POLITICS

UK Government's Energy Paper says independence would lead to massive energy price hike

Portsmouth council hopeful claims calling gay people 'abnormal' is fine.

Miller affair had predictability about it which ended with her inevitable resignation

Best photos of the day: 9 April 2014.

Separatists release 56 people from local headquarters in eastern Ukraine

ABI's director general Otto Thoresen said the group knew about the probe in December

Kim elected chairman of National Defence Commission in first session of newly elected rubber-stamp parliament.

Miller resigned in a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron over her expenses claim

The National Institute for Economics and Social Research warns of instant bumper bills for an independent Scotland.

Four days of counter-terrorism operations against al-Shabaab result in massive number of arrests

186 million Indonesians are registered as eligible to vote in the elections

Court blocks Nader al-Masri's visa to prevent participation in West Bank race

Freedom Party of Austria candidate said EU was worse than Nazi Germany and claimed it would be 'conglomerate of n*****s'.

David Cameron's decision to stick by his beleagured minister has put him in the firing line.

First Irish head of state on official visit to UK to sit down with former IRA leader Martin McGuinness

The International Monetary Fund cut its growth prediction for Russia in the wake of escalating tension over Ukraine.

Power vacuum after Steve Williams and Ian Rennie quit after 'turbulent' period

South Korean media reports official executed with flame-thrower as Kim continues crackdown on uncle's loyalists.

Incoming government faces uphill task of fixing economy's problems.

Labour would devolve at least £20bn to boost city and regional economies, says Miliband

Egyptian men jailed for years by court after holding 'deviant parties' and dressing in women's clothes.

Brent May contract up 0.43% to $106.39 a barrel at 10:45 BST.

Best photos of the day: 8 April 2014

Russia's counter-terrorism chief confirms FSB 'neutralised' Chechen ringleader responsible for multiple terror acts

Ukraine failed to meet a Gazprom deadline of midnight to pay off its $2.2bn in outstanding gas bills

Ukraine arrests 70 pro-Russian protesters in Kharkov and recaptures regional administration building.

Moscow says Ukraine's military preparations in eastern cities could unleash 'civil war' amid increasing unrest.

Russians with cancer have a right to live without the indignity of treatable pain - but they suffer neglect at every level.

Nigeria's ascent to the top of Africa's economy has magnified some underlying weaknesses.