David Cameron evoked the spirit of Baroness Thatcher today as he launched the Conservative local election campaign by mounting a withering attack on Labour profligacy - and ignoring his Liberal Democrat coalition partners.

A mile-long zip wire in Penrhyn Quarry, North Wales has opened to the public this week, making it the longest zip wire in the northern hemisphere.

It's been a long, cold, lonely winter so make the most of the first sign of the new season by taking a stroll

George North explains how his dad 'lost his head in the excitement' after coming onto the pitch to celebrate Wales' match-winning try

A man who was swept into the sea in gale-force winds, leading to a search operation involving Prince William, has been named by police.

Met Office predicting "more heavy rain and strong to gale force winds" in many parts of the UK overnight on Saturday into Sunday

Revisiting an England of bad coffee, clogs and clotted cream

Rolls-Royce is talking to Hitachi about becoming an investor in the next generation of nuclear power stations after the Japanese company agreed to buy the Horizon nuclear project for about £700m today.

A nuclear power station originally planned to shut down in 2010 will continue to generate electricity for another two years, it was announced today.

The US group that led construction of the Olympic Park and a New York-listed rival are the latest companies considering bids to oversee the UK's £5bn nuclear decommissioning programme.

The US-Japanese joint venture bidding to build nuclear power plants in the UK could struggle to rush its reactor designs through Britain's notoriously lengthy licensing process.

The US-Japanese joint venture bidding to build nuclear power plants in the UK could struggle to rush its reactor designs through Britain's notoriously lengthy licensing process.

Naturally, getting out and about is great fun

Labour celebrated its election success in Wales with a mini victory parade by a statue of one its most famous politicians.