Ukip's new leader Henry Bolton has said the party has avoided becoming the "UK Nazi Party" with his election at the expense of a candidate who described Islam as "evil".

An Australian senator provoked an angry backlash from politicians by wearing a burka in Parliament on Thursday as part of her campaign for a national ban on Islamic face covers.

Armed raiders who targeted London’s Selfridges store while dressed in burkas fled with £1million worth of luxury watches, police said today.

Spain’s justice minister said today that the government favours banning women from wearing burkas in government buildings.

Belgians may soon be the first Europeans to ban the burka, it has emerged.