The results of mayoral elections in Greater Manchester, London and the West Midlands are among those expected on SaturdayLocal elections 2024: full council results for EnglandRishi Sunak is braced for the result of key mayoral elections in London and the West Midlands, after the Conservatives were trounced in the first day of local election results.As...

Ex-PM turned away from South Oxfordshire police commissioner vote for not having valid ID – a rule he introducedBoris Johnson has thanked three villagers who turned him away from a polling station on Thursday for trying to vote without a valid ID.The former prime minister was told by polling station staff that he would not be allowed to vote in the...

Largely white, male group taunts pro-Palestinian protesters on campus and one man makes racist gesture towards Black womanDozens of students at the University of Mississippi gathered this week to protest against Israel’s war in Gaza and to call for the state’s flagship university to be transparent in its potential dealings with Israel.There were hundreds...

The full set of folios published by John Gould will be presented at Firsts book fair in London in mid-MayJohn Gould was one of the most sought-after taxidermists in 19th-century London, commissioned by King George IV to stuff the first giraffe to arrive in England.But Gould’s lasting legacy is birds. He travelled the world documenting and cataloguing...

The UK is expected to come out of recession, but it would be wise not to expect a reduction any time soonIt would come as a shock to most economists if the Bank of England opted to cut interest rates at its policy meeting this week.Financial markets, which were baying for a cut last May, are these days betting that August or possibly September will...

Water bottle stations set up in St Leonards-on-Sea and part of Hastings as customers face days without serviceAbout 31,000 properties are without water in East Sussex due to a burst water main.Southern Water said the disruption in St Leonards-on-Sea and some areas of Hastings was expected to continue into Sunday. Continue reading...