Greg Dewhurst, from the Met Office, said there would be ‘plenty of sunshine around, but it will become cloudier the further north you are’.

People wearing inflatable dinosaur costumes with blue Conservative rosettes were at the forefront of the Liberal Democrats’ latest election campaign stunt. Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey could be seen ...

The Labour leader hailed his party’s win in the York and North Yorkshire mayoral election, in an area he called ‘the heart of Tory territory’.

Second-placed Jamie Driscoll had quit Labour after he was barred from standing as the party’s candidate in the North East.

Counting is continuing for the council and police and crime commissioner (PCC) elections that took place on Thursday. A majority of results are due by the end of Friday evening, while a handful are ...

Hope Hicks, a former long-time adviser to Donald Trump, took the witness stand on Friday in his criminal trial, where prosecutors are expected to question her about her knowledge of hush money ...

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has written to the veteran MSP who is poised to become Scotland’s next first minister.

A struck-off solicitor exploited the Grenfell Tower tragedy and Windrush scheme to submit fraudulent immigration applications. Flora Mendes, 45, from Luton, made up fake addresses in Grenfell Tower as ...

Nicola Walker and Stephen Mangan will return for a Spain-set special of BBC comedy drama The Split. The programme about ...

Richard Holden admitted it had been a disappointing night for his party, but insisted the widespread losses are ‘typical for a Government ...

Lord David Cameron has backed Ukrainian strikes against targets inside Russia using British-supplied weapons. The Foreign ...

The government has said it will redraft its Carbon Budget Delivery Plan within 12 months following the court’s decision.