Small Georgia town’s mayor doesn’t know what happens next after firing entire police department
The Cohutta town council will discuss reinstating the police and consider request for mayor's ‘immediate resignation’The town council in a small mount...
California becomes first state to provide a month of free diapers to all newborns
Parents will receive hundreds of free diapers before leaving hospital under new program aimed at alleviating expensesCalifornia families welcoming new...
Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling
Senior Labour MPs urge prime minister to step down within year as party suffers loss of hundreds of English council seats and humbling in WalesElectio...
2026 elections mapped: how Labour lost ground in different directions
Keir Starmer’s party lost out to Reform and the Greens, with no respite in Scotland, Wales or England. These maps show the scale of the historic resul...
Cracks showing for Labour close to back yards of Starmer’s top team
Reform makes gains in Labour’s working-class heartlands while Greens chip away at party’s progressive base Keir Starmer hates to lose. Unsurprisingly,...
Washington shooting suspect seeks to bar DoJ officials from prosecution role
Lawyers for Cole Allen say Todd Blanche and Jeanine Pirro could be considered victims or witnesses in caseA man charged with attacking the White House...
Reform wins across northern England overturn decades of Labour control
Sunderland, Barnsley, Gateshead and South Tyneside among councils reporting gains for Farage’s party • Full results from England, Scotland and WalesNi...
Trump announces Russia-Ukraine three-day ceasefire from 9 May
US president posts on Truth Social ceasefire will include suspension of all ‘kinetic activity’ and prisoner swapsDonald Trump has announced on social ...
Americans on hantavirus cruise ship reportedly to be quarantined in US
US CDC personnel are reportedly meeting ship in Canary Islands to accompany Americans on a flight to NebraskaThe US Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
Cyberattack on system used by thousands of US schools disrupts final exams
Nationwide Canvas outage left students and faculty ‘dead in the water’ and rushing to rearrange end of academic yearA system that thousands of schools...
ABC lawyers accuse Trump’s FCC of punishing network for political reasons
Network lawyers in a legal motion strongly pushed back against the FCC’s investigation into The View talkshowLawyers representing an ABC station have ...
Frustrated by Iran, Trump at last seizes enriched uranium – but from Venezuela
US energy department says 13.5kg of uranium taken from reactor in Caracas – a fraction of the 408kg held by TehranDonald Trump has succeeded in removi...
Nigel Farage hails ‘historic shift in politics’ after Reform UK election gains
Party has success in Labour and Tory heartland areas but one pollster says results suggest Reform may have peakedElections 2026 – live updatesFull res...
Plaid Cymru tipped to be biggest party in Senedd, ending 100 years of Labour control
First time Welsh nationalist party has enough support to run Wales, while also blocking momentum of Reform UKElection 2026 live: latest news updatesFu...
Zack Polanski calls two-party politics dead after Hackney mayoral win
Greens leader celebrates victory over Labour for Zoë Garbett, his party’s first ever elected mayor Election 2026 live: latest news updatesFull results...
Badenoch claims Tories ‘coming back’ despite widespread losses in local elections
Badenoch’s statement came after the Conservatives won back Westminster and Wandsworth councils in LondonElections 2026 live: latest news updatesFull r...
Man pleads not guily to threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Alex Jenkinson, 39, from Suffolk is expected to stand trial in July, with the former duke of York to give evidenceA man has denied threatening Andrew ...
Reform UK gains at Labour’s expense in local elections – podcast
It has been a crushing set of local and devolved elections for Labour, with Reform UK making huge gains across the country and the Greens winning in L...
How Labour’s ‘terrible’ night unfolded as Reform surges and Greens and Lib Dems hail wins
Plaid Cymru set to take power in Wales and SNP to retain it in Scotland, but Reform made big gains in both nationsElection 2026 live: latest news upda...
Reform and Greens surge in local elections: what next for Labour? – The Latest
Keir Starmer has vowed to fight on after Labour suffered heavy losses in local elections, while Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and the Green party made subs...
US waiting on a response from Iran over proposals for ceasefire deal, says Rubio
Diplomatic efforts continuing despite fighting in and around contested strait of Hormuz in recent daysMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US secretar...
Pentagon releases first batch of previously secret files documenting reports of UFOs
Release follows Trump directive for agencies to declassify government files related to unidentified flying objectsThe Pentagon on Friday released an i...
UK borrowing costs fall and pound rises as Starmer says he will remain as PM
Bond yields drop as market fears ease that Labour leader will be replaced by a more leftwing rival Elections 2026 – live updatesBusiness live – latest...
Man tells court he was threatened into setting fire to car linked to Starmer
Roman Lavrynovych is one of three accused of arson attacks on a vehicle and two houses in London tied to the prime ministerA Ukrainian man has admitte...
Lib Dems can counter extremes of Reform and Greens, Davey says
Party makes gains in Portsmouth and Richmond-upon-Thames in local elections but loses a Scottish strongholdElections 2026 – live updatesFull results f...
Canadian high school where deadly mass shooting occurred to be torn down
Tumbler Ridge secondary school was site of February mass shooting in which nine were killed and dozens were injuredThe school which was the site of on...
Great Western Railway to be nationalised in December
Train operator will become 11th national service returned to public ownership since Labour was elected in 2024Great Western Railway will be nationalis...
Robert Jenrick’s rancorous relationship with former Tory colleagues aired live on BBC
Victoria Atkins accused him of abandoning friendship and said they had not spoken since he defected to ReformThe rancorous relationship between Robert...
Sexual harassment more than twice as prevalent at England’s top universities, analysis finds
Harassment reported by 35% of students at ‘high tariff’ institutions compared with 17% at those with lowest entry gradesStudents at England’s leading ...
John Swinney declares victory for SNP in Holyrood elections
Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, concedes his party was comprehensively beatenElection 2026 live: latest news updatesFull results from England, Sc...
