Footballer Joey Barton has apologised after claiming Ukip’s European election victory made them the best of "four really ugly girls" on the BBC’s Question Time.

Footballer Joey Barton has apologised after claiming Ukip’s European election victory made them the best of “four really ugly girls” on the BBC’s ‘Question Time’.

Somali pirates who are demanding US$7m (€4.7m) in ransom for a British sailing couple said today that boats from other countries are plundering Somalia's fish-rich waters.