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Sat, 09 May 2026 08:31:37 GMTLocal election results live: Starmer faces mounting pressure from MPs and unions over heavy losses
Sir Keir Starmer said he is ‘not going to walk away’ after Labour endured a bruising set of election results
Sat, 09 May 2026 08:19:06 GMTLocal elections results in full: Live map for every seat across England, Wales and Scotland
Live election results for England, Scotland and Wales in one place
Sat, 09 May 2026 08:15:54 GMTThe records broken in historic local elections that rocked Labour as Reform surges
New records were set by Reform and the Green Party, while Labour suffered historic losses in this week’s local elections
Sat, 09 May 2026 07:51:51 GMTLondon local elections 2026: Live results map for every mayoralty and council in the capital
Every single London council has been contested
Sat, 09 May 2026 07:50:34 GMTScottish election 2026: Results map for every seat in Holyrood
SNP leader John Swinney said his party had ‘emphatically’ won the election
Sat, 09 May 2026 07:49:35 GMTWales election 2026: Results map as Labour loses control of Senedd for first time
Labour has suffered its worst result in over a century in the nation
Fri, 08 May 2026 23:57:40 GMTVoters have not only rejected Starmer but the leadership challengers to his Labour crown
Political editor David Maddox looks at how the election results have left Labour with even more questions about the leadership of the party
Fri, 08 May 2026 22:57:57 GMTThe Senedd results are disastrous for Labour – but the writing’s been on the wall for months
First minister Eluned Morgan has lost her seat and resigned as Reform UK and Plaid Cymru make epic gains across the country
Fri, 08 May 2026 19:29:35 GMTDefiant Starmer vows ‘I will not walk away’ as Labour suffers devastating election losses
As Nigel Farage’s Reform makes sweeping gains, Labour has suffered monumental defeats across the UK in the local and devolved elections
Fri, 08 May 2026 18:35:05 GMTWoman repeatedly stabbed husband after argument over pet dogs being put down
Claire Bridger, 64, was jailed for three years after the incident in Bramerton, Norfolk
Fri, 08 May 2026 16:50:27 GMTFarage tears apart Starmer’s red wall brick by brick as Labour heartlands decimated
Labour suffered bruising losses across its northern heartlands as Nigel Farage hailed a ‘historic shift in British politics’. Will Labour have any strongholds left by the end of the day? Dan Haygarth explains
Fri, 08 May 2026 15:54:26 GMTVoices: ‘Lightweight opportunist’ or ‘smear campaign’ victim? Polanski divides readers as Greens make election gains
As the Greens make major local election gains, our community is sharply divided over whether Zack Polanski represents a genuine progressive alternative to Labour or a dangerous populist figure dogged by mounting controversies
Fri, 08 May 2026 15:30:44 GMT‘Prolonged uncertainty’ of Brexit sent waves of financial volatility across Europe, research finds
Political and economic upheaval transmitted shocks from large markets of Paris and London to smaller markets where impacts were felt most intensely
Fri, 08 May 2026 14:48:21 GMTMother and ex-boyfriend jailed over 4-year-old’s death from ‘catastrophic’ injuries
Kol Page died two years after being severely beaten as a toddler
Fri, 08 May 2026 14:32:27 GMTGovernment sets date for nationalisation of Great Western Railway
It is the 11th operator with a Government contract to be taken into public ownership
Fri, 08 May 2026 14:11:02 GMTMan denies threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on Sandringham Estate
Alex Jenkinson, 39, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday
Fri, 08 May 2026 13:46:44 GMTGreen Party’s win in Hackney shows voters ‘want an alternative,’ says new mayor
Hackney’s new and first Green mayor has said her win shows that voters “want an alternative” to traditional two party politics, after she unseated Labour after 24 years.
Fri, 08 May 2026 12:19:42 GMTMapped: The countries affected by the cruise ship Hantavirus outbreak that has killed three people
More than a dozen countries have been linked to the hantavirus outbreak, as the WHO confirms five cases of the disease. Alex Croft reports
Fri, 08 May 2026 12:11:57 GMTCourt shown moment Ian Watkins steps out of prison cell covered in blood
Rico Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 44, both deny murder and possession of a makeshift knife in prison
Fri, 08 May 2026 11:44:05 GMTNumber of people crossing English Channel since 2018 believed to have reached 200,000
Two women died while trying to cross the Channel last Sunday following six other fatalities in April
Fri, 08 May 2026 10:46:18 GMTBrazen shoplifter swipes entire Mini Eggs display from supermarket
A shoplifter stole an entire Mini Eggs display from a supermarket, CCTV from the store shows.
Fri, 08 May 2026 10:31:10 GMTSix arrested as police target TikTok livestreamers pushing counterfeit goods
Officers also uncovered £1,000,000 worth of clothing and trainers believed to be stolen
Fri, 08 May 2026 10:28:51 GMTNo 10 insiders answer your questions on how Westminster really works – from pressure on the PM to political infighting
In The Room hosts and former Downing Street insiders Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson responded to readers’ questions on Keir Starmer’s leadership, Labour’s struggles, Reform and the Greens, Westminster culture and what is really happening behin...
Fri, 08 May 2026 10:00:24 GMTRebecca Long-Bailey slams ‘out of touch’ Keir Starmer for ‘soul-destroying’ local election results
Rebecca Long-Bailey has criticised an “out of touch” Sir Keir Starmer as she described Labour’s local election results as “soul-destroying.”
Fri, 08 May 2026 09:50:18 GMTBoy who went on £100,000 shoplifting spree banned from entering Holland and Barrett and Boots
He targeted Boots stores in several boroughs including Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea
Fri, 08 May 2026 09:05:16 GMTVoices: ‘So one-sided’: Readers divided over whether Labour’s rental reforms go too far
Our community is deeply divided over Labour’s rental reforms – with landlords warning the end of no-fault evictions will shrink supply and send rents soaring, while renters say the crackdown on insecure and poorly maintained housing is long overd...