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Jesper Asselman wins the final sprint after being part of a long-range breakaway to take the opening stage of the Tour de Yorkshire.

Elections are being held for 248 English councils, six mayors and all 11 councils in Northern Ireland.

Stanley Metcalf, aged six, died in hospital after being shot by a pellet gun at a house near Hull.

The police watchdog’s report shows a “massive turnaround” the chief constable says.

Last year only one in three people used their vote. So what are the local elections all about?

Penny Mourdant has become the first ever woman Defence Secretary, after the shock sacking of Gavin Williamson.

Britain’s Mark Cavendish says he is enjoying feeling “human again” for the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire, which begins in Doncaster on Thursday.

The 17th Century artwork by Artemisia Gentileschi is on loan from the National Gallery in London.