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Lily Allen, Olivia Dean and Wolf Alice among stars nominated for Ivor Novello Awards 2026

Lily Allen, Olivia Dean and Wolf Alice are among some of the musicians nominated for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards. Other acts in the running include Lola Young, Florence + The Machine, CMAT, Little Simz, Coldplay, Damon Albarn, Jacob Alon, Self Esteem, Jim Legxacy and Kae Tempest – who is nominated twice for best contemporary […]

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Democrat flips Florida seat in district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home

The Democrats have won a Florida special election, flipping a state legislative district that is home to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Emily Gregory, a first-time candidate, beat Republican Jon Maples, who had been endorsed by Mr Trump. A mother of three young boys and an army spouse, she runs a fitness community for pregnant and

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How a patient stepped out for a vape and foiled a suicide bomber at Leeds hospital

Nathan Newby stepped outside a hospital for a vape and some fresh air on a winter night – but ended up talking down a suicide bomber after a simple act of kindness. This “extraordinary, ordinary man”, as a judge called him, is today being honoured with a George Medal, the UK’s second-highest civilian award for

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FA hits back at Reform’s ‘woke nonsense’ complaint – as Ipswich Town criticised over Farage visit

The Football Association (FA) says it is “proud” of plans to ensure at least a quarter of the England men’s coaching staff is from Black, Asian, mixed or other ethnic backgrounds – responding to Reform UK complaints the strategy is “utter woke nonsense”. Former home secretary Suella Braverman, who defected from the Conservatives to Reform,

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First five NHS trusts to be placed in special recovery programme named

Five NHS trusts with “deep-rooted challenges” will be the first to be placed in a new recovery programme, the health secretary has announced. Wes Streeting said “failure has been tolerated for too long”, and although there has been improvement across the NHS overall, some “challenged” trusts continue to struggle. The new NHS Intensive Recovery programme

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Government looking at decoupling electricity and gas prices to bring down bills

Ed Miliband has told Labour MPs he is committed to looking at unhitching electricity prices from gas in a bid to bring down household bills. The energy secretary told a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) on Monday night that the move would be “complicated but possible”, according to sources present. Politics Hub: Follow

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Five people escape and two injured after building collapses in Oldham

Two people have been taken to hospital after a building partially collapsed in Oldham, Greater Manchester.  e injuries are “not believed to be life-threatening,” the North West Ambulance Service said. Emergency services were called at 12.30pm to King Street over reports of a partially collapsed building. Five people managed to escape from the building, which

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