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Nigel Farage (pictured) has pointed to France, which reserves seats in both of its houses of Parliament for dependencies including Reunion, Guadeloupe and French Polynesia.

Craig Harrison (pictured) was forced to quit his Army home, temporarily leave the country and remove his teenage daughter from school before her GCSE exams.

The desperate search continued Monday night and into Tuesday for two dozen Plaza Towers Elementary School children feared dead after yesterday's devastating tornado, which already took the lives of seven of their young classmates.

Andy Murray withdraws from the French Open because of the back injury that forced him out of the Italian Open.

Trevor Bolder, the bassist in David Bowie's legendary 1970s backing band Spiders From Mars, has died from cancer at the age of 62.

The heir to the throne warned that an increased slaughter of animals such as tigers and rhinos to make exotic products that reflect people’s ‘economic prosperity’ is decimating the world’s wildlife.

Plaza Towers Elementary School, which was a direct hit as the tornado swept through Moore, Oklahoma on Monday, did not have a storm shelter as budgets were stretched, officials said.

Heritage trail starts in Birmingham suburb once marred by riots

Picture taken in 1972 shows Mrs Merkel marching with a group of friends and an East German officer as they prepared to take part in a civil defence exercise. The photo was released as a new book alleged she was closer to communists than she has claimed.

Scotland can "more than afford' to be a successful independent country, its first minister has said.

A mayor drives his car through the doors of his local Tesco Express.

A mayor drives his car through the doors of his local Tesco Express.

The number of women in that age group using Botox - which temporarily paralyzes the muscles beneath the skin - has risen 10 per cent in just one year.

Emergency services deal with a crash in which a boy on a bicycle is understood to have been injured in a collision with a mobile crane.

A man from Northern Ireland is killed in a car crash in Warwickshire, England.

The House of Commons votes to allow gay marriage in England and Wales, despite 161 MPs opposing the government's plans.

The two mile wide tornado which tore through the suburbs of Oklahoma City on Monday left devastation reminiscent of a war zone as it leveled entire streets and buildings killing at least 24 people.

Police investigate 10 people over allegations of sex abuse at a residential school after claims former MP Sir Cyril Smith abused boys there.

Police investigate 10 people over allegations of sex abuse at a residential school after claims former MP Sir Cyril Smith abused boys there.

This incredible video shows the moment Trenda Purcell is reunited with her first grade son, Kamden. He was at Briarwood Elementary school in Moore when the vicious 200mph tornado emerged.