Reform UK has made significant gains at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives in council election results in England so far. The polls across Scotland, Wales and 136 English local authorities are the biggest set of elections since the 2024 general election and a key test for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. As most councils did not begin counting ...

Commerce Minister Khandaker Abdul Muqtadir has said there is no justification for increasing the prices of essential commodities by using higher fuel prices as an excuse. He made the remarks while speaking to journalists after visiting the Natural Park of the Sylhet Zila Parishad on Friday. The minister said any attempt to raise prices of daily necessities solely due to ...

Real Madrid said they would punish midfielders Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni after a clash on Thursday at the club’s training ground which left the former needing hospital treatment. “Following the incidents that occurred this morning during the first team’s training session, (the club) has decided to open disciplinary proceedings against our players Federico Valverde and Aurelien Tchouameni,” said Los ...

Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury has called for enhanced international cooperation to combat irregular migration and safeguard the rights of migrant workers worldwide. He made the call while addressing the General Debate of the Second International Migration Review Forum at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday. According to a statement issued by the ...

No need to panic about hantavirus was the overriding message from the World Health Organization (WHO) at its briefing on Thursday. This is an outbreak of a rare virus, WHO officials said, on a cruise ship, with so far just five confirmed cases among a total of eight suspected. It is definitely not comparable to Covid, they insisted. That virus ...

Colombian pop idol Shakira on Thursday teased the new official song for the 2026 World Cup, releasing a brief video of the track filmed at Brazil’s iconic Maracana Stadium. The singer – who also created the 2010 World Cup anthem “Waka Waka” – announced the song, titled “Dai Dai” in a post on her Instagram account. In the 67-second video, ...

After outgoing Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee refused to resign from her post, Governor RN Ravi has officially dissolved the state’s legislative assembly. The term of the assembly was due to expire at 12 am on Thursday. Last evening, the Raj Bhavan made public a letter “for general information”. The single-line communication read: “In exercise of the power ...

* Londoners went to the polls on Thursday with local elections taking place in each of the 32 boroughs and some 1,800 councillors set to be elected * Reform UK is on the verge of winning Havering, giving the party its first London council * The Conservatives win Westminster back from Labour, hold Kensington and Chelsea and Bexley, and become ...

This thread is the 2026 local election results for Merton Going into the election, Labour held 29 seats, Liberal Democrats 16, Conservatives seven, Merton Park Ward Residents Association 2, Independents 1, and one seat is vacant. Total number of confirmed councillors: 57/57 Labour: 32 Liberal Democrat: 19 Conservative: 4 Merton Park Ward Residents Association: 2 Turnout: 45.1% Ward by ward ...

British voters cast ballots Thursday in local and regional elections that could shake up the country’s politics and deliver a heavy blow to embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party is bracing for big losses in polls that will choose about 5,000 local councilors and a handful of mayors across England, as well as semiautonomous parliaments in Scotland ...