Grenfell fire fridge maker accused of safety test failings in council lawsuit

Kensington and Chelsea sues Hotpoint maker Beko Europe as part of wider action against firms it blames over blaze

‘Tories are not listening’: Ed Davey sure Lib Dems can woo more disgruntled voters

Leader hopes local elections in many traditionally Conservative areas will help party build on recent success

Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says

Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right

Counter-terror police called in for Leeds incident that left two women seriously injured

A crossbow and firearm were found at the scene in Headingley and a man with a self-inflicted injury arrested

Letter by high-profile Titanic survivor sells for record £300,000

Archibald Gracie is known for writing one of the most vivid accounts of the 1912 maritime disaster

Ambulance service and NHS trust admit failures over death of musician

Ebow Graham died after falling out of a third-storey window in east London in April 2020 following a psychotic episode

For political parties judging this year’s local election results it’s all about the baseline

The polls will be first electoral test for Labour government, while Reform is standing candidates in almost every contest

York Minster hosts controversial metal concert as threatened protests fail to materialise

Cheering crowd at 800-year-old cathedral enjoy Plague of Angels gig, which had been branded an ‘outright insult’

Starmer faces Labour revolt over plan to raid bank accounts of benefit claimants

Welfare fraud bill would allow funds to be taken from bank accounts and driving licences to be cancelled

Head at Welsh school jailed for assault on deputy over ‘sexual jealousy’

Anthony John Felton ambushed Richard Pyke with spanner over suspected sex with teacher he had affair with