Last week, Conservative campaigning gave a chilling indication of the depths to which they will sink to retain power

Running as a ‘pseudo-independent’ in a region in which Labour faced its own hurdles was not enough to keep Tory mayor in office

Shareholder proposals are usually uneventful at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, but Warren Buffett and the company are now facing a lawsuit over the way one presenter was treated last year

The mayor gave a victory speech at City Hall

The prime minister has been trying to put a brave face on the Tories’ heavy losses, but there’s nowhere left to hide

Students across the US are forging bonds in the face of brutal power structures. You might say they’ve already won

Water bottle stations set up in St Leonards-on-Sea and part of Hastings as customers face days without service

Suspects face charges of first-degree murder

Cruise control sensors taken by thieves, forcing drivers to pay to replace them or face higher insurance premiums

A 70-year-old Texas restaurant owner was attacked by a group of customers who ran away without paying their food bill. Sergio Alberto Vasquez, who runs Cheko’s Mexican Restaurant and Bar in Austin, was called by his staff on Sunday 28 April after t ...

Ethereal scenes of flowing super-heated material may help explain why atmosphere is hotter than surface

Spread of Conservative losses leads former Tory minister to say there is ‘no such thing as a safe Tory seat any more’

A bridge in Brazil collapsed after heavy rains triggered flooding this week. Fooage showed a firefighter using a cable to pass over a collapsed crossing in Santa Maria in the southern Rio Grande do Sul state where at least 29 people had died in the e ...

Labour politician warned low turnout means ‘real risk’ of Tory victory

Planned works by Network Rail will force more people on to the roads to join bank holiday getaway, with rail strikes to follow the week after

In the final part of our series on the plight of people with disabilities caught up in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Bel Trew speaks to a man who had only the use of one limb, his arm, about the terrible treatment Ukrainians are subjected to in Rus ...

Analysis: Strides have been made in recent decades among the UN and humanitarian organisations to try and put protections in place, writes William Pons. But they need to be enforced and expanded so that the suffering of people with disabilities is no ...

Ex-central banker Lady Shafik, the university’s president, now faces calls to resign due to her handling of campus unrest

It’s a dilemma no business owner should have to face: whether to reopen after a mass shooting

In the past year, in virtually every region, journalists and independent media outlets faced increasing repression