About 5,000 councillors and six mayors up for election in England, while Scotland chooses 129 MSPs, and Wales selects 96 members of the Senedd ...

Ministers to mandate use of tools that record individuals’ cumulative exposure to harrowing incidents ...

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

Four empty oil tanks were reportedly damaged, although it’s unclear whether the drones belong to Ukraine or Russia ...

As communities push for publicly owned electricity, private utilities may be deploying dark money and local front groups to stop them ...

Powerful radar system is providing new data on city’s subsidence, which experts hope will draw more attention to it ...

The US and Iran have offered conflicting messages over the likelihood of a deal being reached imminently ...

There’s no better way to stay relevant than to stop looking over your shoulder and instead live for the present. Unfortunately my mindset is the complete opposite, writes Adrian Chiles ...

Bigger vehicles including electric can cause multiple harms, yet resistance to rise of SUVs and trucks has had mixed support ...

Liverpool fans have achieved a victory in their protests against ticket costs after the club scrapped plans to increase prices for the next three seasons ...

First came the boom in virtual cycling, then cash prizes and now the MyWoosh app has taken the next logical step – random drug tests for e-racers ...

Suspect, 28, accused of enrolling under false identity before arrest, in case echoing similar US incidents ...