All 10 councils left with no party in overall control after ballots this month have confirmed their executive arrangements.

Former prime minister Boris Johnson favoured an “authoritarian approach” to punishing people who failed to isolate during the pandemic, the Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. Policymakers also preferred ...

A drunk 19-year-old was in tears when she met her friends after allegedly being raped by a Heaven nightclub security guard, a court has heard. Morenikeji Adewole, 47, from Dartford, Kent, is on trial ...

Simon and Ed Crisford’s smart performer Quddwah returned to action with a fine win in the Prix de Montretout at ParisLongchamp to set up a potential trip to Royal Ascot for the Queen Anne Stakes.

The US Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed on Thursday. Stopping penny production is ...

Emergency services were called to a flat in North Lodge Road, Branksome, to extinguish the blaze on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 21. Two firefighters were able to put out the fire and make the flat ...

A BOURNEMOUTH takeaway was fined £90,000 for employing illegal migrants, documents show. Chicken n Beer in Stanfield Road, Winton is facing growing problems after illegal Indian workers were ...

PARENTS are standing up against council’s decision to remove free school transportation for kids to the school.

The Prince of Wales dubbed a new warship a “hell of a piece of kit – screams UK power” after it was officially named by his wife. Kate pressed a button to smash an exclusive bottle of whisky into the ...

Lord Gove was supported by close allies and fellow Conservative peers Baroness Finn and Lord Vaizey of Didcot.

Eritreans have become the most common nationality of migrants arriving in the UK after crossing the English Channel, new figures show. Some 1,291 arrivals in the first three months of 2025 were from ...

Dorset Police are investigating criminal damage to vehicles in Poole and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. The incident was reported on May 16 at 11pm whe ...