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The Conservatives have lost control of three councils, while Labour gained two in early local election results. Labour candidate Chris Cooke also won the race to become mayor of Middlesbrough – taking the role from an independent incumbent. Sir Keir Starmer’s party has taken Plymouth and Stoke-on-Trent from no overall control, and the Tories have

Polling stations have now closed and votes are being counted in this year’s local elections in England. The results will come in waves throughout the night and into the morning – with all councils expected to declare by 8pm on Friday. Elections were held in 230 of England’s 317 councils, within district, borough, county borough

“God Save the King” – four words unlikely to be on the lips of many Jamaicans at the weekend during the Coronation of King Charles. “Happy and glorious” – also a long stretch. In a world exclusive, a senior Jamaican government minister has told Sky News that the Coronation of the King has accelerated the

The leader of Plaid Cymru, Adam Price, is to step down after a damning report into the party’s culture. Mr Price and the party’s chair Marc Jones were forced to apologise after the report – commissioned by the party’s ruling committee – found that the party had “failed to implement a zero-tolerance approach to sexual

A man has admitted keeping a pensioner’s body in a freezer for nearly two years. Damion Johnson pleaded guilty at Derby Crown Court on Tuesday to keeping John Wainwright’s body in the freezer of a property in Birmingham. The 71-year-old died in September 2018 and was discovered in August 2020. The offence is believed to

The government is “in no way complacent” about security surrounding the King’s coronation after a man was arrested outside Buckingham Palace overnight, the security minister has said. Tom Tugendhat added that he is “very proud of the response” to the incident. A man was arrested after throwing what is suspected to be shotgun cartridges into

A nurse accused of murdering seven babies has denied harming any children as she gave evidence for the first time, crying at one point as she told the court “everything is just gone”. Lucy Letby is also accused of 10 attempted murders between 2015 and 2016, allegedly using methods such as injecting air into the

A crucial meeting between unions and NHS employers is expected to pave the way towards a resolution of the long-running pay dispute, which has led to numerous strikes. The NHS Staff Council will today hear reports from unions to decide whether to accept the government’s offer of a 5% pay rise and cash sum for

A body has been found in the search for a teenager who went missing in the River Thames near Lechlade-on-Thames. Police were called at around 10pm on Sunday after a 17-year-old boy failed to resurface after going into the water in the River Thames near Lechlade-on-Thames in Gloucestershire. A group of five people had been

Nagi held his wife Reem in a tight embrace for more than 40 seconds. They were reunited at a hotel near Stansted Airport after he escaped violence in Sudan on one of the last evacuation flights out of the country. Tears turned to chuckles when Nagi cradled Reem’s belly to talk to their unborn child.

Each day Ron and Maxine Flewett wait for the phone to ring, hoping it is the news they have waited 20 months for. Mr Flewett has a health condition causes scarring on the lungs – he relies on a constant supply of oxygen and now he is waiting for a transplant. His wife, who is

Millions of people will be asked to say a pledge of allegiance to the new King when he is crowned on Saturday. For the first time in history, the public will be given an active role in the coronation, with the Archbishop of Canterbury calling on those watching or listening to the event to take

Hospitals are bracing themselves for “exceptionally low” staff numbers in some regions as nurses prepare to go on strike over the bank holiday weekend, NHS England has warned. The latest walkout comes as the health service warns that, due to nearly six months of strike action, the number of rescheduled appointments is set to hit

The body of a man recovered by officers investigating the death of a pregnant teacher has been formally identified as her partner David Yates. Police Scotland officers made the discovery at Mugdock Reservoir on Thursday. The search was under way for Yates, 36, after Marelle Sturrock, 35, was found dead in a property in Glasgow’s

Three photographs of the King and Queen Consort have been released a week ahead of the coronation weekend, and a new partition for the ceremony has been unveiled.  And details of a new partition which will shield the King for the ceremony have also been revealed. The screen features an embroidered design by painter Aidan

Police looking for the partner of a pregnant teacher found dead in Glasgow have found a body. Officers were looking for David Yates after the body of Marelle Sturrock, 35, was discovered at a property in the city’s Jura Street on Tuesday morning. Police said the body is yet to be formally identified but it

The Metropolitan Police has still not learned from its “calamitous litany of failures” in the Stephen Port case – meaning the force could have missed other murders, according to a damning watchdog report. The serial killer drugged his victims Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor with overdoses of GHB and dumped their

British nationals in Sudan have been warned the UK “cannot guarantee” how many more evacuation flights will leave Khartoum after the 72-hour ceasefire expires. So far, 536 British nationals have been airlifted to safety on six flights, according to the Foreign Office. The US-Saudi mediated ceasefire between Sudan’s two warring factions is due to expire

Ten people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a man in west London. Seven men and three women are being held after police were called to “reports of intruders” at an address in Brentwick Gardens in Brentford shortly after 5am on Wednesday. The London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance

A mother and her “monster” partner have been jailed over the death of a two-year-old girl. Kyle Bevan, 31, was given a life sentence for murdering Lola James, the daughter of his partner, in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, with a minimum term of 28 years. Sinead James, Lola’s mother, was sentenced to six years for causing or