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“Reform UK has only eight MPs – it won five in 2024 and added a few through by-elections and defections – but now polls at 22%”
“US President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to allow him to continue building a $400m (£295m) ballroom at the White House without congressional permission.”
“The Ministry of the Economy and Finance confirmed that the intrusion was detected during routine security checks in late June”
“After a 38-day break, Nigel Farage is back in Parliament as the MP for Clacton.”
“Andrew Puzder, the US Ambassador to the EU, used a post on X on Friday to call on the 27-nation bloc to honour pledges made at Turnberry, Scotland, in July 2025.”
“Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives have more than 100 MPs and are the Official Opposition, but poll at 21% and are running third.”
“Sauer said in the filing on Friday that work on the project is 65% done and not granting it would amount to 'construction-by-injunction'.”
“Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has previously pledged a €200 million cybersecurity plan funded by the France 2030 programme”
“Senior Reform sources were also pointing out that they managed to increase the number of votes in the Clacton by-election for Nigel Farage by 1,000 compared with the 2024 general election.”
“The July 2025 talks at Turnberry produced joint statements in which both sides pledged to address non-tariff barriers that impede transatlantic trade.”
“Ed Davey’s Liberal Democrats have 72 MPs, making them the third-largest party in Parliament, despite polling at only 11%.”
“Last week's appeals court decision does not take effect until 21 August, when ballroom construction will have to cease unless the Supreme Court grants the emergency application.”
“In February 2026 a delegation of ten MEPs led by Bogdan Rzońca, chair of the Parliament's Petitions Committee, visited Almaraz after a petition signed by workers, local councils and farmers opposed the closure.”
“Last night 9,455 people voted for Count Binface;”
“Sources on both sides say that joint statements on non-tariff barriers are expected in autumn 2026.”
“Zack Polanski’s Greens have five MPs but 12% support”
“Count Binface received 9,455 votes compared to Farage's 22,239.”
“Around 80,000 Moroccans swam across the breakwater into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on 30-31 July”
“there are just 7,979 signatures - 10 per cent of the electorate - needed for a recall by-election.”
“Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain has one MP and 4%, which is nowhere near enough to make him Prime Minister, but he can split the right-wing vote and prevent Farage from entering Downing Street.”
“His 26.9% share of the vote is thought to be the highest ever for a novelty candidate.”
“The government said 73,000 were returned”
“the six weeks between announcing his intention to stand in the July 2024 general election and polling day.”
“More than 100 residents of Gokulpura in the Jhotwara assembly area attempted to answer that question on Thursday by turning their neighbourhood's pothole-riddled roads into a makeshift lunar landscape.”
“The show, called Face of the Establishment, is at the Pleasance on 26 August.”
“about 2,500 remained”
“new rules which allow them to be developed in Europe will not come into effect until 2028.”
“The unusual protest was aimed at highlighting the condition of roads and drainage in the area, which residents said has deteriorated after recent rains.”
“Count Binface has previously stood in four parliamentary elections and two London mayoral elections.”
“the Ceuta administration estimates 8,000‑11,000 still in the city”
“affluent retirees to voluntarily forgo their state pension for a minimum of three years in return for an honour.”
“Residents say potholes have become 'Moon and Mars' craters.”
“He has been on the same ballot as two sitting prime ministers during a general election - Boris Johnson in 2019 and Rishi Sunak in 2024.”
“At least 72 people died, most of them drowned”
“pausing a standards inquiry into an undeclared five million pound gift.”
“The protesters said they have been trying for around three months to draw the attention of Jhotwara MLA and minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Jaipur rural MP Rao Rajendra Singh, former councillors and officials of the Jaipur Development…”
“and separately stood as a different character, Lord Buckethead, against Theresa May in Maidenhead in 2017.”
“Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the scene after the operation ended”
“pausing a standards inquiry into an undeclared five million pound gift”
“Protester Devendra Pratap Singh said the astronaut-themed protest was meant to underline the scale of the problem.”
“He previously told BBC News his policies include building "at least one affordable house, nationalising Adele and bring back Ceefax".”
“Earlier in the year he approved regularisation for roughly 500,000 migrants”
“sending up to 100 Labour staff to the US to campaign for the Harris”
“He added that the protest was intended to show that the potholes left after the rains had become so large that they resembled craters on the Moon and Mars.”
“The show is described as a "one-hour dose of political comedy and sci-fi satire".”
“The European Union, through the agency Frontex, reported 178,000 unauthorised entries in 2025, a 26 % drop from the previous year”
“Residents raised concerns over broken roads, poor drainage and large potholes that have worsened following the recent rains.”
“Harvey, an ex-BBC journalist, previously performed a stand-up show at the Fringe in 2018 and performed to crowds at Glastonbury in 2024.”
“Frontex recorded nearly 59,000 attempted Channel crossings in the first ten months of 2025, a modest increase on the prior year”
“Sources told TOI that tenders for drainage and road construction work in the constituency have already been awarded.”
“We've got 37 fires across England and Wales right now, four of them are major incidents.”
“The work is expected to begin after the monsoon ends.”
