NewsEvening StandardPolice seize more than 400 knives in weapons crackdown
Police have seized 411 knives and made 994 arrests in just one week of an anti-knife crime crackdown. The Metropolitan Police said officers had seized 411 blades including machetes and Rambo knives, along with 166 other weapons. As well as targeting transport hubs with knife arches and drugs sniffer dogs, officers went into schools to speak to children about the dangers of carrying a knife.
NewsThe TelegraphBritain threatens to cut France out of future electricity links
Britain is set to review its energy links with France after the country threatened to cut off Jersey’s power supply in a row over fishing rights. A senior Whitehall source described France’s actions as “outrageous” and said the UK would have to take a more cautious view of France as an energy partner. It is understood that Britain could seek to route future giant undersea power cable projects towards the Netherlands, which it now views as a more reliable partner than France. A source said France had “weaponised” its electricity exports. Jersey, the self-governing British crown dependency with about 110,000 residents, receives about 95pc of its electricity from France through three undersea cables. It was thrown into turmoil as France responded to the UK’s decision to authorise 41 ships to fish in waters off Jersey. The French fisheries ministry claimed the permits came with demands that had not been discussed or authorised.
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French Vessels Depart for Jersey Amid Tension Over Post-Brexit Fishing
Fishing vessels departed France for Jersey in the early hours of May 6, amid a dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights.This footage, posted to Facebook by a local union in Normandy, shows vessels leaving port. The organization said the footage was filmed in Barneville-Carteret, where boats departed in the early hours.French news reports said vessels also departed Breton and Granville.According to the BBC, two UK Royal Navy vessels were sent to patrol the waters around Jersey in response. Credit: Hugo Lehuby/Comite Peches Normandie via Storyful
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The SNP leader and Glasgow regional list candidate Roza Salih met three Syrian Scots at Annette Street Primary School polling station in Govanhill.
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Survey suggests Conservatives could win Hartlepool for first time since 1960s
HealthThe IndependentUnder-40s to be offered alternative to AstraZeneca vaccine over increased blood clot risk
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NewsThe Telegraph‘A slap in the face’: Alarm in Ireland over plan to ban prosecutions of Troubles veterans
Ministers faced a backlash over the proposal to ban Troubles-era prosecutions on Thursday from Northern Irish parties, victims' groups and the Irish government. The plan to block trials of British veterans or IRA terrorists and move instead to a "truth and reconciliation" model was revealed by The Telegraph this week. The DUP and Sinn Fein, the two main parties in Northern Ireland, hit out at the prospect of a statute of limitations on prosecuting offences committed prior to the signing of the 1998 Good Friday agreement. Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill, the deputy First Minister, called it a "slap in the face" for victims, while the DUP MP Gavin Robinson said that while veterans should not be subjected to a "cycle of reinvestigations" in the absence of new evidence, access to justice was vital. The Irish government expressed fierce opposition, with Micheal Martin, the Taoiseach, claiming the proposal would represent a "breach of trust". Leo Varadkar, the deputy leader, said he was "deeply alarmed" and would not support any such move, arguing that victims and families have a right to justice. Irish ministers were said to be furious that Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland Secretary, did not mention the plan during engagements in Dublin on Wednesday.
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Two boats collide as tensions over fishing increase
Two boats have collided in the English Channel as the UK and France face off over post-Brexit fishing rights. Normandy Trader Freight's Chris Le Masurier described tensions as a "real shame", adding French fishermen were only trying to "protect their historic rights".
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Boris Johnson and fiancee Carrie Symonds cast votes for 'Super Thursday' elections
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds spotted casting their votes for the local elections being dubbed "Super Thursday." Footage shows the couple arriving and leaving the polling station at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster. Everything from elected mayors and local councils to police commissioner positions are up for grabs in the vote.
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