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Stormzy opens Merky FC HQ to provide youth opportunities in Croydon
Not content with launching his own publishing arm and scholarship programme, the British rapper Stormzy has now turned his attention to professional football. While there may seem to be plenty of diversity on the pitch, there certainly isn’t off it.
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Britain’s Olly Alexander addresses Israel Eurovision controversy
The inclusion of an Israeli artist in this year’s Eurovision song contest in Sweden has prompted calls for other country’s entrants to boycott the event as a protest against the war in Gaza.
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‘Greens have made huge gains‘, says party co-leader
The Green Party has been celebrating the election of its highest-ever number of councillors in last week’s votes and becoming the biggest party on both Bristol City and Hastings Borough councils.
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Rishi Sunak faces pressure to ‘change course’ following Tory election defeats
Admitting that a change of leader is not ‘a feasible prospect’, the former Home Secretary Suella Braverman today urged Rishi Sunak to ‘change course’ following what she described as the ‘terrible results’ in Thursday’s elections.
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Israel closes Gaza border crossing after nearby Hamas rocket fire – as ceasefire talks continue
Israel has closed the Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza after several rockets were fired by Hamas from an area nearby in southern Gaza, according to the Israeli Defence Forces.
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‘It’s absolutely clear that these advances were unwanted,’ says producer of new Channel 4 Spacey documentary
Kevin Spacey has denied new allegations of inappropriate behaviour from men who feature in a Channel 4 documentary due to air on Monday and Tuesday.
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India opposition accuses government of ‘crackdown’ as election gets under way
To the biggest elections in the world now, in India, where opposition parties say the government is using arrests and detentions to stop them campaigning – calling it a “nail in the coffin of free and fair elections”.
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Sadiq Khan wins historic third term as London mayor
Labour’s Sadiq Khan has also won an historic third term as London mayor. And despite a Conservative campaign attacking his expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone – many areas saw a swing to Labour.
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Labour’s Andy Burnham re-elected as mayor of Greater Manchester
We spoke to our North of England Correspondent Clare Fallon in Manchester, where Labour’s Andy Burnham has won a third term.
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Andy Street ‘winning or nearly winning’ is an extraordinary result for Tories, deputy foreign minister says
We spoke to the Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrew Mitchell, who was in Birmingham.
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West Midlands mayoral election on ‘knife edge’ as recount under way
Our Senior Political Correspondent Paul McNamara joined us live from Birmingham to discuss that recount in the West Midlands.
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Local elections taking place ‘during time of intense public dissatisfaction’, says Ipsos polling expert
We spoke to Rosie Campbell, Professor of Politics at King’s College London and Keiran Pedley, Public Affairs research director at the polling organisation, Ipsos.
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Is Ben Houchen’s win in Tees Valley a lifeline for Rishi Sunak?
One piece of good news, grasped by the Conservatives today came when Ben Houchen triumphed over a Labour surge to remain as mayor of Tees Valley, which includes Middlesbrough, Darlington and Redcar. He was keen to fight his campaign on his own record, rather than that of the Conservatives in government. So what message did…
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Is Reform UK helping Labour into power?
As we’ve heard, Reform came close to pushing the Tories into third place in the Blackpool South by-election, but their national vote share after the local elections is looking like just 11 per cent. Good enough to damage the Tories, not good enough to win seats themselves – and so far they’ve only won one…
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Leading surgeon from Al-Shifa hospital dies in Israeli custody
Israel is facing mounting criticism over the treatment of Palestinian prisoners. Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh, a leading surgeon from Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, died in custody after more than four months of detention. He was detained by Israeli forces while treating patients at another hospital and was later moved to an Israeli prison where he…