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OPINION - The Leader podcast: This is Eurovision 2023 calling…

For the first time in 25 years, the competition is back on UK soil as we play hosts for last year’s winner Ukraine.

Evening Standard · May 12, 2023

Eurovision 2023: Weird rule changes including no live animals on stage

No animals have been allowed on stage and, until 1999, acts had to sing in their native language

Bristol Post · May 12, 2023

ES Magazine’s epic guide to Eurovision 2023

The fashion, the playlist, the names to know and the Scouse slang to learn - here’s your ultimate Eurovision 2023 cheat sheet

Evening Standard · May 12, 2023

UK cruise missiles will ‘enhance’ Ukraine war effort, says Volodymyr Zelensky

The Ukrainian president and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak discussed ‘further cooperation’ on defence in a call on Friday.

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

How better local employment support could help tackle UK labour shortages

There has been a rise in “economic inactivity” in the UK among people of working age since the start of the COVID pandemic. Although the trend peaked last year, an additional 420,000 people are now in this category compared with early 2020.

The Conversation · May 12, 2023

Relationships and sex education review: government must remember history of LGBTQ+ discrimination in English schools

Sex education in English schools is under scrutiny. A review of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) brought forward by prime minister Rishi Sunak, will lead to new statutory guidance by the end of 2023. Sunak has also stated that schools will receive guidance on transgender issues for the 2023…

The Conversation · May 12, 2023

Jaguar Land Rover boss says car plants in UK are not under threat

Comments come as carmaker talks with Spain and UK governments over where to build new car battery gigafactory

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2023

Eurovision ‘could have been great moment for Zelensky to address huge audience’

Ukrainian ambassador Vadym Prystaiko spoke as he visited a primary school in Liverpool to see what children had been learning about Ukrainian culture.

The Independent UK · May 12, 2023

OPINION - UK economy stuck in first gear as GDP plunges in March

Conversations about the weather are rarely actually about the weather. As the social anthropologist Kate Fox writes in her brilliant and often snort-inducing book, Watching the English, weather chat is in fact “a form of code, evolved to help us overcome our natural reserve and actually talk to each other.”…

Evening Standard · May 12, 2023

Eurovision organisers ban Ukraine's President Zelensky from making address at final

Mr Zelensky's request to speak at the event on Saturday was turned down over fears it could politicise the contest

Chronicle Live · May 12, 2023