Activists attack PM on gay marriage

Tory activists have attacked David Cameron's support for gay marriage

12:16am Sunday 19th May 2013

Tory activists have attacked David Cameron's support for gay marriage, claiming it had made winning the next general election "virtually impossible".

One in 10 'fell asleep at wheel'

A poll suggestsw more than three million British drivers have fallen asleep behind the wheel over the past 12 months

12:11am Sunday 19th May 2013

More than three million British drivers have fallen asleep behind the wheel in the last year, according to new research.

Crohn's patients slam hospital food

Half of Crohn's disease patients believe their recovery was hampered because of poor hospital food

12:11am Sunday 19th May 2013

Half of hospitalised Crohn's disease patients believe their recovery was hampered because of poor hospital food, a poll suggests.

Denmark eclipses UK at Eurovision

Emmelie de Forest, of Denmark, performs Only Teardrops during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo (AP)

11:53pm Saturday 18th May 2013

The UK was holding out for a hero - but in the event Bonnie Tyler was totally eclipsed by bookies' favourite Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Miliband pledges tax crackdown

Labour leader Ed Miliband will write new rules to tackle corporate tax dodgers if he wins the next election

11:34pm Saturday 18th May 2013

Labour leader Ed Miliband will write new rules to tackle corporate tax dodgers if he wins the next election, even if there is no international consensus for action.

Ukip hits new high in opinion poll

Support for Nigel Farage's UK Independence Party has reached a record 19 per cent, according to a ComRes poll

10:19pm Saturday 18th May 2013

The UK Independence Party surge has continued with two opinion polls giving the party record levels of support.

Bonnie belts out British entry

Bonnie Tyler performs her song Believe In Me during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena (AP)

10:08pm Saturday 18th May 2013

Welsh star Bonnie Tyler flew the flag for the UK with a belting rendition of Believe in Me at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Governor warning on housing package

Sir Mervyn King said there was 'no place in the long run' for the Chancellor's Help to Buy scheme

9:34pm Saturday 18th May 2013

The outgoing governor of the Bank of England has warned that George Osborne's plan to boost the housing market is "too close for comfort" to a general state guarantee for mortgages.

Tories bid to smooth 'loons' furore

Lord Feldman has denied being responsible for alleged comments describing grassroots Tory party activists as swivel-eyed loons

9:13pm Saturday 18th May 2013

The Conservative leadership has moved to head off a damaging rift with grassroots activists after an ally of David Cameron reportedly described them as "mad, swivel-eyed loons".

Cameron 'losing control' of party

Lord Geoffrey Howe says David Cameron is losing control of the Conservative Party

9:08pm Saturday 18th May 2013

Former foreign secretary Lord Geoffrey Howe has claimed David Cameron is losing control of his party as the Conservatives' "long, nervous breakdown" over Europe continues.






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