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Craig Mackinlay - the ‘bionic MP’ who lost his arms and legs to sepsis - has decided not to fight the election because it has come too soon for his recovery, GB News can reveal.
Mackinlay was given a standing ovation on Wednesday when he returned to Parliament after

Good to see the area I grew up in stand up to the antisemitic mob.

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'I'm still stunned that Rishi Sunak has called this general election.'

GB News' Katherine Forster says it doesn't look likely that Rishi Sunak will win the election, meaning asylum seekers will no longer be sent to Rwanda despite the scheme costing £240m.

'Are you saying that the Taliban are NOT honourable negotiating partners?!'

Tom Harwood and @MarkWhiteTV discuss returns agreements, following the news that net migration in 2023 dropped by 10% compared to 2022.

NEW: The King has approved an Order in Council to prorogue Parliament ahead of the General Election, in a quickly organised Privy Council meeting at Buckingham Palace this morning.

And we are off! We have just left London on a train with the Conservative party's election campaign. The road to polling day on July 4 has begun. Stay tuned to GB News for all the latest news and updates.

David Cameron has also had to cut a trip short so as to get back in time for cabinet this afternoon

Hard not to feel emotional watching this. What strength of character!

As someone who sat with Craig Mackinlay in hospital just five months ago after his quadruple amputation operation, I found it deeply moving to see MPs stand to applaud him on his return to the House of Commons.

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Craig Mackinlay MP returns to Parliament after his hands and feet were amputated.

'Those who were not strapped into the seats were thrown into the air, and smashed into the baggage compartments above their heads.'

@MarkWhiteTV provides the latest on the Singapore Airlines incident as a 73-year-old British man has died.

🚨 BREAKING: A 73-year-old British passenger is confirmed to have passed away following severe turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight which left dozens of travellers injured.

'There are known issues with the weather radar on the Boeing-777 Aircraft, the 300 variant.'

Mark White explains known issues with Boeing aircraft that may have lead to the turbulence tragedy onboard a Singapore airlines flight, whereby one person has lost their life.

'Two ringleaders from a Rochdale gang have been fighting deportation orders for nine years.'

Charlie Peters discusses the proposal of visa sanctions on countries where the deportations of grooming gang convicts fail.

Exclusive | 'We need to embrace the use of safe third countries and in the last few weeks 15 EU countries have all made that same point.'

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak talks to GB News and reveals that as many as 15 EU countries are preparing to follow the UK's lead on migration.

'The harm that was done to people cannot be put into words. I have tried. But parents watched their children suffer and in many cases die. Children witnessed the decline and death of one, sometimes both, parents.'

- Chair of the infected blood inquiry, Sir Brian Langstaff.

'Everybody seems to have come down here to celebrate!'

Ray Addison reports from the High Court as Julian Assange wins a High Court bid to appeal his extradition to the US.

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'An apology will be forthcoming from the Prime Minister this afternoon, and a compensation scheme will be outlined tomorrow upwards of £10bn.'

@Forster_K provides the latest on the public inquiry into the infected blood scandal.