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Scotland’s Deputy First Minister said it was still too early to say if the party would win an overall majority.

Jackie Dunbar has taken the Aberdeen Donside seat with a large majority.

Two police officers are accused of unlawfully attacking Mr Atkinson in Telford in 2016.

Advisers are not expecting people to go back to pre-pandemic levels of contact with others as restrictions ease in May.

Union leaders and scientists have warned against lifting the face covering requirement in secondary schools in England from mid-May.

There was a 0.75% swing to Plaid Cymru.

The Duchess of Cornwall met soldiers from the 5th Battalion, who have recently returned to their base in Burford from a tour of duty in Estonia.

B16172 is thought to be at least as transmissible as the variant detected in Kent last year.

The Scottish Justice Secretary said he was confronted by Liberal Party supporters at the Glasgow election count.

Boris Johnson said the results are ‘very encouraging’ after early Tory gains in English council elections.

Research suggests NSAIDs do not result in worse Covid-19 outcomes.

Liam McArthur has been returned to Holyrood.

Forty adults and four children have been treated after the blaze at New Providence Wharf near Canary Wharf.

The head of the programme Patricia Donnelly said such logistical challenges were inevitable.

Mr Patel beat the incumbent councillor by more than 100 votes after a campaign video showed him giving peace signs next to X-rated graffiti.

Yorkshire and the Humber had the highest proportion of people of any region in England likely to test positive.

Across the six constituencies in the capital, the postal vote turnout was 89.2% – with a record 91,068 ballots returned.

Lisa Smith, who is due to stand trial in Ireland next year, wanted to be able to cross the border into Northern Ireland.

The cost of the legal advice was revealed by the Scottish Parliament.

The Conservatives took the seat – which had been Labour-held since it was formed in 1974 – with a majority of 6,940.