Richard Braine has been elected as the new leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).

The move fulfils a promise Mr Batten made to step down a year after being elected unopposed.

An unemployed man who cultivated cannabis plants at his home in order to feed his drug habit and so he wouldn’t be “dealing with scumbags” has been ordered to perform 180 hours of community service.

MEPs called today for an international effort to counter piracy on the high seas.

Sweeping plans for electronic monitoring of all visitors crossing European Union borders could be a “Big Brother” move too far, the European Commission was warned this afternoon.