Bev Craig will succeed Andy Burnham after Labour won the Greater Manchester mayoral race

Angela Rayner and unions push back as Starmer allies try to halt Burnham’s Westminster return

Keith Knight, 49, admits manslaughter after killing Irina Artemeva in a series of car crashes

Rayner saved £40k on stamp duty by declaring the Hove flat her main home despite council tax claims

In coordinated raids across five northern towns, police arrested 16 suspects linked to historic child abuse from the early 2000s