She was Britain’s first female leader, a strong woman who battled her way to the top of a male-dominated political system — but don’t call Margaret Thatcher a feminist.

IT will be interesting, after tomorrow’s US Presidential debate, to watch the credit-takers lining up behind the winner.

An enormous patch of waste plastic debris covering thousands of square miles has formed in the Atlantic, researchers said today.

The BBC said today it had offered an apology to the Muslim Council of Britain after airing claims that the organisation approved of killing British troops.

A reputed white supremacist showed no emotion as he was sentenced to three life terms in prison for his role in the abduction and killing of two black teenagers 43 years ago.

JAMES FORD SEALE, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentenced yesterday to three life terms in prison for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in southwest Mississippi.

A former Ku Klux Klansman was today jailed for three life terms for his role in the 1964 abduction and murder of two black teenagers in south-west Mississippi.

MAVERICK British Labour MP George Galloway was facing mounting pressure last night over allegations that he received hundreds of thousands of pounds from the regime of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Labour MP George Galloway faced fresh allegations about his links to Saddam Hussein today.

Hopes have been raised that a national newspaper reporter imprisoned in Zimbabwe will soon be freed.