Cue commentators diagnosing the imminent demise of local democracy, followed by their prescribed remedies: the voting system ...

It wouldn't take a missile, a cyber army, or even a keystroke from a foreign power to break civilization. It could start with something worth less than a cup of coffee. A one-dollar SIM card.

A 42-year-old teaching assistant was jailed for four years for the manslaughter of her two-year-old daughter whom she drowned ...