Nigel Farage’s Ukip is poised to deliver the “political earthquake” he has promised in British politics as his party looked set to top the European polls.

The most damning conclusion of the media select committee report into phone hacking – that Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person” to run a major company - was not backed by any of its Tory members.

The famous Monty Python comedy 'The Life of Brian' is to be screened for the first time in an English holiday resort after a council ban was declared void, it was announced today.