Jubilant Ukip leader Nigel Farage said his “people’s army” was on its way to Westminster after securing first place in historic elections for the European Parliament.

Nigel Farage’s Ukip is poised to deliver the “political earthquake” he has promised in British politics as his party looked set to top the European polls.

A labrador retriever has been found alive on an isolated cove of an Alaskan island, more than a month after its owner was given up for dead when his boat sank in rough seas.

A UK clergyman who died in a car fire in an apparent suicide was remembered with warmth and humour at his funeral today.