In the headlines
Labour have made huge gains in the local council elections, putting the party on track for a larger general election majority than Tony Blair in 1997. “The Tories set expectations incredibly low,” says Daniel Finkelstein in The Times, but they “may not have set them low enough”. With results still coming in, the party had already lost 237 councillors and ceded control of 10 councils. Ed Sheeran did not copy Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On when composing his hit Thinking Out Loud, a US court has ruled. The Grammy-winning Suffolk boy, who had threatened to quit music if he was found guilty, told waiting crowds: “It looks like I’m not going to have to retire from my day job after all.” Tube and rail passengers across the country will hear a special message recorded by the King and Queen while travelling this weekend (listen here). “My wife and I wish you and your families a wonderful Coronation weekend,” says Charles. “And remember, please mind the gap.”