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May 10
In full: Angela Rayner's stinging statement after devastating Labour election results

Speculation had mounted that the former deputy prime minister could be retuning to frontline politics after she resigned from the front bench in September, amid an ethics investigation into her tax affairs. Ms Rayner's latest intervention appeared to distance herself from an outright leadership challenge, while calling on Sir Keir Starmer to change course and embrace rival Andy Burnham. Read her full statement released on Sunday here: Our party has suffered a historic defeat. Many good Labour colleagues have lost their seats despite working hard for those they represented. We have lost good Labour administrations and lost the chance for more. What we are doing isn't working, and it needs to change. This may be our last chance. The Labour Party must now live up to our name: we must be the party of working people. We've heard the same on the doorstep as we've seen in the polls - the cost of living is the top issue for voters of all parties. People have turned to populists and nationalists because we have not done enough to fix it. Politics live: Rayner tells Starmer to 'meet the moment' and allow Burnham back Living standards are barely higher than they were a decade and a half ago. People feel hopeless - that the cost of living crisis will never end, and now they see oil and gas companies use global instability to post record profits. Once again, ordinary people are paying the price for decisions they didn't make. It's no wonder that across the UK, working people feel the system is rigged against them. Things can be so much better than this. Countries including Spain and Canada have shown that economies can grow and people can thrive when governments stay true to labour and social democratic values and put people first. We need to learn from that. In London, we lost young people who fear they will never afford a home. In my patch and across the north, we lost working people whose wages are too low and costs too high. In Scotland and Wales, people do not currently see Labour as the answer. We are in danger of becoming a party of the well-off, not working people. The Peter Mandelson scandal showed a toxic culture of cronyism. Decisions like cutting winter fuel allowance just weren't what people expected from a Labour government. For too long, successive governments have allowed wealth and power to concentrate at the top without a plan to ensure the benefits of economic growth are shared fairly. The result is an economy that does not work for the majority, with wealth concentrated in too few hands. This level of inequality, alongside squeezed living standards, is the outcome of a model built on deregulation, privatisation, and trickle-down economics. But we have the chance to fix this. We need immediate action to cut costs for households and put money back into the everyday economy. This can be done within the current fiscal rules, by ensuring those who benefit from the crisis contribute more so that everyone can thrive. Our Employment Rights Act was just the first step in our plan to Make Work Pay. Now is the time to take the next steps, starting with a Fair Pay Agreement in social care - but not ending there. A rising minimum wage must go alongside our programme to get young people into work. The investment we secured in social and affordable housing should now unleash a building boom that benefits British business and workers. We must double down on renters' reform and show leaseholders our action on tackling ground rents and charges was just a first step to ending freehold for good. Our devolution revolution has begun, but is nowhere near done. Giving mayors powers to transform planning and licensing can boost local business and good growth, in the interests of local people. They must go alongside economic powers and public services. Boosting community ownership and stopping the sell-off of local assets from pubs to playgrounds will put power back in local hands, helping restore the pride they feel in the places they live. We must go further on planning reforms, to build the schools, hospitals, roads and infrastructure the country needs to grow. We should be unafraid to promote new forms of public, community and cooperative ownership across the board. Buses and trains being brought back into public hands can now operate for the public good, at prices passengers can afford. Thames Water is an iconic failure of privatisation, which resonates for the same reasons. People are rightly sick of bonuses for bosses who deliver nothing but higher bills. We must face down demands that the public pay the price of private failure. We must create good jobs that pay decent wages by ensuring defence investment includes a secure manufacturing base. Use our house building programme to boost construction, invest in the green economy, backing SMEs by reforming business rates and increasing support to revive our high streets and local economies, raise the minimum wage and get young people into work. And then there is politics itself, putting power back into people's hands so that they are shaping the decisions that impact them. We must tackle the inflow of dodgy money in our politics - something that Nigel Farage, who took 5 million pounds in a secret personal gift from an offshore crypto baron, will never do. We must make politics work for ordinary people. We can only prove we mean it by putting the common interest ahead of factionalism. This is bigger than personalities, but it is time to acknowledge that blocking Andy Burnham was a mistake. We must show we understand the scale of change the moment calls for - that means bringing our best players into Parliament - and embracing the type of agenda that has been successful at a local level, rather than reaching back to an agenda and politics that has failed people. These are the fights we need to have, and the change in direction we need to see. Policy tweaks will not fix the fundamental challenges facing our country. This government needs, at pace, to put measures in place that make people's lives tangibly better, while fixing the foundations of a system rigged against them. The prime minister must now meet the moment and set out the change our country needs. Change our economic agenda to prioritise making people better off, change how we run our party so that all voices are listened to, and change how we do politics. Labour exists to make working people better off. That is not happening fast enough, and it needs to change - now.

