Results are still being counted, but Reform has already won majority control of seven councils and won hundreds of seats.

The extraordinary scale of Tory losses to Reform can be seen in the likes of Kent, where it lost 51 council seats (from 56 to ...

The town centres most plagued by rowdy drunks, threatening thugs and fist fights in Lancashire have been revealed by a ...

Reform UK has secured a landslide victory for Lincolnshire County Council, seizing control from the Conservatives. With 50 of ...

Local elections have taken place all across the UK on Thursday, May 1, the first vote since Labour won the 2024 general ...

Parishioners of all ages from a Lancashire church recently publicly demonstrated the importance of prayer in the Christian ...

The UK is set for a scorching end to April as weather maps turn red with 23C heat. Eleven counties in the North and Midlands ...

Type County council - County councils are funded through council tax, government grants and business rates. They are responsible for services like social care, education, road maintenance, public ...

One in 10 patients in some parts of England have to wait more than a month to see someone at their GP surgery, NHS figures ...

As much as 2cm could fall across North Yorkshire, East Riding, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, as well as Greater ...

With an estimated 1 in 4 adults in Lancashire* experiencing mental health in their lifetime, Kendal-based adventurer Alex ...

Park maintenance, leisure centres and regular bin collections could be put at risk by the financial pressures created by a shake-up ...