Preliminary results in the German elections show the centre-left social democrats have beaten outgoing chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right bloc.
The German social democrats have had a miserable time in recent years, consistently beaten at the polls by Angela Merkel's election-winning machine, and cast as the party that time forgot. But now, it seems, the SPD is back.
Sir Keir Starmer will look to move on from a row over his reforms of the Labour rulebook during the third day of the party's conference in Brighton.
A scheme to plant 50 million trees in the north of England has been given almost £15m of funding by the government.
McFly's Tom Fletcher has tested positive for COVID-19, less than 24 hours after kicking off Strictly Come Dancing's live show.
The UK is temporarily suspending competition laws for the fuel industry to allow the sharing of information and to target petrol stations running dry around the UK as a result of driver shortages.
Sir Keir Starmer has seen his reform of Labour's rulebook approved by the party's conference in Brighton despite another day of opponents continuing their fight against the changes.
IWG, the serviced offices giant behind Regus and Spaces, is exploring a multibillion pound break-up that would involve splitting it into several distinct companies.
