2024

Labour won with just over 1,500 votes more than the Tories in an incredibly close race.

Joe Biden is caught between students demanding peace, and Americans concerned the unrest is disrupting education.

3 hours ago About sharing By Anna Lamche BBC News People working behind the scenes at the troubled Co-op Live arena in Manchester have spoken of what they say were “chaotic” events leading up to the bungled opening of the venue. Workers involved with the project spoke on condition of anonymity as they did not…

2 hours ago About sharing There are 13 candidates who are standing for the office of mayor of London By Henry Zeffman, chief political correspondent, & Adriana Elgueta BBC News, London Counting has begun in the London mayoral election. Not a single vote was counted on Friday – not that that stopped an intense flurry…

1 hour ago About sharing There are warnings of famine in Gaza following months of Israeli bombarment By Anna Foster & Andre Rhoden-Paul Jerusalem and London Efforts have intensified to secure a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, with talks resuming in Cairo on Saturday. Hamas said its delegation was…

55 minutes ago About sharing Labour’s deputy campaign coordinator says her party needs to rebuild trust with Muslim voters, amid an apparent backlash over its stance on Gaza. The party’s position on the Israel-Hamas war appears to have dented its support in Muslim areas in England’s local elections. Labour’s Ellie Reeves admitted it had “a…

14 hours ago Comments About sharing By Chris Mason Political editor, BBC News There has been lots of noise and lots of numbers. And, for plenty of us, not a lot of sleep. And there are still more results to come this weekend. But how do things look right now? Firstly, dire election results are…

A woman who had to travel from Wales to England for an abortion says the experience was traumatic.

2 hours ago About sharing As many as 100,000 people are expected to visit Malmo for the competition By Adrienne Murray Reporting from Malmo Security is being tightened for the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden’s third city Malmo, with large demonstrations planned to coincide with the event and the country already on high alert. Police…

Analysis4:19 Professor Sir John Curtice Professor of politics at University of Strathclyde Though some key results will only be counted on Saturday, the results of the local elections have for the most part been deeply disappointing for the Conservatives. Some losses were inevitable. Most of the seats being elected on Thursday were previously contested in…