Politics
‘BoJo of Blackburn’ wins election seat after viral campaign video
Tiger Patel beat the incumbent councillor by more than 100 votes after a campaign video showed him giving peace signs next to X-rated graffiti.
“Like one of those hostage videos” – reactions to Johnson casting vote with Carrie Symonds
"Nice to see the PM walking alongside Boris Johnson."
‘£320m of taxpayer cash at risk:’ David Cameron and Lex Greensill to appear before MPs
£320m would cover a year's employment costs for 8,800 nurses, 7,500 police officers or 5,600 teachers.
Reactions: Labour left with ‘four choices after spectacular Hartlepool failure’
Hartlepool by-election shows Labour "can no longer win" the 2024 general election.
‘You’re a fascist and a racist’: Nicola Sturgeon confronts former deputy leader of Britain First
In 2018 Jayda Fransen was convicted of anti-Muslim hate crimes.
Reaction as Hartlepool turns blue for first time in 57 years
The majority is concrete proof that people "don't give a sh*t" about how corrupt their prime minister is.
Elections 2021: ‘Council after council showing very strong results for the Tories’
A 30-foot inflatable model of Boris Johnson was erected in Hartlepool after the town turned blue for the first time in its 47-year-old history.
‘A truly historic result’: Conservatives win Hartlepool by a landslide
The party declared a "truly historic result" after Jill Mortimer secured a 6,940 majority. Labour held the seat in 2019 with a majority of 3,595.
Von der Leyen: Europe is vaccinating the world whilst others are ‘keeping to themselves’
Europe exports as many vaccines as it delivers to its own citizens because "viruses know no borders", she said.