It’s not just your lifelong politicans who enter the fray when it comes to election time. With the next general election now confirmed for July, there...
A teenager who hit and killed a seven-year-old girl while riding a stolen motorbike has been sentenced to 64 months detention. Katniss Seleznev was thrown around...
The mother of a missing 20-year-old who fell in a river in Monmouthshire has issued a plea to help find him. Louise Jones said she and...
MSP Michael Matheson is to be suspended from Holyrood for 27 sitting days and lose his salary for 54 days over his £11,000 iPad data roaming...
Sky News has announced its coverage plans for the 2024 general election after Rishi Sunak surprised the nation by saying the public will go to the...
Rishi Sunak was barely two minutes into his general election announcement yesterday when a song began blaring near No 10. Younger or less politically astute viewers...
Nigel Farage has said he will not be making a return to British politics after a general election was called. The Reform UK honorary president and...
The surprise election announcement made for a sluggish start to the campaign in most ways. But the speed of digital meant the online campaign was up...
A man has been charged over the death of a 78-year-old woman and the attempted murder of two others in Edinburgh. Police Scotland said emergency services...
A 10-year-old schoolgirl has been named as the person who died in a mudslide in North Yorkshire. Lingfield Education Trust said Leah Harrison was a “much...
The race for Number 10 begins in earnest today following Rishi Sunak’s decision to call a snap summer general election in a high stakes move that...
Rishi Sunak has made the calculation that 4 July is, if not the best election date for the Conservatives, then the least worst. Firstly, he thinks...
A second boy has died after two children got into difficulty in the River Tyne in Northumberland. Northumbria Police said Aras Rudzianskas, 13, from Newcastle, died...
Further heavy rain could cause a danger to life and travel disruption after a mudslide resulted in one death on Wednesday, the Met Office has warned....
A portrait of the Princess of Wales, which takes inspiration from her cancer diagnosis video message, has been unveiled. The painting by British-Zambian artist Hannah Uzor...
Rishi Sunak has called a general election for 4 July, saying “now is the moment for Britain to choose its future”. In a statement outside Downing...
Rishi Sunak has called a general election for this summer. The prime minister has been saying for months he would call a vote for the “second...
A person has died in a mudslide in North Yorkshire, police have said. Police said they were responding to the mudslide, which happened at 1.15pm in...
The Royal Family is postponing engagements “which may appear to divert attention or distract from the election campaign”, Buckingham Palace has announced. It comes after Rishi...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed that a general election will take place on 4 July. Standing in the rain outside Downing Street, Sunak touted his...