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LONDON: A French minister yesterday slammed British opposition leader David Cameron's EU plans as 'pathetic', just hours after he vowed to take back powers from Europe.

Failure in Afghanistan would be a "disaster" for Britain, the Government has warned amid renewed questions over whether the military campaign can ever be successful.

David Cameron's concern over loss of sovereignty has led opponents to accuse him of endangering public safety by questioning the European arrest warrants that fast-track extradition requests The Tories are to consider pulling out of the EU's fast-track extradition scheme, which helped bring failed London bomber Hussain Osman to justice, as part of ...

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has dismissed the idea of imposing tax on financial transactions to guard against another crisis in the banking sector.

A EURO fanatic French minister was forced to apologise yesterday for calling Tories "autistic". Pierre Lellouche's blast at David Cameron for planning to curb EU influence sparked uproar.

CULTURE Secretary Ben Bradshaw has sent out a rallying call to culture "luvvies", as he warned a Conservative election victory would dramatically change the Government's relationship with the BBC and the arts, writes the WMN's Louise Vennells.

TORY leader David Cameron is expected today to announce that a Conservative Government would not block a referendum on law-making powers for the Assembly.

David Cameron's biggest fear is that he will lose another child, he disclosed, as he spoke openly about his faith for the first time, admiting it's not always the "rock" it ought to be.

Pierre Lellouche, the French Europe minister who sparked a diplomatic storm by accusing the Tories of adopting an "autistic" approach to Europe, last night attempted to mend bridges with the Conservatives .

Lord Mandelson has called for new leadership in Europe to give the EU a key role in the world.

When the Czech President Vaclav Klaus finally bowed to overwhelming pressure on Tuesday and signed the Lisbon Treaty, he remarked with great sadness that his country was giving up its sovereignty.

British deaths in Afghanistan have come with increasing frequency, from snipers, suicide attacks and roadside bombs.

Five U.K. soldiers were killed yesterday in a shooting at an Afghan police base in southern Helmand province, making this the deadliest year for British troops in more than two decades.

Chemo: There are 20 per cent more cancer deaths per 100,000 deaths in the UK, compared with across the continent Cancer patients in Britain are far more likely to die than those in the rest of Europe - and the gap is getting wider, research suggests.

The Conservatives' stance on the EU has been attacked as a "pathetic" move that will "castrate" UK influence in Europe, a French government minister has said.

President Vaclav Klaus is last obstacle to full ratification of EU reform treaty after court rules it is in line with constitution The president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, was awaiting the court ruling before deciding whether to endorse the Lisbon treaty.

British lawmakers will be banned from using taxpayers' money to make mortgage payments on second homes or hiring family members as staff under new rules published Wednesday in the wake of a scandal over legislators' allowances.

Five British soldiers have been shot dead in Helmand Province, in an attack the UK military blamed on a "rogue" Afghan policeman.

Are parts of Britain really like the cult US television series? We join cops on a drugs bust to judge for ourselves As we cruise past in a battered Mondeo, one of the detectives tells me to look left, where I see a dozen Somali teenagers milling by the entrance to a public park, brazenly selling drugs just a few yards from a railway station and a ...

DEVONPORT Dockyard owner Babcock International has completed its 38 million acquisition of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.