European stocks slid to their lowest in nearly four months and sterling continued to fluctuate as investor jitters intensified ahead of Britain’s EU membership referendum next week.

Days before a referendum that seemed to be in the bag for David Cameron, a YouGov Plc poll suddenly showed the Leave side ahead.

Britain’s FTSE-100 share index snapped a three-month run of gains and sterling fell against all of its major peers yesterday as two new opinion polls surprisingly indicated that UK voters now favour the country leaving the EU.

More than half of Muslims in Britain think homosexuality should be illegal, while 47% believe teachers should not be gay, a survey has revealed.

A majority of Scots would vote for independence if the country was removed from the European Union (EU) against its wishes, a new poll has suggested.

Ladbrokes have raised the likelihood of the UK leaving the EU, placing a 40% chance on an exit.

Celebrating 40 years of Higher Education in 2014, Griffith College has developed a reputation for running some of the most effective, focused and successful undergraduate, postgraduate and Adult Education courses in the country.

On the eve of Scotland’s independence referendum, the fate of the United Kingdom rests on hundreds of thousands of wavering Scottish voters, as opinion polls showed supporters of the 307-year union just a whisker ahead of secessionists.

Rivals on both sides of Scotland’s referendum debate will take to the streets today for one final day of campaigning before the historic ballot.

The two leaders in Scotland's independence debate have clashed over the issues of currency, energy and the health service in a TV debate.

The leader of the campaign for Scottish independence failed to turn a US-style television debate into a victory for his cause, six weeks before Scotland votes on whether to break up the United Kingdom.

Opposition Labour leader Ed Miliband attacked UK prime minister David Cameron for acting as a "cheerleader" for Pfizer’s bid for London-based AstraZeneca.

Done and dusted

Gardeners are happier than non-gardeners and less likely to display signs associated with unhappiness or depression, a British survey has suggested.

French consumers and food industry buyers are increasingly interested in quality Irish produce, say key exhibitors attending the Sial food fair in Paris.

MOVEMENT in lamb prices at the factories is limited this week, but at least positive for farmers, with a marginal improvement in prices on offer at some plants.

THERE has been further slippage in lamb prices at some processing plants this week, reflecting market instability on the continent.

IT is another very positive week for sheep farmers, with further price improvements at the factories.

David Cameron’s honeymoon period with British voters is over as new figures reveal that his support is on the wane.

There is strong support among British people for an independent investigation into the takeover bid for broadcaster, BSkyB, by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, according to an opinion poll today.

BRITAIN’S new coalition government set out plans yesterday to reform the electoral system and cut state interference in people’s lives, while tackling a record budget deficit.

WITH two opinion polls last night still pointing to a hung parliament, Labour’s election supremo Peter Mandelson said the Tories had failed to recover the lead they enjoyed at the start of the campaign.

British Airways cabin crew continued with a strike over cost-cutting today, leading to fresh clashes between the airline and union leaders about the impact of the industrial action.

YOUNG women today are nearly three times more sexually active than those of their grandmothers’ generation in the liberal heyday of the Swinging 60s, according to a survey.

There was more worrying news for British Conservative party leader David Cameron tonight as two more polls suggested the UK is on course for a hung parliament.

The Conservative Party in the UK have strengthened their opinion poll lead over Labour, according to a survey tonight.

A REVIVAL in British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s re-election chances evaporated yesterday as two polls forecast victory for the Conservative party in a parliamentary election due by mid-2010.

British voters prefer the Conservative Party in almost every policy area, according to a poll which gives the opposition party a 19% lead over Labour.

Fresh questions were raised over British prime minister Gordon Brown’s leadership tonight after a poll found he was regarded as an electoral liability.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing another disastrous setback in next week's crucial by-election battle, according to polls.

First-time buyers with no deposit were dealt a devastating blow in the UK today when the final mainstream lender offering 100% mortgages reportedly axed the deal.

VERY little movement in lamb prices over the past week, but at least any shift has been upwards, although scarce and slow.

Half of workers believe their colleagues are not up to the job, research in the UK suggested today.

Gordon Brown suffered a fresh blow today as a poll showed the Tories have established a seven-point lead over Labour as their support reached a 15-year high.

US singer Beyonce Knowles has scrapped plans to stage her first concert in Malaysia.

FANCY being the next Pat Kenny or Miriam O’Callaghan?

THE sheep trade has continued at a disappointing level for farmers this week, as markets failed to deliver the expected pre-Christmas price boost. However, high prices in May and strong home market demand have kept average sheep prices for the year 2% ahead of 12005.

Eminem is set to return to the big screen after signing a movie deal with Hollywood talent agency International Creative Management.

BRITAIN’S defence chiefs have banned a broadcaster from “embedding” its reporters with troops in combat zones in a row over its coverage of the medical treatment of troops.

A new poll has shown that only a third of voters think Bertie Ahern should resign over the payments controversy.