Cyber attacks and terrorism among top threats to UK

"Attacks on computer networks are among the biggest threats to the UK, Theresa May has said ahead of the publication of a new National Security Strategy. Cyber terrorism was a "new and growing" danger, the home secretary said. The BBC has learned there will be...

Chile's President Gives The Queen Mine Rock

" The billionaire is bringing lumps of rock from the bottom of the San Jose mine as gifts for both the Prime Minister and the Queen, who he will meet at Buckingham Palace after a last-minute invitation, according to The Times. President Pinera will visit Churchill's War Rooms...

UK aid worker may have been killed by rescuers' grenade

" British aid worker Linda Norgrove may have been accidentally killed by US forces during a rescue mission in Afghanistan, David Cameron has said. International forces there originally said the 36-year-old died on Friday when one of her captors detonated a suicide vest. But...

David Cameron: New UK Prime Minister as Gordon Brown Resigns

Gordon Brown Steps Down as Prime Minister, David Cameron Accepts New Role Conservative leader David Cameron has accepted the position of Prime Minister of the UK, following an appointment by the Queen. After a short...

Sam Cam - The Only One In Labour In Downing Street? UK Election

The news that Samantha Cameron, wife of UK Conservative leader David Cameron, is pregnant, could not have come at a better time for the Conservative Party who have so far not hammered home their opinion poll...

UK Conservative Leader David Cameron & Wife Samantha Expecting

Conservative Party leader David Cameron and his wife Samantha are expecting a baby. If David Cameron becomes Prime Minister, as many expect, then Downing Street will see the birth of another baby. The last...

David Cameron would show Scotland 'respect' if he became PM

David Cameron the leader of the UK Conservative party said he would show Scotland 'respect' and would seek a meeting with the Scottish First Minister if he became Prime Minister in the up and coming British general elections.  Recent polls show that...

Uk Politics: Cameron Faces Revolt Over Clarke

UK opposition leader David Cameron is facing a revolt by his shadow cabinet over his moves to bring Ken Clarke back to the mainstage of the Tory party. Clarke is one of the most popular and recognizable faces...

Tories extend poll lead over Labour in UK

Though UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown had narrowed the spread between his party's poll numbers and those of the rival Conservative Party in recent months as the financial crisis began, a new poll shows that narrowing has been reversed, and the Conservatives are once again...

Ken Clarke returns to UK Shadow Cabinet

UK Conservative Party leader David Cameron is taking a big gamble by bringing controversial Tory politician Ken Clarke back to the front of the party lineup. Clarke held numerous high-profile positions in the...

Blow for Brown as Cameron leads UK poll by seven points

Gordon Brown's political recovery in the UK as a result of his leadership during the global economic crisis. His rival David Cameron has pulled ahead it polls. It appears thatthe business world is losing...

Under-pressure David Cameron issues election call in UK

Tory leader David Cameron came out swinging against Uk prime minister Gordon Brown this morning, accusing the prime minister of ruining the future UK economy by borring at the start of a recession. He essentially...

UK police allege Tory MP 'groomed' Whitehall mole

More information has emerged about the Tory politician in the UK who was arrested last week by anti-terrorism police and charged with leaking sensitive information. It is being alleged that the politician groomed a 26-year-old civil servant in Whitehall to pass on top-secret...

Brown suffers new opinion poll blow

It's looking as if the bump in popularity UK prime minister Gordon Brown experienced after his handling of the world financial crisis may have been temporary. After Brown took the lead in developing a bank bailout plan for the UK which other nations then copied, his polling...

Update: Tories hitting back hard over Damian Green arrest

In a bold and provocative move, British anti-terror police arrested a top Tory MP last night, alleging that he leaked top-secret government information. Today it became more clear that the Tories see this as a...

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