Category: Birmingham

Bedtime blues: London ‘killing off nightlife’ as UK city with strictest licensing rules

Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds are experiencing after-hours boom as a result of more lenient rulesLondon has the earliest council-mandated bedtime of any other city in the UK as a result of policies in nightlife districts that...

Read More

Labour suffers historic defeat in Wales as Reform surges in English council elections and Greens make gains – as it happened

Welsh Labour leader and first minister Eluned Morgan loses seat with party pushed into third place behind Plaid Cymru and ReformThis liveblog is now closed. Read the Guardian’s report on the elections here and find all our...

Read More

Elections 2026 live: Labour suffers historic defeat in Wales as Reform surges in English council elections and Greens make gains

Welsh Labour leader and first minister Eluned Morgan loses seat with party pushed into third place behind Plaid Cymru and Reform2026 election results: latest from local, Scottish and Welsh votesWe’re getting statements...

Read More

Elections 2026 live: Labour suffers historic defeat in Wales; Starmer vows to fight on as Reform surge in English council elections

Welsh Labour leader and first minister Eluned Morgan loses seat; John Swinney declares victory for SNP in Scotland2026 election results: latest from local, Scottish and Welsh votesWe’re getting statements from some of the...

Read More

Elections 2026 live: Labour set for historic defeat in Wales; Starmer vows to fight on as Reform surge in English council elections

Welsh Labour leader and first minister Eluned Morgan loses seat; John Swinney declares victory for SNP in Scotland2026 election results: latest from local, Scottish and Welsh votesWe’re getting statements from some of the...

Read More

Elections 2026 live: ‘I’m not going to walk away,’ says Starmer; Reform makes gains and Labour faces defeat in Wales and Scotland

Farage says Labour being ‘wiped out by Reform in many of their traditional areas’; Greens win first mayoralty in Hackney2026 election results: latest from local, Scottish and Welsh votesWe’re getting statements...

Read More

Elections 2026 live: ‘I’m not going to walk away,’ says Starmer as Farage hails ‘historic shift in British politics’

The Reform UK leader said Labour is being ‘wiped out by Reform in many of their traditional areas’ as results paint a bleak picture for the prime minister2026 election results: latest from local, Scottish and Welsh...

Read More

‘Nobody’s going out!’ Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it?

One in four late-night venues went out of business between 2020 and 2025. Those that remain are struggling to pull in customers. Maybe a night out in Birminghan will reveal whyThe £5 entry is a good start. So is the loud,...

Read More

No 10 publishes previously confidential memo to refute claim that Starmer misled MPs over Mandelson appointment – UK politics live

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle earlier confirmed that MPs will decide whether to let inquiry into Keir Starmer’s statements over Peter Mandelson proceedDowning Street has said that the UK is “in a good position” to...

Read More
Loading

Breaking News

prev next