Piddington residents vote over proposals to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers nearby.

Louise Haigh is set to address growing concerns over AI safety on Tuesday in comments at the TUC Congress.

A £10,000 bar tab was drunk, there was a ‘lot of anger’, and now ex-ministers are thinking how to cooperate in future

At least 80% of respondents agreed with proposals outlined in a consultation on ending pension fund investments in companies linked to conflict, genocide, and other human rights abuses.

Islington Council has confirmed that 4 adventure playgrounds at risk of closure will now be managed directly by the Council without any break in services. These are Crumbles Castle (Bingfield Park in Cally), Lumpy Hill (Market Road), Martin Luther King (at Paradise Park) and Timbuktu (on Grenville Road, N19). The adventure playground staff teams' jobs will all be protected in the transfer to the Council's management. See Islington Council's statement here. The Council has also offered alternative nursery places to all the families that are affected by the closure of Paradise Park nursery.

A protest outside Hackney Town Hall in east London called on the Green-run council to refuse to implement guidance on single-sex spaces

Trump says the US will become the "guardian" of the Strait of Hormuz and will charge ships for using it. Iran earlier warned the US not to "interfere" in the strait's "management".

The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...

Last weekend marked the anniversary of Ben Kinsella’s murder. In the early hours of 29th June 2008, Ben was murdered on an Islington street. In the following days hundreds of Islington’s young peop…

Exclusive: Safety campaigners concerned about plan for widespread deployment on already crowded pavements

ITV had four of the five highest television audiences in the UK in the World Cup’s first week, topped by England’s 4-2 win over Croatia

Scotland fans in the Massachusetts city awaiting their game against Morocco have continued to make an impression on the locals

On Friday police removed the banner saying it is being investigated as a criminal offence.

Interior minister says 57 officers injured as rioters set fires and vandalise shops in about 15 cities

Liverpool sack head coach Arne Slot after two seasons in charge, with Andoni Iraola the leading contender to replace him.

In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his party’s ‘almost infinite capacity for self-delusion’ makes it likely to lose next election

After the Arsenal men’s team secured the Premier League title – their first since 2004 – the Leader of Islington Council, Cllr Una O’Halloran, issued a message of congratulations to the team.

Green councillor Matt Jenkins is the new council leader of Worcestershire County Council.

(Left to right) Oliur, Una, Emily and Paul pictured after the declaration Voters in Caledonian re-elected 3 Labour councillors to represent Caledonian ward on 7th May 2026. Voters throughout Islington returned a Labour majority in the Town Hall. There are now 32 Labour Party councillors and 19 representing the Green Party. Islington Labour remains a Labour Borough after we secured a fifth consecutive election win since 2010. In Caledonian ward there were 5 political parties contesting the ward, each nominating 3 candidates. The vote shares by political party were: Labour Party: 42% Green Party: 34% Reform UK: 12% Liberal Democrats: 6% Conservative Party: 6%