A federal judge in Florida said local police must follow her order not to enforce a new state immigration law despite the ...

BBC News will be providing results on local radio on Thursday night, along with bulletins on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live. On ...

Polls are being held for 23 councils, along with six mayoral contests and a by-election in Runcorn and Helsby.

A federal judge told attorneys for the state of Florida on Tuesday that an order freezing the enforcement of a new state ...

Rising bus fares, the environment and the cost of living were some of the issues students said matter most to them ahead of ...

A motion about the future of Chatham Docks was voted down amid claims it could lead to the collapse of a council's local plan ...

The South African rand slipped on Wednesday following mixed local economic data and as the dollar gained after data showed ...

Everything you need to know about the May local elections, including whether there’s a vote in your area and who your ...

With less than 24 hours before polls open, Kemi Badenoch used PMQs to lay into Keir Starmer for refusing to launch a national ...

On the election campaign trail, Labour activists and councillors have been facing questions far beyond local issues ...

A Kenyan lawmaker was shot dead on Wednesday night in the capital Nairobi by gunmen on motorcycles, local broadcaster Citizen TV reported.

Voters keep saying they want real change. On 1 May, we'll get a better sense of how serious they are in a set of elections ...