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Ingrid, Frank and Zizzi waiting for their owners to vote at a polling station in London (Picture: AP)

The 2026 local elections are the biggest electoral test for Sir Keir Starmer since the entire country last went to the polls two years ago.

The row of tents on Tottenham Court Road is set up around 8 pm beneath the Heals building has been replaced by planters

Outside The Heals Building in central London, around 25 people make their beds for the night.

Explosions were reported in the port city of Bandar Abbas on the shore of the Strait of Hormuz before the US army confirmed it had fired at Iranian military facilities in self-defence (Picture: Reuters)

Explosions have been heard in cities around the Strait of Hormuz, but a US official insisted it does not mean fighting has resumed.

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Joey Mannarino (right) has been barred from entering the UK by the Home Office (Picture: Instagram)

A right-wing influencer who talked about ‘parasites raping their way through the UK’ has been banned from travelling to Britain.

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His students first thought he was pretending before they realised it was real.

Industry bodies fear rising prices will become ‘baked in’ before it is too late (Picture: Getty Images)

Food and farming experts are calling for the UK government to intervene to tackle rising shop prices before it’s too late.

One of many voters who braved the spooky surroundings to vote at the cemetery office today (Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire)

For the 2026 English local elections, the government has tried to make voting as easy and appealing as possible.