![]() It is the first time new voter ID rules have applied to all of England ahead of the change coming into force for UK general elections from October. Former prime ministers Liz Truss and Boris Johnson both left No 10 last year (Aaron Chown/PA)Įlections are not taking place in all parts of England this year. There are no contests in London and Birmingham, along with other areas including Cornwall, North Yorkshire and Cumbria. Polls are also taking place to choose mayors in Bedford, Leicester, Mansfield and Middlesbrough. More than 8,000 council seats in England are up for grabs across 230 local authorities, ranging from small rural areas to some of the largest towns and cities. The Tories have set expectation levels low for the local elections, with party chairman Greg Hands defending his claim that the ruling party in Westminster could lose 1,000 council seats. ![]() ![]() And our friends and our allies know that we are back.” ![]() Our politics doesn’t feel like a box set drama anymore. ![]()
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While it received the first Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children, critics and public alike hailed it as a book for all ages. ![]() The Story of Mankindrevolutionized former methods of telling history. ![]() ![]() ![]() It'll take one grieving little boy, a sweet adopted dog and a woman who never expected to win any man's heart to make this Creed in Stone Creek know he's truly found home. But when Steven takes on the pro bono defense of a local teen, he meets his match in the opposing counsel-beautiful, by-the-book county prosecutor Melissa O'Ballivan. Taking care of little Matt and fixing up his run-down ranch house with its old barn loosens something tightly wound inside him. ![]() ![]() When single attorney Steven Creed becomes guardian of an orphaned five-year-old boy, he trades his big-city law firm for a ranch near his McKettrick kin in the close-knit community of Stone Creek, Arizona. 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