Yorkshire and Humber MEP Edward McMillan-Scott said he has been working to ensure Hussain's release.

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British liberal MEP Edward McMillan-Scott - and MEPs from across the spectrum - urged the EU to formally recognise the Libyan opposition, the Provisional Transitional National Council.

BBC: MEP: Libya crisis may become 'worse than Rwanda'

But MEP Edward McMillan-Scott, who was expelled from the Conservatives for opposing their new alliances in the European Parliament, said Mr Helmer and Mr Hannan should be disciplined and Mr Hague moved to a different position.

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Among the millions of names and numbers online are prime minister Harold McMillan at his cottage in Chelwood Gate, composer Edward Elgar at his estate in Warwickshire and writer Evelyn Waugh at the home in the West Country where he wrote Brideshead Revisited.

BBC: Writer Evelyn Waugh's number is among millions online