Hartlepool is UKIP's top target seat in the north of England but the local party is in chaos, with bitter infighting and local councillors being accused of homophobia, abuse of power, and more.

The Tories, meanwhile, say they're campaigning hard – it's just that this time round they've got their sights set on far more seats.

By capitalising on Brexit and disillusionment among traditional Labour voters, the Tories think they can take former steeltown seats like North West Durham on Thursday.

Police in Manchester, England, said they were treating the explosion at the concert as a "possible terrorist incident."

BuzzFeed News spoke to Richard Angell on Saturday night after the attack. On Sunday he returned to show that "these people shouldn't win".

Retired senior officers told BuzzFeed News that Theresa May is "absolutely loathed" for her cuts to police budgets.

Edward Daffarn, author of the widely shared post on the resident group's blog, told BuzzFeed News he was rescued from thick smoke on the 16th floor by a firefighter.

While searching for a refuge space, 11% of survivors slept rough, including women who had children with them, and women who were pregnant.

The women were all groomed and forced into prostitution as teenagers and have since then been treated as criminals.

"I saw it all, I saw the car, I saw guns."

Nick Castree was 27 when his father Ronald was charged with the murder of an 11-year-old girl, a dark secret hidden from the family for more than 30 years.

Experts say the figures are the result of underlying inequalities, with deprivation and drug and alcohol dependency higher in the north of England.

The former shadow international development secretary has had the Labour whip withdrawn after BuzzFeed News revealed allegations of sexual harassment from several women.

With local mental health funding set to be slashed, Sandra Bainbridge’s brutal killing is still sending ripples through a system that her family say desperately needs to change.

A heartwarming Christmas tale.

The leader of the Conservative-run authority said rough sleepers should be cleared from the streets ahead of the royal wedding, but BuzzFeed News has uncovered serious questions about the borough's...

As a 22-year-old, Eleanor was pumped with drugs to keep her in a sleeplike state, then subjected to excessive rounds of electroconvulsive therapy as a treatment advocated by the notorious Dr William...

Sex workers and entertainers claim that police are more interested in criminalising them than investigating crimes committed against them, and also have reported vastly different approaches in...

Exclusive: A dossier of complaints submitted to Labour’s compliance unit shared with BuzzFeed News contains at least three sitting councillors and at least two local candidates who will be appearing...

The court couldn't make an official ruling that the law was in breach of human rights legislation – but a majority of judges found it contravened the European Convention on Human Rights.

Researchers found that gendered stereotypes and harmful attitudes towards domestic abuse survivors and mothers are putting survivors and their children’s safety at risk.

Eve Crawford was told that lawyers might use notes from her counselling sessions as evidence in court.

Last year, Zoe Watts killed herself in a secure mental health unit at the age of 19. Last week, a jury found that failings in her care could have contributed to her death.

Five years ago the government devolved responsibility for grants and loans to those in financial dire straits to local councils. Now those most in need say they've been left bereft as a result.

Jeremy Corbyn’s party is braced for an explosive showdown in Liverpool this week over its position on a second Brexit referendum.

A Tory MP has put forward a bill to increase the legal age of marriage to 18, which campaigners say will close a loophole and save girls from forced marriages. Ministers, however, are unlikely to...

The Labour party’s official position on Brexit is complex — and behind that, there’s an even more elaborate tapestry of competing interests among different groups of its MPs.

“I didn’t really have any clue about Brexit until I started to read into it. I realised it could be potentially disastrous, and I thought if I don’t campaign about this it could affect the rest of my...

The original plan for a far larger breakaway didn't happen after a series of behind-the-scenes differences of opinion between rebel MPs.

"It’s incredibly frustrating and disheartening. There’s no thought to where people are needed and no support for seats we need to hold which at present we won’t.”

A Labour frontbencher was secretly recorded this week saying the party was struggling in the heartlands; candidates and voters told BuzzFeed News he was right.

Exclusive: “It’s something I never, ever thought would happen — to be made to feel like you’re not valued, like a commodity, it really goes against the party’s ethos,” said one former worker.