Symeon Brown , News Correspondent

Adults could be legally allowed to change their gender without a medical diagnosis and without having to live for two years as their desired gender.

From posh period dramas to films about gilded youth – it’s becoming increasingly difficult for anyone from a working class background to get into acting – let alone make a name as a star

Fourteen police officers were injured last night when trouble flared during protests in East London at the death of a young black man. Edson Da Costa died in hospital six days after he was stopped by police in Beckton while travelling in a car with friends. Protesters alleged that Mr Da Costa was beaten by…

Some Camden council tenants are refusing to move out of their block despite safety fears, saying the local authority has not found them a decent alternative.

Some 27 tower blocks across England have failed safety tests following the deadly fire in North Kensington. Thousands of residents face the prospect of emergency evacuations – but some are refusing to move.

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said the Grenfell Tower fire was a national disaster requiring a national response. Local Council Leader Nick Paget-Brown seemed to agree – responding to criticism by saying no one local authority could have coped with the scale of the tragedy. This afternoon that national Government support finally arrived.…

If the furore over the Tory U-turn on social care costs has been all about the pensioner vote, the battle for the youth vote is no less fervent, especially with the deadline for voter registration ending today.

NHS trusts, carmaker Nissan and others were hit by a ransomware attack that Europol said was unprecedented in scale.

Three years after they were snatched from their school in Chibok, northern Nigeria, 82 girls have been freed by Boko Haram islamist militants. Over 100 girls remain missing.

One of the key issues in this week’s elections was housing – or rather the price of it . And nowhere more so than in booming Manchester – considered the engine of the northern powerhouse.

Symeon Brown was at Mrs May’s speech in Leeds

Scientists who’ve been testing samples of the synthetic drug spice, following an epidemic of use in Manchester, say those taking it are playing “Russian roulette”.

It was dubbed ‘Apathy Central’ after recording the lowest turnout of anywhere in Britain. That was 2015. So now Manchester Central is facing the third major ballot in just two years, can voters there overcome their election fatigue?

Well even before the snap election call, Labour’s heartlands were already under attack from the Conservatives campaigning in next month’s local and mayoral elections, hoping to establish their hold on urban areas like the Midlands. Symeon Brown has been to Newcastle under Lyme in Staffordshire, where Labour hung on last time with the narrowest of…

It’s relatively cheap and easily available – but some people who’ve taken spice say it can feel even more addictive than heroin. Lincoln was one of the first place to ban it, when it was still legal.