Reform picked up 10 councils and 677 seats in Thursday’s elections for 23 councils and six mayoralties. Among its successes ...

Parking: Free car park at Smardale Gill nature reserve. Includes displays about the area in a railway wagon with excellent cakes for sale at just £2 per pack. Approach Smardale via the turn off the ...

The 2025 local elections mark a significant break from the traditional electoral dominance of Labour and the Conservatives, ...

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Results for the 2025 local election are in, showing the Tories suffering hundreds of losses while Nigel Farage's Reform UK ...

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has made massive gains in the local elections across England in a series of stunning victories which ...

Map link: bit.ly/Smardalewalk. The main attraction of this route, a disused railway viaduct, is hidden from Yorkshire walkers three times over. Firstly, it's not technically in the county (but is ...

So far, one council has declared its full results, but votes are still being counted in hundreds of wards across the country.

It's a noticeable shift from previous years, when the two parties consistently dominated the local electoral map, together taking ... and Labour. Take County Durham, for instance.

This week’s In The Company Of features Rachel Coates, honorary show director and farm partner at the Great Yorkshire Show.

Keir Starmer says the results are "disappointing" for Labour, while Nigel Farage says it signals "the end of two-party ...