The last few weeks have been disastrous for Miliband. And this was no turnaround

The huge gains by the UK Independence Party have rattled Tory and Lib Dem grassroots

Many a Conservative MP feared the worst when the local ballot boxes were opened. Their concerns were fully realised.

Pensioner Angela Hay was in shock. She had been sitting on a bench in South Shields’ King Street, enjoying the sunshine, when Nigel Farage and Ukip’s parliamentary by-election candidate Richard Elvin, along with assorted TV crews, descended on her.

Former MEP claims Nigel Farage is to blame for failing to vet candidates with far-right links

A British man who allegedly posted on Facebook threats to kill 200 people in America appeared before a crown court judge today.

TV comedian Lee Nelson has withdrawn his nomination to stand in the South Shields by-election.

The news that Margaret Thatcher’s old nemesis, Michael Heseltine, will be at her funeral is an excuse to replay the story that the Tory MP Conor Burns told the Commons a couple of years ago.

An increasing number of people are learning the hard lesson that whatever goes up on the internet stays there. The latest is the high-flying Labour MP Chuka Umunna who joined an online club called ASmallWorld when he was 27 years old, and posted a lament about the trouble he was having finding somewhere cool to go out for the evening in London’s West End, when all the venues seemed to be full of “trash and C-list wannabes.”

South Shields MP cites 'past political statements' of manager who once claimed to be a 'fascist'

The pair will not be available for the season run-in

Tony Blair leads New Labour calls for beaten brother to return to politics one day

Is Colmans fish and chip shop about to lose its most famous customer?

David Miliband has sent the following letter to Alan Donnelly, Chair of the South Shields Constituency Labour Party