BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown was last night facing calls to spare Chancellor Alistair Darling as he prepared to reshuffle the cabinet to shore up his tottering premiership.

A SECOND British cabinet minister has resigned, undermining Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s authority and his future as leader of the increasingly out-of-favour Labour Party.

British Communities Secretary Hazel Blears is to resign from the UK government Cabinet, she announced in a statement today on the eve of crunch European and local elections.

DISSOLVING parliament could be the only way to rescue MPs’ reputation amid growing public fury over the Westminster expenses gravy train, Gordon Brown was warned yesterday.

PORN MOVIES. Horse manure. A chocolate Santa Claus. Expense claims by British lawmakers to pay for an array of items were exposed yesterday, stoking public anger over lawmaker excess amid the global recession.

HARRIET HARMAN moved to quash suggestions she was preparing to succeed Gordon Brown as British prime minister yesterday – insisting there were “no circumstances” in which she would run for the leadership.

Using the internet to promote acts of terrorism will become a criminal offence under plans to be unveiled by the European Commission today.

A former Jihadi who has dedicated his life to deterring other young Muslims from becoming terrorists is getting the support he needs to continue his work, Hazel Blears said today.

One man is trapped under rubble after part of a building collapsed in central London, police said tonight.

Gordon Brown was confirmed as Labour's leader-in-waiting and Britain's next Prime Minister today, after winning overwhelming backing from MPs.

Gordon Brown will be acclaimed Labour leader elect and Britain’s next prime minister today, after his left-wing rival John McDonnell conceded defeat in the race for No 10.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair tonight won House of Commons backing for his plans to replace Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent, despite the biggest Labour Party backbench revolt since the Iraq war.

PRIVATE householders will be thrown out of their homes if they refuse to stop anti-social behaviour under new measures unveiled in Britain yesterday.

Crimes motivated by religious hatred have jumped by nearly 600% in London since the July 7 bombings.

Investigations in Italy could delay the extradition of a suspect sought by British authorities for the failed London bombings on July 21 and arrested in Rome last week, the suspect’s defence lawyer said today.

Britain’s last remaining Guantanamo Bay detainees landed back in the UK today.

A TOP-LEVEL police investigation was under way last night after a secret dossier containing counter-terror plans for Heathrow Airport was found abandoned on a road.

Stabbed British policeman Michael Swindells sacrificed his life to save passers-by from a maniac knifeman, his Chief Constable said today.

Policing illusionist David Blaine’s 44-day starvation stunt cost more than £64,000 (€93,130), the British Home Office said tonight.

Health authorities are to get powers to dramatically increase the fluoridation of drinking water in England and Wales.