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What elections are happening today as polls to open
Thursday's elections are the final test of voter sentiment before the next general election
4-min read - NewsThe Guardian
Reform UK backs candidates who promoted online conspiracy theories
Party stands by members set to contest key seats who have claimed climate crisis does not exist and Islamophobia is ‘made up’
4-min read - LifestyleWales Online
Royal Mail issues Peppa Pig stamps to mark anniversary
They can now be pre-ordered ahead of going on sale later this month
1-min read - NewsEvening Standard
Huge thunderstorm hits London with 'biblical' rain as Met Office issues travel and flood warning
‘Biblical’ and ‘crazy’ storm jolts many Londoners from their beds as Met Office warns of possible disruption
2-min read - SciencePA Media: Science
Parrots taught to video call friends ‘prefer live chats over recorded messages’
The findings could pave the way for a future with an ‘animal-centred internet’, researchers say.
3-min read - NewsThe Independent
Watch live: UCLA pro-Palestine protests continue after mass stand-off with riot police
Watch live on Thursday (2 May) as UCLA pro-Palestine protests continue after a stand-off with riot police. Law enforcement officers in riot gear massed by the hundreds on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles after darkness fell on Wednesday in preparation to clear out a pro-Palestinian protest camp attacked the night before by pro-Israel supporters. The chaotic scenes at UCLA came just hours after New York police burst into a building occupied by anti-war protesters at Col
1-min read - OpinionThe Telegraph
America’s Ticonderoga-class cruisers are retiring – along with their 1500 missile tubes
The end is in sight for the US Navy’s long-serving Ticonderoga-class cruisers, icons of the US fleet since the 1980s. A new plan anticipates that the last of the 12 active cruisers – remaining from 27 built between 1980 and 1994 – will decommission in 2027.
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