The council is hopelessly split, with Reform, the Conservatives, Greens and Muslim sectarian independents all picking up seats.

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The party believes it is in punishing day in Britain's second city and could pick up as few as 20 seats, down from the 65 it won at the last election in 2022.

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It's a debate that splits the nation - what do you call your mother? Now, a series of maps have revealed the most popular terms across the UK and Ireland.

Nadia, 61, was not on the panel this week - and will not appear next week - after she was accused of sharing 'unhinged' anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on social media.

The 35-year-old suffered head wounds after allegedly turning aggressive and trying to harm himself during a party at a £200-a-night Majorcan villa he was renting.

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Music teacher Jodie Schloss accused Robin Larkins and Derek Larkins, of a campaign of harassment and trespassing after they entered her passageway.

The depraved former Lostprophets singer, 48, was allegedly murdered by fellow inmates Rico Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 44, inside HMP Wakefield in October 2025.

Music teacher Jodie Schloss accused Robin Larkins and Derek Larkins, of a campaign of harassment and trespassing after they entered her passageway.

Picking off local groups one by one, Balkan kingpins have built up a near insurmountable dominance over the criminal underworld. But now they have competition.

Labour have taken a battering at the hands of Nigel Farage in a mega round of local elections that will seal Keir Starmer's fate, writes JASON GROVES.

Police found the 35-year-old lying in a pool of blood in a property around 30 miles from the Majorcan capital of Palma. There have been no arrests.

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Three hikers, including two foreigners, were killed and 10 were missing after a volcano on Indonesia's eastern Halmahera island erupted Friday, spewing an ash cloud into the air, a local police chief said.

Attorneys for Allman, the son of Cher and late rocker Gregg Allman, explained how his income had been sliced in half, in a legal filing reviewed by the Daily Mail.

Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky is facing a manslaughter charge relating to the August 2024 death of Bill Bryan, a 70-year-old man from Alabama.

A UFO whistleblower claims a missing Air Force general was refusing to reveal secrets to Congress before his disappearance just days after Donald Trump's order to release UFO files.

Whether he was dashing through a jungle or visiting an inhospitable ice shelf, Sir David had the incredible ability to bring the viewer with him on his adventure as well as educating the population.

Iranian state TV is reporting explosions on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz today, saying they happened during an 'exchange of fire.'

Royal watchers were enchanted when the Prince and Princess of Wales released a new photograph and video of Princess Charlotte to mark her 11th birthday last Saturday.

Holly Cooper and her boyfriend Taylor Johnson, both 20, were detained at Istanbul Airport after arriving on a flight from Thailand and attempting to board a connecting service to London .

We've all had that moment at a dinner party where we say or do something we think is totally reasonable, only to realise fellow guests are looking at us a bit… confused.

Mr McSweeney phoned 999 to report that the device had been stolen in Westminster on October 20 last year.

Jake Hall said in an interview last year that the only reason he was still alive was his daughter River.

Research by More in Common suggests Labour's dominance of Birmingham City Council will come to a shocking end after today's vote.

Zack Polanski said he did not believe 'any country' had a right to exist when he was grilled on the legitimacy of the state of Israel.

Unemployed Nathan Gothard, 37, was 'wound up like a coiled' spring when he 'poleaxed' David Darke, 66, who suffered a fatal brain injury when his head hit the ground.

Police found the 35-year-old former reality show contestant lying in a pool of blood with fatal head wounds seemingly caused by shards of glass.

The eagerly-anticipated second series of Motherland spin-off Amandaland has hit screens - to deafening applause from critics. 

Meghan Markle is out. Out of the Met Gala. Out of favour in Hollywood. Out of momentum. That, at least, is the current narrative. But the reality is rather different.

Lucy Letby has now been in prison for more than 2,000 days, and during all that time nobody has come up with any evidence that she ever harmed anyone.

Millions of voters across England, Scotland and Wales will head to the polls for what opposition leaders have branded a referendum on the Prime Minister's record.

I was sitting on the sofa watching television with my father last week when the conversation turned to politics. I let slip that, at today's elections, I intended to vote Green.