“The proposed law - known as the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - would allow people over the age of 18 who were expected to die within six months to be given help to end their own life, subject to certain safeguards.”
“Lee's approval rating fell to 51% in a July 24 Gallup Korea survey, its lowest level in a month.”
“MPs voted in favour of a bill proposed by Labour MP Kim Leadbetter in 2025, but it was not passed by the House of Lords after an unprecedented number of suggested amendments delayed its progress until it ran out of time in April this year.”
“Around 30,000 eligible beneficiaries in the state will be covered under the second phase of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban 2.0 (PMAY-U 2.0), according to the office of Local Self Government Department Minister K M Shaji.”
“It is due to be debated in the Commons on 11 September.”
“Under the revised Central guidelines, the total assistance for a homeless beneficiary will be Rs 4 lakh per house.”
“given a four-year implementation period had been agreed in the previous debates.”
“The state government will provide Rs 1 lakh for each beneficiary, while the Centre will contribute Rs 1.50 lakh. The remaining Rs 1.50 lakh will have to be borne by the municipality and the beneficiary, according to the minister's office.”
“Farage won with 63% of the vote”
“The revised Central guidelines also require the beneficiary to bear 25% of the total project cost.”
“on a turnout of 44%”
“Kerala is currently implementing the PMAY-Urban LIFE scheme, under which homeless beneficiaries who own land receive Rs 4 lakh in total assistance per house.”
“contested by a record 34 candidates”
“Under the existing arrangement, the funding is divided as follows:Centre: Rs 1.50 lakhState government: Rs 50,000Municipality: Rs 2 lakhTotal: Rs 4 lakh”
“Farage received 22,239 votes, 1,014 more than his winning total at the general election in 2024”
“The state government is signing the MoU with the Centre to ensure Kerala does not lose Rs 450 crore in Central assistance that would otherwise be available if the scheme is not implemented in the state, according to the statement.”
“increased his majority from 8,405 to 12,784”
“The first phase is scheduled to be completed by September 30.”
“investigating him for not declaring a £5m gift”
“held that the required sanction had not been obtained in the matter.”
“The by-election was estimated to have cost taxpayers about £250,000”
“Additional Solicitor General and advocate for complainant, in the affidavit filed by UP, submits there is no disclosure of sanction.”
“Count Binface's 9,455 votes and 26.9% vote share”
“In such view of the matter, the complaint and orders passed by magistrate stands quashed," the bench said.”
“Farage's vote share in this by-election, 63.3%, was 17 percentage points higher than in 2024”
“The defamation case stems from Rahul Gandhi’s remarks about Savarkar during a rally in Maharashtra’s Akola district on November 17, 2022, held as part of his Bharat Jodo Yatra.”
“Farage first became an MP at the general election in 2024, winning with a majority of 8,405 and 46% of the vote, on a turnout of 58%”
“On April 4, 2025, the Lucknow bench of the high court said Rahul Gandhi could file a revision petition before the sessions court, holding that its intervention was not required at that stage.”
“large tables to count ballot papers that measured a whopping 90cm in length”
“Satyaki Savarkar, VD Savarkar’s grandnephew, had filed a complaint against Rahul, alleging that during a speech in London in March 2023, the Congress leader claimed that V D Savarkar had written in a book about an incident in which he and …”
“was boycotted by all of the main Westminster parties”
“He sought Rahul Gandhi’s conviction under Section 500 of the IPC and compensation under Section 357 of the CrPC.”
“confirmed the Reform UK leader had indeed won this by-election convincingly with 22,239 votes”
“The court had already granted bail to Rahul Gandhi in the case.”
“record 34 candidates”
“In April, Bangladesh foreign minister Khalilur Rahman visited India as part of efforts to mend strained bilateral ties following more than 18 months of heightened diplomatic tensions.”
“90cm long ballot paper”
“India has extended two separate invitations to Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman — one for a bilateral visit and another to attend the outreach session of the Brics Summit in New Delhi in September.”
“the council estimates taxpayers will need to fork out £250,000 for the organisation of this by-election”
“Efforts to stabilise ties gained momentum after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accompanied by foreign secretary Vikram Misri, represented India at Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in ceremony in Dhaka on February 17.”
“secretly received £5m from the Thailand-based crypto-billionaire and Reform donor Christopher Harborne”
“Hasina recently addressed an audio-only virtual press conference from New Delhi, her first public media interaction since fleeing to India on August 5, 2024, amid mass protests.”
“was not registered by the Reform leader”
“During the virtual press conference, Hasina said she was determined to return to Bangladesh in December to put the country on the 'right track' by restoring democracy, despite facing the possibility of imprisonment or a death sentence.”
“More in Common's research suggests around 80% of voters are aware of questions around Nigel Farage's finances”
“Relations between India and Bangladesh deteriorated sharply after the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus came to power following the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government in August 2024.”
“The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Union Public Service Commission to defer the selection of a panel of three officers from which the Odisha govt was to choose the successor of present DGP Y B Khurania, who retires on Aug 16.”
“present DGP Y B Khurania, who retires on Aug 16.”
