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The comedian and actor Russell Brand was scheduled on Friday to appear before a London court on multiple charges of sexual assault, including two counts of rape. His appearance at Westminster Magistrates Court will be the first, largely procedural, step in what are likely to be lengthy criminal proceedings. It comes a month after British…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Two UK university student unions have suspended their Ukrainian societies as they probe if they breached charity rules to buy drones that were later sent to support troops fighting Russian soldiers. The unions at University…
The local elections 2025 results mapped for council elections across the country Elections have taken place across the UK for council and local elections in 2025(Image: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images) Local elections have taken place all across the UK on Thursday, May 1, the first vote since Labour won the 2024 general election last July. Millions…
What time and when all council and mayoral election results are due Elections have taken place across the UK for council and local elections in 2025(Image: Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post) Voters across the UK are casting their votes at polling stations across the country to decide who their next local councillor or mayor will be…
Labour has narrowly held the mayoralty of north Tyneside, less than 500 votes ahead of Reform Ben Quinn Labour’s Karen Clark won with 30% of the vote, compared to Reform on 29%, with the Conservatives on 21%. The result came ahead of increasing jitters that Nigel Farage’s populist right party would pull off one of…
Could this be the time to start doing rain dances? After weeks of clear skies, warm sunshine and barely a drop of rain in many places, gardeners and farmers are looking at ground that is rock hard and plants desperate for water. And this dry spell has lasted more than only a few weeks —…
When the boundaries of council wards change, it is important to have an idea of how many councillors each party would have had if the new boundaries been in place last time the seats were contested. This way, the change in the number of councillors elected for each party can be calculated on a like-for-like…
LONDON, – British actor and comedian Russell Brand is due to appear in a London court on Friday after being charged last month with rape and multiple counts of sex assault in cases relating to four separate women more than two decades ago. Comedian Russell Brand due in UK court to face rape and sex…
Polls have closed across England for local and mayoral elections, as well as a key parliamentary byelection, with the first results due to be announced within hours. It is the first full-scale electoral test for Keir Starmer since the general election, and could have notable repercussions for Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch, as well as…
In the general election last year, Labour won 53 per cent of the vote in Runcorn & Helsby. Reform was a distant second on 18 per cent. It was Labour’s 49th safest seat. But in October, Mike Amesbury, the MP, punched a constituent in the street. He was suspended from Labour after video emerged of…