John Curtice: Results leave Tories with mountain to climb

1 hour ago About sharing Labour’s winning candidate in Wellingborough Gen Kitchen celebrates her victory By Sir John Curtice Professor of Politics at Strathclyde University This was another disappointing election night for the Conservatives, with two by-election defeats and two gains for Labour. Not only did they lose Kingswood, where Labour needed a relatively modest…

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McCann suspect in German trial for unrelated sex offences

2 hours ago About sharing Christian Brückner is serving a seven-year jail term for rape committed in Portugal in 2005 By Jessica Parker & Daniel Sandford BBC News in Braunschweig, Germany The prime suspect in the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann goes on trial in Germany on Friday for unrelated sex offences. Christian Brückner will…

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