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London elections 2022: Wandsworth Council goes to Labour for first time in 44 years

Labour celebrates in Wandsworth

Evening Standard

Friday briefing: Mixed picture can’t obscure local anger with Boris Johnson

In this morning’s newsletter: Archie Bland reports from Sunderland on a night when Tory support collapsed in the local elections, but Labour failed to inspire

The Guardian - UK

Labour wins three flagship Conservative London boroughs

Wandsworth and Barnet borough councils, and Westminster City Council, all previously controlled by the Conservatives, are now in Labour hands.

The Independent UK

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Vive la Paris: Why the city has such a magical effect in films

With the release of ‘Mrs Harris Goes to Paris’ later this year, starring Lesley Manville as a British cleaning lady going to Paris to buy a Dior dress, Geoffrey Macnab looks back at films set in Paris and says when it comes to wish-fulfilment fantasies on screen, there has only…

The Independent UK

Labour take Westminster for first time as Tories suffer key losses

"I think it is not just partygate, there is the integrity issue."

Wales Online

Evacuation operations continue from Mariupol with 40 civilians rescued on Friday – as it happened

This blog has now closed. You can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war in our new live blog

The Guardian - AU

Boris Johnson faces backlash from councillors after Tories lose key London boroughs

The loss of the totemic London authority is a blow to Boris Johnson

Evening Standard

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London’s top boroughs for homes with gardens — Croydon, Barnet and Bromley are the capital’s garden property hotspots

Croydon is London’s private garden hotspot but those wanting an inner-city oasis should hunt in Lewisham and Lambeth.

Evening Standard

Pollutionwatch: the sad end of the Met Office’s atmospheric survey plane

Moasa aircraft will no longer measure pollutants over UK after funding was stopped

The Guardian - UK

Tories lose Wandsworth as Boris Johnson is lambasted by his own party's councillors

Labour gain local election ground in London but it's a mixed picture for Sir Keir Starmer elsewhere

Wales Online

Tories suffer heavy losses in London as Johnson faces grassroots backlash

Boris Johnson’s party suffered losses to Labour in Wandsworth and Barnet, with defeat also expected in the local election in Westminster.

The Independent UK

UK elections: Labour takes London district from Conservatives

Loss of Wandsworth for first time in 44 years adds to pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Al Jazeera

Local Election 2022: Conservatives lose 'Thatcher's favourite council' for first time since 1978

The London council of Wandsworth had been held by the Tories for over four decades

Wales Online

Tories lose Wandsworth as Johnson faces backlash from own councillors

The loss of the totemic London authority is a blow to Boris Johnson.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Local elections 2022: Eight key battlegrounds – and what the results might tell us

Thursday’s voting is ostenciably about potholes and bin services but could these key council areas indicate the direction of a future general election – and the fate of Boris Johnson?

The Independent UK

Local elections 2022: When to expect the results

Results will begin trickling in from the early hours of Friday morning

Reuters

UK PM Johnson loses London strongholds as scandals bite in local elections

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party lost control of traditional strongholds in London and suffered setbacks elsewhere in local elections, with voters punishing his government over a series of scandals.

The Independent UK

Tories braced for London defeats as Labour loses Hull to Lib Dems

Votes are being counted following Thursday’s local elections, with Boris Johnson’s party expecting a tough night.

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The Independent UK

Tories braced for loss of key councils in blow to Johnson

Votes are being counted in some parts of England, with some key London boroughs looking grim for the Conservatives.

The Independent UK

‘The man is a clown’: Voters give their verdict on polling day in key London boroughs

Rory Sullivan talks to voters in Wandsworth while Maryam Zakir-Hussein takes the polling day temperature in Barnet

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives brace for losses as votes counted in local elections

Labour and Lib Dem sources say turnout appears to be low in possible sign of Tory voters staying away

The Independent UK

Polls close in crunch elections around UK

Votes have been cast for councils in Scotland, Wales and large parts of England, while Northern Ireland is electing its assembly.

Chronicle Live

North East council accused of 'purdah' breach - what does it mean and how serious is it?

Political row blew up over a tweet by Hartlepool Borough Council, since deleted, on the eve of the local elections

The Conversation

Friday essay: writing poems across oceans, cultures and emails – John Kinsella on creative collaboration

My maternal grandfather was an artist who was a sign-writer. On commission, and under the eye of the public, he painted the giant Queen Elizabeth for the 1954 ‘Royal Visit’ and the giant Captain Cook (with map of ‘New Holland’) for the 200th ‘celebrations’. These lines, read on their own,…

Evening Standard

Man who stabbed two men in west London on day of England Euros defeat jailed

Police said it was ‘pure luck that their injuries were not far more serious’

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