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May 10
BAFTA TV Awards 2026 red carpet - all the best looks from nominees and stars

Nominees, presenters and other VIP guests posed for photographs ahead of one of the biggest nights in the awards season calendar for television in the UK. The critically acclaimed drama Adolescence dominated the awards this year - with wins for stars Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco. Here are some of the best looks from this year's attendees.

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May 10
In full: Angela Rayner's stinging statement after devastating Labour election results

Speculation had mounted that the former deputy prime minister could be retuning to frontline politics after she resigned from the front bench in September, amid an ethics investigation into her tax affairs. Ms Rayner's latest intervention appeared to distance herself from an outright leadership challenge, while calling on Sir Keir Starmer to change course and embrace rival Andy Burnham. Read her full statement released on Sunday here: Our party has suffered a historic defeat. Many good Labour colleagues have lost their seats despite working hard for those they represented. We have lost good Labour administrations and lost the chance for more. What we are doing isn't working, and it needs to change. This may be our last chance. The Labour Party must now live up to our name: we must be the party of working people. We've heard the same on the doorstep as we've seen in the polls - the cost of living is the top issue for voters of all parties. People have turned to populists and nationalists because we have not done enough to fix it. Politics live: Rayner tells Starmer to 'meet the moment' and allow Burnham back Living standards are barely higher than they were a decade and a half ago. People feel hopeless - that the cost of living crisis will never end, and now they see oil and gas companies use global instability to post record profits. Once again, ordinary people are paying the price for decisions they didn't make. It's no wonder that across the UK, working people feel the system is rigged against them. Things can be so much better than this. Countries including Spain and Canada have shown that economies can grow and people can thrive when governments stay true to labour and social democratic values and put people first. We need to learn from that. In London, we lost young people who fear they will never afford a home. In my patch and across the north, we lost working people whose wages are too low and costs too high. In Scotland and Wales, people do not currently see Labour as the answer. We are in danger of becoming a party of the well-off, not working people. The Peter Mandelson scandal showed a toxic culture of cronyism. Decisions like cutting winter fuel allowance just weren't what people expected from a Labour government. For too long, successive governments have allowed wealth and power to concentrate at the top without a plan to ensure the benefits of economic growth are shared fairly. The result is an economy that does not work for the majority, with wealth concentrated in too few hands. This level of inequality, alongside squeezed living standards, is the outcome of a model built on deregulation, privatisation, and trickle-down economics. But we have the chance to fix this. We need immediate action to cut costs for households and put money back into the everyday economy. This can be done within the current fiscal rules, by ensuring those who benefit from the crisis contribute more so that everyone can thrive. Our Employment Rights Act was just the first step in our plan to Make Work Pay. Now is the time to take the next steps, starting with a Fair Pay Agreement in social care - but not ending there. A rising minimum wage must go alongside our programme to get young people into work. The investment we secured in social and affordable housing should now unleash a building boom that benefits British business and workers. We must double down on renters' reform and show leaseholders our action on tackling ground rents and charges was just a first step to ending freehold for good. Our devolution revolution has begun, but is nowhere near done. Giving mayors powers to transform planning and licensing can boost local business and good growth, in the interests of local people. They must go alongside economic powers and public services. Boosting community ownership and stopping the sell-off of local assets from pubs to playgrounds will put power back in local hands, helping restore the pride they feel in the places they live. We must go further on planning reforms, to build the schools, hospitals, roads and infrastructure the country needs to grow. We should be unafraid to promote new forms of public, community and cooperative ownership across the board. Buses and trains being brought back into public hands can now operate for the public good, at prices passengers can afford. Thames Water is an iconic failure of privatisation, which resonates for the same reasons. People are rightly sick of bonuses for bosses who deliver nothing but higher bills. We must face down demands that the public pay the price of private failure. We must create good jobs that pay decent wages by ensuring defence investment includes a secure manufacturing base. Use our house building programme to boost construction, invest in the green economy, backing SMEs by reforming business rates and increasing support to revive our high streets and local economies, raise the minimum wage and get young people into work. And then there is politics itself, putting power back into people's hands so that they are shaping the decisions that impact them. We must tackle the inflow of dodgy money in our politics - something that Nigel Farage, who took 5 million pounds in a secret personal gift from an offshore crypto baron, will never do. We must make politics work for ordinary people. We can only prove we mean it by putting the common interest ahead of factionalism. This is bigger than personalities, but it is time to acknowledge that blocking Andy Burnham was a mistake. We must show we understand the scale of change the moment calls for - that means bringing our best players into Parliament - and embracing the type of agenda that has been successful at a local level, rather than reaching back to an agenda and politics that has failed people. These are the fights we need to have, and the change in direction we need to see. Policy tweaks will not fix the fundamental challenges facing our country. This government needs, at pace, to put measures in place that make people's lives tangibly better, while fixing the foundations of a system rigged against them. The prime minister must now meet the moment and set out the change our country needs. Change our economic agenda to prioritise making people better off, change how we run our party so that all voices are listened to, and change how we do politics. Labour exists to make working people better off. That is not happening fast enough, and it needs to change - now.

