Voters will go to the polls on Thursday as Labour faces its first electoral test since taking power last year. Sir Keir Starmer’s party faces a twin challenge of local elections across England and a ...

A 16-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl are in hospital following a stabbing in Merseyside, police said. Merseyside Police said officers were called to Whitefield Drive in Westvale, Kirkby, at about 8.

Thursday is expected to be the hottest day of the year so far, with forecasters predicting temperatures could hit 30C at the earliest point on record. The UK could face the warmest start to May on ...

Crucial talks aimed at resolving the long-running Birmingham bin strike are to take place on Thursday morning. The general secretary of the Unite union, Sharon Graham, will lead the May Day ...

Ukraine and the US have announced an economic deal after Donald Trump called for Kyiv to compensate Washington for billions of dollars in assistance to help repel Russia’s invasion. Treasury secretary ...

The first new Gruffalo picture book in more than two decades will be released next year. Children’s book duo author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler will work on the as-yet untitled ...

A paddleboard operator jailed after four people drowned during an excursion on a river in south-west Wales was sacked as a police officer for making a fraudulent insurance claim. Nerys Bethan Lloyd, ...

Pulp, Paul Weller and Primal Scream are among the notable music names who have defended Kneecap after one of the rap group’s members appeared to call for Tory MPs to be killed. Video has emerged from ...

An investigation has been launched after dozens of people who attended calf and lamb feeding and petting sessions at a farm contracted a parasitic infection. Public Health Wales said on Wednesday that ...

British band Massive Attack have defended Kneecap after one of the rap group’s members appeared to call for Tory MPs to be killed. Video has emerged from a November 2023 gig appearing to show one ...

The King has poignantly reflected on his experience of cancer, saying it had brought into “sharp focus the very best of humanity” and telling cancer charities: “You have my whole family’s deepest ...

The Government has moved to secure the option of challenging a court ruling that found it was acting unlawfully in failing to order a public inquiry into the murder of a Gaelic Games official in ...