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

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 ...

The heartbroken community of Enniskillen said farewell to the popular Jonny Gibson at his funeral earlier today, Friday, June 3.

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’.

Community, the GMB and Unite said that the company was ‘completely disregarding’ the impact of its plans on workers and local communities.

Labour has enjoyed a string of successes across England, though it missed out on winning the Tees Valley mayoralty from the Tories.

Acceptable forms of ID include a passport, driving licence, Proof of Age Standards Scheme cards and Blue Badges.

Los Angeles police have begun removing barricades at a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment on the UCLA campus. The move comes after officers spent hours on loudspeakers, threatening to make ...