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Reform vows to overhaul pension schemes for new local government workers
BBC News

Reform plans to end more generous defined benefit pension schemes for new local government workers if it wins office

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RAF responding to suspected drone strike at UK base in Cyprus, MoD says
BBC News

The MoD said they were responding to the attack at RAF Akrotiri at around midnight local time.

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A simple guide to the May elections in England, Scotland and Wales
BBC News

Millions will vote in parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales, and local elections in England.

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Nancy Guthrie's family cleared as possible suspects, with search in its third week
BBC News

Local police say the missing woman's relatives are victims - and "to suggest otherwise is not only wrong, it is cruel".

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UK couple dies after being pulled from water at Australian beach
BBC News

Local police say members of the public pulled the couple from the water and tried to save them.

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Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections
BBC News

Ministers had planned to delay the polls until 2027 to help deliver a major reorganisation of local government.

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MPs demand urgent action on London grooming gangs
BBC News

The government's inquiry into grooming gangs "must look specifically at London as part of its local investigations", says a group of MPs.

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'Several' US warplanes have crashed over Kuwait, local authorities say
Business Insider

Kuwaiti authorities said on Monday that several US military aircraft had crashed that morning and that all crew involved were safe.

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Local Dog Crashes Olympics, Chases Camera, Is Best Boy
Kotaku

Nazgul just wanted to hang out with people, and he found some during a cross-country skiing event

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Two shot at local Olive Garden
Yahoo Entertainment