan reports.

Former British Conservative Party treasurer Robert McAlpine of West Green said today that allegations linking him to child abuse were "wholly false and seriously defamatory".

The leader of the Ulster Unionists has rejected a British Conservative Party proposal that they disband and become a Northern Ireland wing of the Tories.

A STUDENT who hurled a fire extinguisher off the roof during a riot that engulfed the British Conservative Party’s headquarters was jailed for 32 months yesterday.

AN upcoming conference of the British Conservative Party is being targeted by dissident republicans for a bomb attack, a Tory MP has warned.

Take That Gary Barlow said today it was “inevitable” Robbie Williams would perform with the group again.

British Conservative Party leader David Cameron said rival Nick Clegg had a “good debate” as he gave his verdict on last night’s historic televised leaders’ confrontation.

The British Conservative Party have stretched their poll lead in the wake of British Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Budget package, a poll showed.

The British Conservative Party said a backlash from Europe “won’t make a difference” today as David Cameron was accused by a leading French minister of “castrating” the UK's influence in Brussels.

British Conservative Party MP William Hague will pledge the Conservatives' support to the Ulster Unionist Party today and is expected to address the UUP’s annual conference.

A British Conservative Party parliamentary candidate has been caught out plagiarising The Sun newspaper in a campaign leaflet, it was revealed today.

A Conservative Party councillor in England has resigned after being exposed as a former IRA gun-runner.

The Ulster Unionist Party has agreed to form an electoral pact with the British Conservative Party.

The Ulster Unionist Party tonight agreed to form an electoral pact with the UK's Conservatives.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has changed his position on the housing policy praised by the UK's prime pinister Gordon Brown, the McCain campaign said today.

The British Conservative Party is in talks with the Ulster Unionists about joining forces to create a new political movement in the North, it was revealed today.

Victims' relatives are being vilified for demanding the truth about controversial killings linked to the security services in the North, it was claimed today.

The British Conservative Party will today call for an immediate inquiry into the war in Iraq.

British Conservative Party leader David Cameron today renewed his call for a Whitehall inquiry into the allegation that lives were put at risk by a series of leaks about anti-terror operations.

Screen hardman Vinnie Jones believes he would make the perfect politician because he came from a humble background before finding fame on the soccer pitch and in Hollywood.

Bob Geldof is to become a new independent advisor for the British Conservative party on global poverty.

The Northern Secretary Peter Hain has accused the British Conservative Party of abandoning a cross-party approach to the peace process.

David Cameron tonight promised radical change for the British Conservative Party after being overwhelmingly elected its fourth leader since Labour came to power in 1997.

A Sinn Féin MP will become the first member of his party to take part in a debate during the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool today.

British Conservative Party leader Michael Howard today fired his party’s former deputy chairman Howard Flight as a candidate at the general election.

British Conservative party members in Northern Ireland are to join British Labour Party counterparts for a debate on the need for both organisations to have constituency associations in the North.

Former British Conservative Party leader William Hague has been appointed to the board of an Irish software group, it emerged today.

The British Conservative Party has called on the SDLP’s John Dallat to withdraw remarks he made about Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith.

The Republican movement has not yet done enough to earn the right to see the Northern Ireland Assembly recalled and a new executive formed, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble said last night.

The families of 29 people killed in the Omagh bomb would not be satisfied if a truth and reconciliation commission was set up to establish what happened, it was claimed today.

Disgraced British peer Jeffrey Archer was expected to leave prison today after serving two years and two days of his four-year jail term.

THE British Conservative Party yesterday released a confidential Commonwealth report into human rights abuses in Zimbabwe in an effort to put new pressure on President Robert Mugabe and bring an end to his regime.

Ulster Unionist Party leader, David Trimble, has denied weekend speculation that he is seeking the leadership position in the British Conservative Party.

The British Conservative Party is expected to call for the removal of Sinn Fein's right to use offices in the House of Commons at Westminster during a debate in London today.

British Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith today called on Tony Blair to take a tough stance on IRA disarmament and consider throwing Sinn Fein out of its offices at Westminster following the collapse of devolution in Northern Ireland.

A right-wing British Conservative Party back-bencher has announced plans to quit Westminster and stand as a unionist candidate in next year’s Assembly elections in the North.

The Ulster Unionist Party is due to hold talks next week on the possibility of merging with the British Conservative Party.

The SDLP has boycotted a visit to south Armagh by the British Conservative Party’s spokesman on the North because of his "insulting" comments.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has announced that his ministers will resign from the Northern Assembly by next Wednesday in protest against the IRA’s delay in decommissioning its weapons.

Michael Portillo has resigned from mainstream politics after his humiliating defeat this afternoon in the latest round of the British Conservative Party leadership race.

Michael Portillo has been eliminated from the British Conservative Party's leadership race after failing to secure enough support to progress to the final round of voting.

Michael Portillo is expected to announce his long-awaited bid for the British Conservative Party leadership.