Angela Rayner plans to urge PM to let Manchester mayor stand in Gorton and Denton byelection ...

Trust says Reform UK leader was invited to WEF event by London-based venture capitalist as an honorary adviser ...

Sentencing Nick Gratwick, judge described his offences, which included plotting to rape children as young as six, as ‘the stuff of nightmares’ ...

Court says alleged abuse and trafficking offences occurred outside Spain, leaving it without jurisdiction ...

Three suspects face attempted murder counts after Steven and Kimberly Meyer were shot at their Lafayette home ...

Donald Trump’s maximalist approach to foreign policy reached a crescendo this week, but there is increasing resistance from other world leaders. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian columnist Jonathan ...

Outside Atlanta, the Godfreys are caught in a cycle of job loss and eviction. That stress has implications for the kids ...

Keir Starmer condemns comments made by Donald Trump that Nato troops stayed off the frontline in Afghanistan ...

After Andrew Gwynne’s exit, voters in Gorton and Denton are fractured – and increasingly willing to look elsewhere ...

Letters: Readers reflect on a letter from a novelist lamenting how little they earn, and on taking up a writing career later in life ...

Bernard MacMahon’s film about the 70s giants took advantage of audience enthusiasm to make a major impact in cinemas – and it’s just the latest in a string of films about the era of classic rock ...

Not Such an Innocent Girl makes No 1 for single sales and downloads, after revelations about family rift ...