Boris Johnson has said the election results so far are “very encouraging” and prove voters want his government “to get on with delivering” the levelling-up agenda.
Labour's crushing by-election defeat and their losses in council elections across England have left Sir Keir Starmer facing questions about his leadership - and the party's future.
Portugal, Gibraltar and Israel are among the countries and territories people will be able to visit without quarantining on their return to the UK, the government has said.
A politician whose campaign video went viral because it showed him standing behind an X-rated drawing whilst giving peace signs in a run-down park, has won his seat in the local elections.
Survivors of the Grenfell Tower disaster say they are "horrified" after a fire broke out at another tower block partially covered with the same cladding.