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 The Conservatives are on course for their worst defeat in more than a century with high-profile names including Jeremy Hunt set to lose their seats, according to a new poll.Adding further misery to a raft of gloomy polls for the government, the party will also be completely wiped out in Wales on July 4, the survey predicts.Luke Tryl, executive director of More In Common UK, which carried out the research, said the findings showed that the Tories were in a “deep hole” and the problem was getting worse.The poll, of more than 10,000 people, suggests they would hold on to just...

Conservatives on course for worst defeat in over a century with Jeremy Hunt to lose seat, new mega-poll shows

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK was again experiencing the “sunlight of hope” after a Labour landslide put him on course to be the next prime minister.Tory leader Rishi Sunak conceded defeat after a “sobering” night for his party which saw predecessor Liz Truss and a record 11 Cabinet ministers lose their seats.At a victory rally in central London, Sir Keir said the country could now “get its future back”.He told jubilant activists “we did it”, adding: “Change begins now.”Sir Keir said: “We did it. You campaigned for it, you fought for it, you voted for it, and now it...

UK’s next prime minister Sir Keir Starmer says ‘change begins now’

Scotland’s First Minister has urged “every single SNP voter” to turn out on Thursday in what he said will be an “incredibly close” contest throughout the country.Addressing supporters at a pre-election rally in Leith on Wednesday evening, John Swinney said the Conservatives were going to be “heavily defeated” by the Labour Party in England, but that there were “narrow margins” between Labour and the SNP north of the border.He said “constituencies will be close contests the length and breadth of the country”, and told supporters it was necessary to motivate “every single SNP supporter” to come out Thursday, saying each...

Swinney urges voters to turn out in ‘incredibly close’ election contest

The Scottish Greens are calling on their supporters to vote as if their future is on the line as they make a final pitch before polls open at the General Election.Co-leader Patrick Harvie said even a small number of Green voices can make a “huge difference”.The party has fielded 44 candidates in Scotland at the General Election, their highest ever number.However, polls suggest they are unlikely to pick up any MPs north of the border.Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie said: “We are asking the people of Scotland to vote like our future depends on it, because it really does. That...

Vote like your future is on the line, Scottish Greens tell supporters

 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is set to win more than a dozen Westminster seats in what would be a shock overperformance for the party, according to the exit poll.After the party’s only current MP Lee Anderson held his Ashfield seat, becoming the first Reform win of the night, arch-Brexiteer Mr Farage remains on course to become the MP for Clacton in Essex.Click here for our live coverage of the general election campaign.A series of polls in the run-up to the general election suggested Reform could win between two and seven seats, with disgruntled former Tory and Labour voters turning...

Lee Anderson becomes first ever Reform MP as Farage’s party predicted set to win 13 seats

A man and a woman have been charged over the death of a three-year-old boy who was attacked by a dangerous dog. Daniel Twigg died after sustaining injuries from the dog on Tunshill Lane, Milnrow, Rochdale, on 15 May 2022. Mark Twigg, 42, of King Street, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, and...

Man and woman charged over boy's dog attack death

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Objects more than a millennia old have gone on display at a Wiltshire museum to celebrate the life of the Anglo-Saxon King Athelstan 1,100 years after he came to the throne. Athelstan Museum in Malmesbury has put on display artefacts loaned from the British Museum and the Ashmolean Museum for the Athelstan 1100 exhibition.

Anglo-Saxon exhibition on first King of all England

The 17-year-old boy died in hospital after the incident at West Wittering beach, police say.

Boy, 17, dies during school trip to the beach

Virginia McCullough pleads guilty to killing her mum and dad, whose bodies were found at her home.

Woman admits murdering her parents

BBC News, Mexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent. Having survived the night as Hurricane Beryl tore across her idyllic home of Union Island with ferocious force, Katrina Coy was taken aback by the extent of the devastation which lay before her. Virtually every building on the island, which lies off...

'Almost whole island homeless' in Hurricane Beryl's wake

The family of a student nurse found dead alongside the body of a paramedic have paid tribute to a "special daughter and sister". Lauren Evans, 22, from Bridgend, and 24-year-old Daniel Duffield, from Cannock, were found dead at home on Alpine Drive in Hednesford, on 25 June. An inquest hearing...

Murdered student nurse was adored, says family

A man has received a suspended prison sentence following an incident of road rage on the A55. Paul Woodward, of Melyd Avenue, Prestatyn recently appeared before Caernarfon Crown Court following the incident on the eastbound carriageway of Rhuallt Hill in September last year. CCTV footage shows Woodward, 55, who was...

Road rage ramming incident caught on CCTV

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Virginia fans of The Young and the Restless have asked where Elena Dawson (Brytni Sarpy) has been. She has not been seen or mentioned in Genoa City for quite a while. There is nothing online about Sarpy's status, and Y&R spoilers for next week do not mention the character, so fans wonder if she has been let go.

Fans of The Young and the Restless are concerned about Brtyni Sarpy and Conner Floyd's status

Arlene Mitchell, from West Lothian, defied odds of 700,000 to one by giving birth to Ben, Noah, Harrison and Rory.

Mum overwhelmed after rare birth of quadruplets

Former England captain Sir Geoffrey Boycott has been diagnosed with throat cancer for the second time and will have surgery. Boycott, 83, was told last week the cancer had returned, having been treated for the illness in 2002 with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Boycott will have surgery to remove the cancer...

Boycott reveals second cancer diagnosis

The calves were killed and the cow had to be put down after being injured during the attack.

Two calves and cow fatally injured in dog attack

Neil Sullingston, 52, has been charged following a crash on the A244 Claremont Lane in Esher.

Man charged with murder following crash

The group says farming has not been given enough prominence during the general election campaign.

Farmers light bonfires to send election message

Jack Singleton's family says his death leaves a "massive void that can never be filled".

Family tributes to motorcyclist killed in crash

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Labour take key Scottish constituencies from SNP

Labour have made gains from the SNP as constituencies across Scotland declare their election results, with Sir Keir Starmer's party on track for a landslide victory....

Labour take key Scottish constituencies from SNP

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