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Farage launches campaign in Essex constituency in major blow to the Tories
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Police issue statement on claims people died at Forbidden Forest Festival
Man arrested at event as organisers investigate reports of security appearing to become involved in physical altercations with attendees
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Diane Abbott to stand to be Hackney Labour MP as Starmer’s Labour confirms candidates
Move comes days after she swiftly deleted a tweet accusing her party leader of lying about his respect for her
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‘I was screaming that I wanted my epidural, begging the staff over and over again’
Leigh Milner had one requirement for her upcoming birth: she wanted epidural pain relief. “I dreaded being in agony and knew I’d enjoy my pregnancy if I could avoid suffering during labour,” she says. “Following the advice from my National Childbirth Trust [NCT] course, I put my epidural request at the top of my birth plan in block capitals and bold type. Then I laminated it.”
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The candidates standing in Nigel Farage’s way in Clacton
Nigel Farage will have to see off at least four other would-be MPs to win in Clacton on July 4, including the Tory incumbent.
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Who is Rahul Gandhi – the political dynast considered to be Narendra Modi’s chief rival?
Rahul Gandhi – scion of India’s most prominent political dynasty – is leading light of opposition Congress party
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No fuel and no fun: what life was like for British motorists in 1944
D-Day was the beginning of the end of the Second World War, the assault on the beaches of Normandy that would ultimately liberate Europe. Churchill and Roosevelt’s “mighty endeavour” changed the course of the conflict but it would be many years before British life returned to normal.
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