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Train operator will become 11th national service returned to public ownership since Labour was elected in 2024 ...

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Keir Starmer’s party has lost out to Reform and the Greens, with no respite in Scotland, Wales or England ...

President and his party celebrate as Democrats vow to fight Virginia court ruling barring state from enacting new voter-approved congressional maps – key US politics stories from 8 May 2026 at a glanc ...

Exclusive: Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is preferred choice of new leader for 42% of those surveyed ...

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Nationwide Canvas outage left students and faculty ‘dead in the water’ and rushing to rearrange end of academic year ...

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