Nigel Farage’s Reform has won a crunch by-election by just six votes following a knife-edge recount in Runcorn and Helsby. Labour and Reform were separated by a wafer-thin margin of just four votes...
'He kept saying I'm a murderer': Polish doctor targeted for legal abortion2 days agoWill VernonBBC News in WarsawGrzegorz Braun/YouTubeA leading Polish doctor has told the BBC she fears for her...
Runcorn recount with Reform and Labour just four votes apart30 minutes agoBecky MortonPolitical reporterReutersThe Runcorn and Helsby by-election has gone to a recount with just four votes separating...
A handful of Kneecap festival performances have been cancelled as counter-terrorism police investigate footage which allegedly shows the band calling for the deaths of MPs and shouting "up Hamas, up...
In a fierce election night showdown, Labour's Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson exchanged heated words with Tory MP Richard Holden, accusing him of being "always so hostile" in a cringeworthy...
When will we know the results?56 minutes agoJennifer ClarkeBBC NewsBBCPolls have closed in local council and mayoral elections across parts of England.These are the first local elections since the...
Cristina HorezRowan IngsBBC Global Disinformation Unit & BBC Trending30 April 2025Romanians are returning to the polls this weekend, following the unprecedented cancellation of presidential...
Discussing his middle-aged obsession with gardening, handsome devil Dominic West, cheekily suggests it’s replaced the previous passion in his life. “I suppose you get to a certain age,” The...
A row has erupted in West Cornwall over Cornwall Council’s controversial proposal to demolish a much-valued community centre in Penzance to make way for a 72-flat care complex, a plan branded...
Tory grandee George Osborne has said Kemi Badenoch is not “in charge” of the Tory Party, or her shadow cabinet. The comments come after she insisted she is on the same page as Robert Jenrick over...
Meghan Markle revealed whether or not she wants a career in politics this week when she appeared on her friend’s podcast. On Monday, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, appeared on The Jamie Kern Lima Show,...
Watch: What's at stake in these local elections?The BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason talks through what's at stake in this year's local elections.1 day agoChris Mason, BBC Political EditorEngland...
Local elections are being held across 24 counties and six mayoral authories across England today as voters heads to the polls.While many millions of people are off to their local polling stations to...
Ed Miliband has a rare knack for winding people up. Maybe it’s the sanctimonious tone, the misplaced certainty, the goofy conviction that his batty ideas are invariably correct.Or perhaps it’s...
Former MP Andrew Bridgen broke House of Commons rules by accepting a £4.47million interest-free loan and failing to declare it, a watchdog has ruled. The cash, from businessman Jeremy Hosking, was...