Councillors have warned Conservatives against selecting a "continuity" candidate to become the new leader of the local authority at the centre of the Grenfell Tower fire.

At least 70 people, including children and entire families, have been reported missing following the Grenfell Tower fire.

British politicians described chaotic scenes in Westminster after a security alert meant many had to be evacuated from the UK Parliament.

A Jewish neighbourhood watch group in England has reported a road sign which appears to warn "beware of Jews" to the police.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been condemned by a leading charity after suggesting that migrants with HIV should be prevented from entering the UK.

A jubilant Nigel Farage has insisted Ukip will be “serious players” at the British general election after the party landed major blows on the Tories and Labour in local polls there.

Parents should be banned from smacking children, according to the Children’s Commissioner for England.

London mayor Boris Johnson has big plans, and that worries Conservative leaders, says Greg Williams

WHO ever said nothing ever happens in August? The riots in Britain have caused bewilderment and outrage in equal measure. The image of London has been severely damaged. But before the media turns to its next big thing, there are a few points worth bearing in mind about what we have seen on our TV screens.

Cameron blames a deep moral failure while his opponents emphasise social inequalities as Britain’s politicians struggle to hit the right notes about the riots, writes Ariel Zirulnick

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron was cutting short his holiday last night to fly back to Britain following a third night of violence in the capital.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has voiced his concern at the damage caused to the club’s ticket office and the rest of the area by rioters this weekend.

THE riot that tore through parts of north London’s deprived Tottenham neighbourhood has cast a pall over Britain’s capital, echoing an earlier era of racial unrest, while spreading malaise through a city preparing to host the Olympic Games.

Scotland Yard has confirmed that 26 police officers were injured in last night's riots in Tottenham in north London, and that 42 people were arrested for offences including violent disorder, burglary and theft.

Up to 26 British police officers were being treated in hospital today following riots which broke out in north London two days after a man was shot dead by police.

West Ham were today officially confirmed as the preferred bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games.

Tottenham today launched a targeted assault on West Ham’s bid for the Olympic Stadium as they finally broke their silence on their own plans to take over the site.

Voting opens in Labour’s shadow cabinet elections today, with 49 MPs battling for a place in Ed Miliband’s top team.

Irish companies will benefit from an EU-wide single patent system to protect their ideas and innovations.

Americans remembered Martin Luther King’s dream of social justice on the 40th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s assassination today.

An artist who dismantled a shed then put it back together again has won the £25,000 Turner Prize.

A CROSS-PARTY attempt by British MPs intended to prevent the introduction of “euthanasia by the back door” failed last night amid chaotic scenes in the House of Commons.

Soul superstar Alicia Keys gave an unusual performance at the House of Commons today as part of one MP’s bid to make parliament ‘‘more hip’’.