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

Mick Jagger briefly waded into Louisiana politics, taking a verbal jab at the state’s conservative governor, as the Rolling Stones performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The band had ...

Narinder Kaur is “seeking legal advice” as police continue their investigation into a social media post by Laurence Fox in relation to an “upskirting offence”, her agent has said. In a now-deleted ...

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

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

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

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

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

The Tories held Broxbourne while Labour held Sunderland, but elsewhere in the north-east they lost wards to independents in South Tyneside – where there have been problems with bin collections – and ...

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 ...

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 ...

An offer from the Prime Minister to Ireland to join the Rwanda scheme features among a variety of stories on the nation’s front pages on Friday. The Telegraph says Rishi Sunak is set to offer Ireland ...