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

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’.

Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 37 people, with another 74 still missing, the state civil defence agency said on Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated ...

Football pundit and Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson says Ipswich Town deserve to go up tomorrow - and he thinks they will.

The Government’s failure to address the damage being done by the current inspection system is “reckless”, a school leaders’ union boss has said. Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National ...

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

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

Rail passengers are bracing for eight days of disruption as bank holiday engineering work runs into the next round of industrial action by train drivers. Network Rail said it will carry out 487 ...

Around 4,000 people with sickle cell disease in England could benefit from a “life-changing” new treatment after it was given ...

The Government acted unlawfully by approving a strategy to meet the UK’s climate targets, a High Court judge has ruled. Environmental charities Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth, and the Good Law ...

The Conservatives look set for a by-election defeat and a bruising set of council results which will add to pressure on Rishi Sunak. Labour is confident it will win the Blackpool South parliamentary ...

Barry Manilow has announced a “back up plan” to move his Manchester performance from the beleaguered Co-op Live after Take That moved their gigs and other shows were cancelled. Take That said their ...