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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6af1/live/7a99ead0-c1a8-11f1-babe-4199b0e7ccea.jpg”] Watch: Kemi Badenoch says she wants Reform voters to “come back” Kemi Badenoch has said she would rather have another general election than do a deal with Reform UK to secure power, if no party wins the next election. The Conservative Party leader told the BBC that Nigel Farage’s Reform are “neck…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/e8e6/live/77f5cee0-c192-11f1-aa62-b37233e4aed8.png”] Google Castlegate Arts could eventually get the option to buy the centre The future of Aberdeen Arts Centre has been given a boost after councillors agreed to enter negotiations on a new long-term lease. The charity which runs the venue, Castlegate Arts, has so far raised £350,000 towards a three-year £660,000 funding…

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6613/live/f2cf53b0-c189-11f1-83c7-97e75190a976.jpg”] Getty Images A lawyer for one of the seven men accused of participating in a Cornell University gang rape has called for the special prosecutor on the case to recuse herself over past public comments. The lawyer had said a social media post from New York Attorney General Letitia James throws into…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1306/live/74e63400-c189-11f1-83c7-97e75190a976.jpg”] Getty Images US televangelist Jim Bakker’s death was announced on Monday by his second wife Lori Bakker US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar media empire before being jailed for fraud and conspiracy, has died aged 86. Bakker and his then-wife Tammy Faye founded a Christian television programme called The PTL…

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