Scrolling News Ticker                        Government abandons plans to delay 30 council elections All English elections will now go ahead as originally planned after Reform UK brought a legal challenge over the decision to delay some polls. EXCLUSIVEPolice, camera… in-action! Police officers are slammed after CCTV catches them sitting in woman’s front room watching TV and using her dumbbells for four hours – after 999 call to her home Starmer abandons plans to cancel 30 local council elections in May in another U-turn    

News : London Evening Standard
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News : Sky
Starmer abandons plans to cancel 30 local council elections in May in another U-turn
'Predictable chaos from a useless government', says Tory leader
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Farage responds after government's elections U-turn
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Starmer has confidence in minister linked to investigations into journalists
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Teenagers guilty of manslaughter after man lured to beach and killed
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News : Telegraph
Starmer abandons plan to cancel local elections Prime Ministers latest U-turn follows Telegraph campaign against decision to delay votes for 30 councils
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News : Guardian
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News : Huffington Post
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News Mail
Nigel Farage forces Starmer into humiliating local election climbdown as government ABANDONS plan to delay votes for millions - and ballot will go ahead in May
Britain's Got Talent dancer, 38, took her own life days after she was arrested on suspicion of a sexual offence, inquest hears
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According to Dr Duane Mellor, Registered Dietitian and Senior Lecturer at Aston Medical School, Weetabix does deserve some of its healthy reputation - but with caveats.
Grieving family's 'disgust' after being described as 'depressed' by staff during wake
Hannah Pharoah labelled staff at Crossroads cafe in King Charles's model town of Poundbury, Dorset, 'disgusting' over the 'sick joke' after her father Steve's funeral.
Did Andrew turn the 'Palace into a brothel'? Disgraced royal could face prosecution for a 'great many' sexual offences because of Epstein Files
Marcus Johnstone, a leading criminal defence lawyer specialising in sex crime, claims the ex-prince may now be investigated over claims he allowed sex trafficking victims into Buckingham Palace .
Scientist gives himself brain damage by testing secret audio weapon on himself in attempt to disprove 'Havana Syndrome'
A scientist in Norway gave himself brain damage after testing an experimental weapon designed to disprove the existence of 'Havana Syndrome'.
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