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Labour has won control of a string of Leave-voting councils as results begin to roll in from the local elections across England and Wales.

David Cameron has backed Ukrainian strikes against targets inside Russia using British-supplied weapons.

Senior Tories are predicting they will lose the Blackpool South by-election as counting gets under way.

An orangutan has been observed using a plant with healing properties to treat a wound on its face, in what scientists say is a first for wild animals.

A teenage boy has been charged with attempting to cause grievous bodily harm after three people were hurt at a secondary school in Sheffield, police have said.

At least 15 people have been hurt, including 11 Britons, in a crash between tourist minibuses in Turkey.

Take That say they are moving their shows in May from the new Co-op Live venue to a different Manchester arena.

Tech giant Apple has recorded the biggest drop in iPhone sales since the early months of the COVID pandemic.

A famed "emotional support" alligator has gone missing while on a trip with its owner after being targeted by suspected pranksters.

Every two weeks Iranian asylum seeker Ahmed has to report to a Home Office immigration enforcement centre in Loughborough.

Booming orders of "hold the line" and "pass the helmets to the front" could have come from police commanders on the UCLA campus.

Worcestershire County Cricket Club have announced that one of their players, 20-year-old Josh Baker, has died.

A "life-changing" new treatment for people living with sickle cell disease is to be made available on the NHS. 

The police watchdog says it found no evidence that officers caused or contributed to the death of a man who had been detained hours earlier in Cardiff.

Comic actor John Cleese has said he is "too tired to be unpleasant" nowadays - having accepted that those at the top "have no idea" what they are doing.

President Joe Biden has spoken out for the first time following violence and arrests during demonstrations at multiple US universities, saying: "There is a right to protest but not a right to cause chaos."

Suspected human remains have been found as part of a murder investigation into a man who travelled in a car from Scotland towards England last year.

Vote counting is under way after polls closed in local elections taking place across England and Wales.

Comedian Dane Baptiste has apologised to the "Jewish community, my colleagues and my fans" following criticism over a now-deleted social media post.

China's Chang'e-6 robotic spacecraft is due to blast off on Friday, hoping to become the first mission to collect rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon.