British dance star Fatboy Slim has refused a request from Britain's Conservative Party to use his 1995 track Happiness during their annual political conference.

THE British Tory Party is leaderless at the moment, rather like this country.

The Tories tonight called on the BBC to disclose what action it had taken to investigate claims by its senior foreign correspondent John Simpson that Downing Street had hacked into the Corporation’s computer.

The Tories say the experiment in the decriminalisation of cannabis has allowed drug gangs to flourish.