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‘He had his whole life ahead of him’: Boy, 16, dies swimming in canal during heatwave

Authorities warn against open water swimming after Wakefield teen dies

The Independent UK

Boy, 16, dies after getting into difficulties swimming in heatwave

A 16-year-old who had just finished his GCSEs has died after getting into difficulties while swimming in Wakefield during the heatwave, West Yorkshire Police has announced.

Evening Standard

Pharmacy distribution site emerges for Phoenix Group to serve North of England

260,000 sq ft Wakefield site to be completed before end of 2022

Birmingham Post

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North East 'Red Wall' voters would back Boris Johnson in general election, Jacob Rees-Mogg claims

The minister claimed that the results of last week's by-elections, which saw the Tories lose two seats, would not be replicated in a general election

Chronicle Live

Parliament’s two new MPs take their seats in the House of Commons

Labour’s Simon Lightwood and Richard Foord, of the Lib Dems, triumphed in recent by-elections.

The Independent UK

Shameless Boris Johnson clinging on as Tory MPs plot switch to Labour

The embattled Prime Minister claimed he felt no shame at losing voters’ trust amid two humiliating by-election defeats in Wakefield and Tiverton

Daily Mirror

Labour has now claimed the centre ground – and has shown it can win

Last week’s byelection proves that the country is crying out for change, and we are the party that will deliver it

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Boris Johnson is a sorcerer who has run out of spells, a wizard with a broken wand

The Tory leader tried every trick he knew and his party still suffered a double-whammy of byelection defeats

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives’ alarm grows over threat of tactical voting in safe seats

Last week’s byelection losses saw huge swings to the best-placed Tory opponent – without any formal electoral pact

The Guardian - UK

Brazen Boris Johnson tells Tory MPs questions over his leadership are 'settled'

The Prime Minister blamed an “endless churn of news” about “things I stuffed up” for this week’s disastrous by-election defeats in Tiverton and Wakefield

Daily Mirror

A harsh lesson for the Tories: you can’t outrun tactical voting

The dramatic Tiverton and Honiton result shows how strategic anti-Conservative voting could decide the next general election, says Peter Kellner, a former president of YouGov

The Guardian - UK

By-election defeats pile pressure on Boris Johnson’s leadership

The Prime Minister was forced to defend his premiership at a Commonwealth leaders summit 4,000 miles away in Rwanda.

The Independent UK

Five reasons Tories should be worried about damaging by-election results

Boris Johnson suffered a brutal double by-election defeat as voters abandon the Tories in disastrous defeats in Wakefield, Tiverton and Honiton which is sure to pile pressure on the Prime Minister

Daily Mirror

How Tory plot to topple Boris Johnson could play out

Insiders say a second no-confidence vote among MPs would now produce a very different result from the first

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Boris Johnson vows to push on as voters ‘beat me up’ in by-elections

Former Conservative leader Michael Howard urged the Prime Minister to resign for the good of their party and the nation.

Bristol Post

'Disgusted' Carol Vorderman calls for Boris Johnson 'to go now'

Boris Johnson has faced further calls to resign after the Conservatives lost by-elections in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton, Devon

Daily Mirror

'People are fed up with Boris' - voters hit out after Tory by-election defeats

Labour regained Wakefield from the Tories, while the Liberal Democrats overturned a 24,000 Conservative majority to take Tiverton and Honiton in the Tories' southern heartlands

Chronicle Live

What would happen if the Wakefield by-election result was replicated in the North East

What would happen to the region's Conservative MPs if there was a 12.7 per cent swing to Labour

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Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Accent discrimination is alive and kicking

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The Guardian - UK

Chalk up a win for steady Starmer, but things could still get shaky

Analysis: After Wakefield, the leader’s allies can say ‘boring’ works, but Labour is not wholly convinced

The Conversation

Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton byelections: even Boris Johnson loyalists will now be worried for the next election

The scale of byelection defeats in Tiverton and Honiton in south-west England and Wakefield in the north of England might have Conservative rebels wishing they had waited a few weeks to hold a no-confidence vote in Boris Johnson. For the 148 MPs who voted against him, these results might have…

Daily Mirror

Gary Neville urges Rishi Sunak to "do decent thing" and resign after Oliver Dowden exit

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was humiliated in the Tiverton & Honiton and Wakefield by-elections with Conservative co-chair Oliver Dowden quitting his role on Friday

Manchester Evening News

Gary Neville’s brutal message for Boris Johnson after disastrous by-election results

The Conservatives lost seats in Tiverton & Honiton and Wakefield to Labour and the Lib Dems

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson told to quit by Tory grandee after double by-election defeat

Former Conservative leader Michael Howard urged the Cabinet to consider resigning.

Chronicle Live

Wakefield's new Labour MP Simon Lightwood grew up 'in poverty' in South Shields

The former King George V Comp pupil took the 'red wall' seat of Wakefield from the Conservatives and pledged to stand up for people in poverty

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