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Counting Under Way In Holyrood Election As SNP Eyes Fifth Consecutive Win

Counting is under way in the Scottish Parliament election after voters went to the polls on Thursday. Results will start coming through from declaration centres across the country from about lunchtime on Friday – with John Swinney’s SNP hoping for a record-breaking fifth consecutive win. Scottish Labour will be hoping they can buck the trend which has seen the party lose hundreds of council seats in local government elections in England. The Senedd election in […]

8 May 2026

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Labour Heading For Crushing Defeat In Wales

Labour is heading for a crushing defeat in Wales after suffering disastrous local election results in England overnight. The party has been the largest at country-wide elections in Wales for more than a century and had won the most seats in the Welsh Parliament since its creation more than two decades ago. But after Wales went to the polls on Thursday, Labour is bracing itself for a brutal set of results in its former heartlands, […]

8 May 2026

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Starmer Takes Responsibility For Tough Election Results But Vows To Carry On

Sir Keir Starmer insisted he would carry on as Prime Minister despite Labour suffering disastrous local election losses. He acknowledged it had been a “tough” night for Labour but said that “days like this don’t weaken my resolve to deliver the change that I promised”. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK made gains across the country as hundreds of Labour councillors were voted out, heaping pressure on the Prime Minister. Sir Keir faces further heavy losses as […]

8 May 2026

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Third British National Diagnosed With Suspected Hantavirus Linked To Cruise Ship

A third British national has been diagnosed with suspected hantavirus linked to a cruise ship outbreak, health officials have said. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said two British nationals have confirmed hantavirus but there is now “an additional suspected case of a British national on Tristan da Cunha”. The patient remains on the remote South Atlantic island. The other two British nationals remain in hospital in the Netherlands and South Africa. The remote islands of St Helena, […]

8 May 2026

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Farage Says Reform On Course For General Election Win After Early Local Gains

Nigel Farage suggested Reform UK was on course for a general election victory after taking council seats from Labour in early local election results. Sir Keir Starmer’s party was haemorrhaging seats as local authorities began declaring overnight, in a set of contests that could prove decisive for his premiership. Reform’s gains exceeded 210 seats when results were in from 37 of the 136 councils in the early hours of Friday, while Labour lost more than 160, including in […]

8 May 2026

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Shopping Visits Fall As Middle East Conflict Takes Toll On Consumer Confidence

Consumers are making fewer visits to the shops as the ongoing Middle East conflict drags down confidence, figures suggest. Over March and April – to cancel out any distortion from this year’s earlier Easter – total footfall across the UK was down 3.9% on the same period last year, according to the British Retail Consortium-Sensormatic data. Visits to the high street fell 3.3%, while trips to shopping centres were down 3.5% and to retail parks by 3%. British […]

8 May 2026

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Actors Who Will Play Beatles Members In BBC Series Hamburg Days Revealed

The actors who will play the members of The Beatles in a new BBC TV series called Hamburg Days have been revealed. It Is In Us All actor Rhys Mannion will star as singer and guitarist John Lennon, Ellis Murphy will play bassist and singer Sir Paul McCartney and Harvey Brett will play singer and guitarist George Harrison. Rivals actor Louis Landau will play the band’s original bassist Stu Sutcliffe, while original drummer Pete Best […]

8 May 2026

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Keir Starmer Praises Pioneer David Attenborough On 100th Birthday

The Prime Minister has called Sir David Attenborough a “true national treasure” as the naturalist turned 100. Sir David’s centenary on Friday will be celebrated with a live event at the Royal Albert Hall featuring music from his programmes, as well as stories and reflections from public figures and leading advocates for the natural world. Sir Keir Starmer said: “I would like to send my warmest wishes to Sir David Attenborough on his 100th birthday. “Like millions of […]

8 May 2026

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Polls Close In Crucial Elections For Sir Keir Starmers Premiership

Polls have closed in elections across Scotland, Wales and parts of England that could prove a decisive moment in Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership. Labour is expected to suffer heavy losses throughout the country as the party languishes in the polls and faces challenges from Reform UK to the right and an insurgent Green Party to the left. Polling guru Lord Robert Hayward has suggested Labour could lose some 1,850 councillors in England. The party is […]

7 May 2026

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Counting Under Way In Holyrood Election As SNP Eyes Fifth Consecutive Win

Labour Heading For Crushing Defeat In Wales

Starmer Takes Responsibility For Tough Election Results But Vows To Carry On

Third British National Diagnosed With Suspected Hantavirus Linked To Cruise Ship

Farage Says Reform On Course For General Election Win After Early Local Gains

Shopping Visits Fall As Middle East Conflict Takes Toll On Consumer Confidence

Actors Who Will Play Beatles Members In BBC Series Hamburg Days Revealed

Keir Starmer Praises Pioneer David Attenborough On 100th Birthday

Polls Close In Crucial Elections For Sir Keir Starmers Premiership

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