Unprecedented polls scenario as locked-up activist explains why they think prisons should be shut down – and wants a seat on council

Candidates have been vetted, says local leader

Gunners suffer big dent in title hopes

Before U2 redefined the Irish music scene, the showband dominated. Now a film celebrating them is due to be screened at the last existing hall, the Electric Ballroom

George Binette recounts a little-known history of the how the drama of the General Strike of 1926 played out in St Pancras

Oliver Steadman mysteriously resigned from the Town Hall after only 69 days in office

Mother says residents don’t feel safe and ‘want out’