Scrolling News Ticker                        Live. Votes being counted in England's local elections, plus Runcorn and Helsby by-election More than 1,600 seats are being contested in 23 councils, there are also six mayoral positions up for grabs, and the by-election in Runcorn and Helsby. EXCLUSIVEPolice, camera… in-action! Police officers are slammed after CCTV catches them sitting in woman’s front room watching TV and using her dumbbells for four hours – after 999 call to her home 'Pretty poor night' expected for Labour - but Runcorn by-election 'too close to call'    

News : London Evening Standard
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News : Sky
'Pretty poor night' expected for Labour - but Runcorn by-election 'too close to call'
Lib Dems predict 'big gains in ex-Tory heartlands'
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Farage hoping for by-election bullseye - and if Labour cling on it'll be a great escape
Tories 'clear that these would be tough elections' for the party
Labour: 'These elections were always going to be a challenge'
Mood music in Runcorn and Helsby is nervous optimism for Reform - but it's too close to call
Polls have closed in England
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News : Telegraph
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News : Huffington Post
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Internet : Wired News
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News Mail
EXCLUSIVEMoment thug robs Jenson Button's wife of suitcase containing £250k of jewellery minutes after she arrives in London - as she vows NEVER to come back
Tory and Reform voters split over idea of a merger with fewer than half backing formal link up amid coalition rumours ahead of local elections
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More than half of Brits fear vulnerable people will be pressured into assisted dying as Commons showdown looms
Britain's girl gang problem: Increasing numbers of young women are committing violent crime, warn experts - including savage attacks on society's most vulnerable. So what can be done?
Iconic department store holds 'Rachel Reeves closing down sale' as it closes its last outlet after 144 years with boss blaming Chancellor's budget hikes
Moment Jenson Button's wife is targeted by yob who swiped suitcase containing £250,000 of lavish jewellery and handbags minutes after arriving in London - as she vows NEVER to come back
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