Reform UK finished second and Labour is pushed into third place in bad news for PM Keir Starmer ...

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news ...

Former state Liberal MP begins his evidence after pleading not guilty to 10 charges for various sexual acts ...

World Health Organization report also finds one in seven adolescents across continent use vapes and e-cigarettes ...

An Oscar-nominated documentary that goes into the bedrooms of children killed in US school shootings hopes to drive home the reality of such tragedies. ‘I’ve never been so frightened,’ says its direct ...

GM Matthew Wadsworth won in Ryde on tiebreak, Scottish GM Matthew Turner also shared first, while in Graz Scotland’s Freddy Waldhausen Gordon, 15, qualified for the IM title ...

Result gives progressive voters clear signal they have an alternative to beating Reform UK – and shows the task ahead for Keir Starmer ...

The Greens’ victory in a Labour stronghold was its first ever in a Westminster byelection and establishes the party as a serious political force and a credible anti-Reform alternative ...

Villa’s run of three wins in nine league games has opened the door to Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool ...

Party says ‘what’s important now is that we strengthen our party for the future’ but some MPs concerned they will not learn from loss ...

Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England after overturning 13,000-vote Labour majority ...

From magical swimming spots to museums and pizza joints, our readers share their top Welsh discoveries ...