London protesters block coach taking asylum seekers to Bibby Stockholm
Conservative MP misplaces photo ID needed to vote in local elections
Man appears in court over sword attack that killed boy
Kwasi Kwarteng calls Liz Truss 'kind of Trumpian' over firing by tweet
David Cameron commits £3bn a year in aid to Ukraine ‘for as long as necessary’
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Stormy Daniels’ disgraced ex-attorney Michael Avenatti fires back at Trump trial testimony from prison cell
Avenatti accuses attorney who negotiated Stormy Daniels’ $130,000 payment of ‘lying’
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Woman rescued from upside-down submerged car in dramatic footage
Dramatic footage shows the moment a woman was rescued from her submerged car after crashing into a ditch in Indiana. Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) shared a video from the incident on Tuesday 30 April. The quick-thinking rescuers removed their personal safety equipment and entered the water to save the woman.
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Passenger caught with bag of snakes hidden down trousers at Miami airport
A TSA spokesman told The Independent that the man was attempting to board an international flight but ‘basically admitted there were snakes in his pants’ when the security alarms had sounded
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London mayor election LIVE: Polls close as final votes cast in Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall battle for City Hall
Londoners have cast their votes in the 2024 mayoral election that has pit Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan against Tory challenger Susan Hall. Thirteen candidates have been battling it out on election day, which kicked off as voting stations opened at 7am, with millions expected to have voted to elect a new London Assembly. Voting ended at 10pm when polling stations across the capital shut.
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Local elections 2024 - live: Polls close for mayoral and council contests in England as Tory losses predicted
As voting finished on Thursday night, a bombshell new poll found the Conservatives are now even less popular underRishi Sunak than during the calamitous premiership of Liz Truss
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Trump trial live updates: Trump told Michael Cohen ‘I hate fact we did it’ over hush money plot, jury hears
Audio recording played in court appeared to show former president discussing catch-and-kill payment with fixer Michael Cohen
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Stormy Daniels lawyer thought Michael Cohen ‘was going to kill himself’ when Trump didn’t give him role in White House
Keith Davidson said Trump’s former fixer hoped to be chief of staff or attorney general
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