Big bad John. He was a former Deputy PM from somewhere 'up norf. He left politics shortly after belting a protestor who threw a rotten egg at him. Now he's back to add colour to UK politics.

It's feared that three girls, aged 15 and 16, have left the UK to become Jihadist brides for Islamic State fighters in Syria. What are they thinking? It's not exactly a Club 18-30 holiday.

The artist behind the Tower of London poppies has received death threats.

The UK's Deputy Labour Leader Harriet Harman is rumoured to have described a Labour councillor as being "too pretty" for politics.

John Dobbie reports from the UK on Boris Johnson's plans for the top job, and an election campaign fought on pinning down tax evaders.