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’.

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 union said it was bringing legal action over the relationship of the Civil Service Code with the Government’s Safety of Rwanda Act.

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

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

The heartbroken community of Enniskillen said farewell to the popular Jonathan [Jonny] Gibson at his funeral earlier today, Friday, June 3. The Gibson family wished for his funeral to be a celebration ...

Alfie was stabbed to death ‘in full view’ of pupils leaving a primary school in the Horsforth area of Leeds last November.