Parties face their biggest ballot box test since the general election with council seats and mayoralties up for grabs across England. Follow all the results as they come in live 2.59am BST More from Wandsworth. This is from Matt Singh from Number Cruncher Politics.Wandsworth ward swings:Queenstown 8.8% to LABThamesfield 0.8% Read more
'I don't think there are going to be big swings,' the shadow chancellor said. 'What we are looking for is incremental gains that will lay the foundations' Via: Labour loses control of Nuneaton council as John McDonnell plays down hopes of key gains in London
Follow live updates here Via: Local elections – LIVE: Labour downbeat on taking key Tory seats in London as first results come in
Alarm raised over 'disruption to the agri-food and chemical industries' because ports won't be prepared for EU departure day Via: Brexit: Civil servants preparing to carry out 'manual workarounds' over fears IT systems will not be ready in time
Education secretary Damian Hinds to unveil £5m scheme in address to school leaders in Liverpool on FridayTeachers are to be offered up to a year’s paid sabbatical, in a bid to improve retention rates in the profession.In an address on Friday to more than 350 school leaders in Liverpool, education Read more
Whitehall source says defence secretary will be asked to name his price to break deadlockPro-Brexit ministers fear Downing Street will try to pick off the defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, in the coming days – to break the cabinet deadlock and secure a majority for Theresa May’s favoured customs plan.A two-and-a-half-hour Read more
• Jürgen Klopp has changed the way we think, says defender• Liverpool can beat any team in the world, Sadio Mané addsSadio Mané and Dejan Lovren have encapsulated the belief soaring through Liverpool by insisting Real Madrid hold no fear in the Champions League final and that the 12-times winners Read more
Quantity of nerve agent dose thought to have been used suggests it was created as a weaponThe former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with a dose of liquid nerve agent as large as 50-100 grams, according to the director general of the international chemical weapons Read more
'If he hadn't been discovered then he would have almost certainly perished a slow and painful death as he continued to grow in size,' says Sea Life aquarist Nicky Nelson Via: Seal injured by discarded plastic air filter learns to swim upright again in Norfolk sanctuary
Video footage shows suspect grabbing box containing numerous promotional Monopoly cards and vouchers as cashier attempts to intervene Via: Armed man storms McDonalds and threatens staff, before leaving with box of Monopoly stickers