United Kingdom Independence Party leader, Nigel Farage celebrates with a pint after early local election results in the Hoy and Helmet pub in South Benfleet in Essex Britain, 23 May 2014. The anti-EU UK Independence Party has made strong gains in local elections, according to results published 23 May, a strong indication that it may also have done well in the European Parliament elections. After a third of councils had been declared, UKIP had gained almost 100 seats, while Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative party had lost around 110. The European results are not expected till Sunday, but UKIP is widely predicted to be on course for victory. It follows unprecedented gains in local elections for UKIP last year. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
Former Chief Executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks holds a coffe to-go as she arrives to the Old Bailey, Central Criminal Court in central London, Britain, 25 February 2014. Brooks and former News of the World editor Andy Coulson are among eight people who are facing a range of charges during the trial, including conspiracy to intercept voicemails and phone hacking. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
A man wearing waders pulls a kayak to transport a local woman to dry ground in floodwaters in the Thames-side village of Datchet , Berkshire, west of London 11 February 2014. Thousands of homes along the Thames are threatened with rising flood waters as Britain's flooding situation continues to worsen. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
A British police officer looks at crashed vehicles on the New Sheppey Crossing Brigde by the the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, south east England, 05 September 2013. Eight people were seriously hurt and at least 180 suffered minor injuries in a pile-up involving more than 100 vehicles on a bridge linking the county of Kent with the Isle of Sheppey, police said. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA
British journalist, broadcaster, and television chef Nigella Lawson leaves Isleworth Crown Court in London, Britain, 05 December 2013. Lawson was in court for a second day to give evidence in the trial of two former assistants who face charges of fraud. Two Italian sisters are accused of defrauding Lawson and former husband Charles Saatchi of almost 700,000 pounds sterling of 840,000 euros after using credit cards loaned to them by Nigella Lawson and her ex-husband Charles Saatchi. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA