Local Elections Debate: voters question five main parties ..read more

Next Thursday is the last big test of electoral opinion ahead of the General Election with voters choosing over 100 councils across England, 10 metro mayors and the London Mayor, 37 Police and Crime Commissioners as well as a by-election in Blackpool South. With the polls looking bad for the Conservatives the results will help determine the fate of Rishi Sunak and the date of the general election. Channel 4 News has the exclusive analysis of election expert Lord Robert Hayward ..read more

Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf is fighting for his political future as he faces a vote of no confidence in his leadership as early as next week. This morning, Mr Yousaf ditched his power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens, who tonight confirmed they will be voting to oust him, alongside the Scottish Tories and other opposition parties ..read more

There was chaos in central London this morning when a group of military horses bolted after being spooked by a loud noise. One horse was shockingly drenched in blood from a collision ..read more

The impact of events on the Middle East is being felt on university campuses across the world. Benjamin Netanyahu said scenes on US campuses were reminiscent of Germany in the 1930s. From the elite Ivy League to polytechnics in California, students enraged by the Israel Gaza war have set up protest encampments, blocked lectures and in some cases clashed with police. Some colleges have been forced to move lectures online, including Columbia, where the university’s president is facing calls from across the political spectrum for her resignation ..read more

There’s likely to be a move in Parliament to tackle the troubling growth in CSAM – child sexual abuse material – that’s been generated by artificial intelligence. The peer Baroness Kidron has tabled an amendment to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill which would make it an offence to generate the online tools that create this sort of abusive material. We spoke to Baroness Kidron and asked her to explain more about what she wants to see changed by the amendment she has tabled ..read more

TikTok is facing the prospect of disappearing from its number one market, the USA. President Biden has today approved a law which offers the Chinese owners of TikTok a simple choice: sell off the US arm of their business or it will be banned. The decision reflects the growing tension between the USA and China over technology, trade and global influence ..read more

We’re joined by the CEO of the National Residential Landlords Association, Ben Beadle, and the Chief Executive of Generation Rent, Ben Twomey ..read more

Amid high security, the man who was the leader of Northern Ireland’s second political party until last month, today appeared at Newry Magistrates Court. Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, who resigned as DUP leader after being charged last month, was at court to face a charge of rape and 10 other sexual offences. His wife Lady Eleanor was also charged with aiding and abetting in relation to the alleged crimes. Neither of them entered a plea ..read more

An Iranian rapper who through his music openly supported the months of protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, has been sentenced to death, according to his lawyer. In 2022 when the protests were at their height, Toomaj Salehi, who has 2.3 million followers on Instagram, was arrested then released. But in 2023 he was sentenced to six years in prison. He avoided a death sentence only due to a Supreme Court ruling. Today his lawyer said that, in an unprecedented move, the court in Isfahan had not applied that Supreme Court ruling, meaning he was sentenced to the ‘harshest punishment’. He h ..read more