Day: May 8, 2026
Local elections 2026: All the London results so far
May 8, 2026Millions of Londoners have voted to elect their councillors across the capital’s 32 boroughs. Some 1,817 local authority seats council are up for grabs in the city, while residents of Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets also selected their mayors. Labour is defending the most town halls, with the party winning 21 at the […]
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Starmer takes responsibility for ‘tough’ election results but vows to carry on
May 8, 2026Sir Keir Starmer insisted he would carry on as Prime Minister despite Labour suffering disastrous local election losses. He acknowledged it had been a “tough” night for Labour but said that “days like this don’t weaken my resolve to deliver the change that I promised”. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK made gains across the country as […]
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Third British national diagnosed with suspected hantavirus linked to cruise ship
May 8, 2026A third British national has been diagnosed with suspected hantavirus linked to a cruise ship outbreak, health officials have said. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said two British nationals have confirmed hantavirus but there is now “an additional suspected case of a British national on Tristan da Cunha”. The patient remains on the remote […]
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As Mark Zuckerberg makes an AI version of himself… will your next boss be an avatar?
May 8, 2026It’s obvious that Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, would be a pioneer of emerging tech — no matter how dubious the rest of us might be. Perhaps most notably, he turned into a Sims-like avatar of himself and entered a virtual reality world […]
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Britain’s first gay surrogate parent charged with trafficking and rape
May 8, 2026Scott Drewitt-Barlow and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow are co-owners of Maldon & Tiptree FC Getty Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, 57, was charged with multiple offences on Friday alongside Scott Drewitt-Barlow, 32. Both men, of Southwood Chase, Danbury, Essex, will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court later. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the men have been charged with arranging or […]
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