BREAKING: Labour’s Richard Parker pulls off shock victory in West Midlands, beating Tory incumbent Andy Street by a whisker, sources say.

Huge blow to Rishi Sunak - this was one of two mayoralties Downing Street had hoped would help turn round losing narrative.

Today's the day! Polling stations across the country are open today from 7am-10pm.

Don’t forget to bring your photo ID or Voter Authority Certificate.

Find your nearest polling station 👇
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Huge congratulations to Juliet E McKenna #TheGreenMan #author #books #BSFA #Eastercon

Dear 🇬🇧,

Please read - this NHS scandal potentially affects you all.

🧵 Having studied the data, just released, from the Royal College of Physicians members' survey on PAs, I couldn't be more disgusted by the lack of probity, honesty & fairness of those who lead my Royal College. 1/n

Five episodes of GB News programmes presented by UK Conservative MPs broke broadcasting rules, Ofcom says bbc.in/49W540e

Warwickshire family’s fight for compensation after two-years in home from hell stratford-herald.com/news/warwicksh…

£20,000 appeal for stem cell treatment to help get Stratford woman’s life back stratford-herald.com/news/20-000-ap…

Young mum with life-threatening kidney disease makes organ donor appeal stratford-herald.com/news/young-mum…

Missed this week's webinar on reporting on disability and the UN convention on the rights of disabled people? Catch up below on the #NUJ YouTube channel.
youtu.be/0Vd1JYfJgfs

Warwickshire family’s fight for compensation after two-years in 'home from hell' #newbuild #housing stratford-herald.com/news/warwicksh…

I wonder if the moral of this story is...when you're a giant public organisation with a big budget ie The Royal Fam or Kensington Palace etc, is it worth paying a professional #photographer to take your pics? Better still, make sure they're NUJ accredited #Royal

Last year nearly 4 million people in the UK experienced destitution, including 1 million children. The number of people experiencing destitution has more than doubled in the last 5 years.

❌ A 2p cut in National Insurance will not help those who need it the most #Budget2024

At least 112 Palestinians are said to have been killed and 760 injured trying to get desperately needed aid in Gaza.

Natalie Roberts from Médecins Sans Frontières UK tells Mishal Husain it feels 'intentional' that Israeli forces did not want aid to enter the territory.

#R4Today

Almost one in seven people working full time are still experiencing food insecurity, according to figures gathered by the Food Foundation and shared exclusively with #C4News .

Milena Dambelli reports.

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More than 100 medical professionals have been detained since Oct. 7, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Israel says Hamas has operated out of hospitals, charges doctors deny. wapo.st/3URtH9J

It would be good to see this 'trickle down' to their workers. Locally, they made 200 redundant last year.

Today Oxford #journalists held a vigil in solidarity with our colleagues in #Gaza , who continue to work under desperate conditions to ensure the deaths and destruction in their community do not go unreported. @NUJOfficial

We paid tribute to the more than 116 Palestinian #journalists who have been killed in #Gaza since October 7. That's almost 1 in 10 journalists in the whole of Gaza. #StopKillingJournalists

Crowds gather at Radcliffe Camera after killings. Oxford Mail reports on yesterday's vigil. oxfordmail.co.uk/news/24104732.…