Result indicates sizeable Westminster majority, while Sunak has failed to recover ground since taking over from Liz Truss

The policy has always been a sordid theatre of cruelty, and it is unravelling in ways that were entirely predictable, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

With fewer than a third of council elections declared so far, the Conservative party appears on course to lose up to 500 seats

The way that Wizards of the Coast is treating this venerable game is totally at odds with how its players see it

The former president falsely claimed to media in criminal court that he can’t testify at his own hush money tril due to the gag order

The man was seen encouraging fans to toss the $1 ‘dogs his way

Watch Boris Johnson rubbish concerns about his voter ID law in resurfaced footage. The former prime minister fell foul of legislation he introduced himself on Thursday (2 May) – when he was reportedly turned away from a polling station after failin ...

Presgrove’s teeth were found scattered around his body

Former prime minister Boris Johnson was caught out by a law his own government introduced as he went to vote on Thursday

Officials are 'exploring ways to ensure that the vehicles on our streets are as safe'

Part of a highway gave way after heavy rains in Guangdong, China, killing at least 36 people and sending cars tumbling down a slope, authorities said on Thursday, 2 May.

A driver steered straight into an overflowing creek as she moved through a flooded car park in Texas, dramatic footage shared to Twitter/X on Thursday, 2 May shows. Ryan Star filmed a woman heading into a body of water in the Crystal Park Plaza parki ...

Papy Booom runs outings for the elderly, and late-night dancing is proving a successful way of socialising and staying active

Hundreds of helmeted police muscled their way into a central plaza of the UCLA campus early on Thursday (2 May) to dismantle a Gaza protest camp attacked the previous night by pro-Israel supporters. Live TV footage showed officers in tactical gear ar ...

NYPD officers tore down tents inside a Fordham University building on Wednesday, 1 May, as they cleared a Gaza protester encampment. Police escorted demonstrators away from the Lincoln Center campus. NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said &qu ...

Voter ID in now required at local elections, by-elections and general elections in England

European Union officials say passing the law – which critics say is inspired by the Kremlin’s crackdowns on dissent – would harm Georgia’s prospects of joining the EU

Daniel Anjorin, 14, was on his way to school when he was stabbed to death on a suburban street

Police and protesters clashed in Peckham as a large group of people attempted to block a coach due to transport asylum seekers from temporary accommodation to the Bibby Stockholm barge on Thursday, 2 May. The bus was seen to have a flat tyre as prote ...

Republican presidential candidate returns to campaign trail on break from court to serve up familiar cocktail of grievances, misinformation and apocalyptic election forecasts