May 2024

Labour’s candidate Chris Webb wins Blackpool South with a huge swing away from the Conservatives.

4:18 This heavy defeat in Blackpool South is the latest in a sorry sequence of defeats for the Tories in recent parliamentary by-elections. The party has lost six other seats since Rishi Sunak became prime minister, with all of the defeats coming in the last 10 months. Kingswood – 15 Feb 2024 – Labour gain…

Apple’s boss fought back doubts over the firm’s future growth.

The band have become the latest act to move from the troubled arena amid a raft of “technical issues”.

3:30 Video content Video caption: ‘Promising start’ for Greens with Newcastle wins‘Promising start’ for Greens with Newcastle wins Let’s bring you some remarks from the Green Party’s co-leader Carla Denyer who has been talking about a “promising start”. She was commenting after the Greens secured two seats in the Newcastle City Council election. 3:30 Labour…

Conservatives lose seats to Labour at Thurrock with results coming in from eight other councils.

Where might the main political parties make gains and losses in the local elections on 2 May?

33 minutes ago About sharing The White House has said that Joe Biden meant no offence to Japan or India with his comment. By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington US President Joe Biden has called Japan and India “xenophobic”, grouping them together with Russia and China as countries that “don’t want immigrants”. His criticism…

Many of Scotland’s former council houses contain RAAC concrete but their owners are struggling to get help.

1 hour ago About sharing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in September 2023, just weeks before the outbreak of war By Aoife Walsh BBC News Turkey has suspended all trade with Israel over its offensive in Gaza, citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the strip. The Turkish trade…