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May 10
West Ham 0-1 Arsenal: Gary Neville calls decision to disallow Hammers' equaliser 'the biggest moment in VAR history'

Arsenal were leading 1-0 when Callum Wilson struck a last-gasp leveller, the ball clearly crossing the line despite Declan Rice's best efforts to keep it out. Referee Chris Kavanagh awarded the goal on field. But the strike did not survive a lengthy VAR process. Kavanagh was sent to the pitchside monitor to review the incident by VAR official Darren England and after 17 replays, totalling four minutes and 17 seconds worth of stoppage, eventually ruled that there had been a foul by Pablo on David Raya. West Ham 0-1 Arsenal - Match report & highlightsAs it happened | Teams | StatsLive Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlights "It's the biggest moment in VAR history in the Premier League, this is too big to get wrong," said Neville, who agreed with the decision to disallow the goal. "Arsenal Football Club's first title in 22 years could rest on this. "This is one of those moments where Arsenal might think their name is on the trophy... "VAR Darren England is the FA Cup referee. He won't face a more pressurised moment than that at Wembley." The denial of the goal has big ramifications at both ends of the Premier League. Arsenal's fate remains in their hands and they are now two wins away from clinching the title. Perhaps just as significant, though, is West Ham's predicament at the bottom. Their 18th loss of the campaign has ensured the safety of both Nottingham Forest and Leeds, meaning their only hope of avoiding the drop now rests on Tottenham taking their place in the relegation zone. Spurs, who are one point ahead of West Ham, face Leeds on Monday Night Football. Speaking after the match, Roy Keane added: "The one thing you say when you go up, VAR are going to check everything, do not put your hands on the goalkeeper! Certainly don't leave it on for three or four seconds. "There is all sorts going on but because the goalkeeper had such a big part to play, I think it is a foul. It was really silly from West Ham. Don't make it such an obvious foul because they are going to check." Sky Sports' Jamie Redknapp also agreed with the decision and said "it was a brave VAR call but it was the right one". Nuno: Referees don't know what a foul is West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo speaking to Sky Sports: "Due to the circumstances and the way it finished, we are all upset. "Look, there is a referee and VAR, there is circumstances in the past that have been judged different. Let's not go further than that. "Due to the recent seasons, it has been happening [similar incidents]. Even the referees don't know what is a foul and what is not a foul, it creates doubt. "Let's look at the game overall. We made a very good match. Arsenal is a tough team. We lost the game." Bowen: Raya has to expect contact West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen also had his say on the incident after the game, claiming goalkeepers get extra protection from officials and that Raya should have been expecting contact from players challenging for the ball. "Goalkeepers are protected more than outfield players and there is a lot of holding inside the box. Are you going to look at those every time and give a penalty? That is the only way that is the right way to do it. "You can't wipe a goalkeeper out but the keeper has come in to grab the ball and has to expect contact. It's the Premier League; there is going to be contact. "I just think if you look at something long enough, you will find something to give. "I can guarantee that pundits and people watching know football is a physical game. If you're going to give it, give it every week. Where is the line and where is the bar?" Arteta: I congratulate the referees, it took bravery Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta speaking to Sky Sports: "I am going to certainly remember this day. It was a rollercoaster of emotions. "We knew it was going to be tough day; they are fighting for their lives and we are trying to win the Premier League. "When I had to be critical, I have been. Today I have to congratulate them [the referees]. You need a lot of courage and bravery to stand out and give the opportunity to the referee to have a look at the action. "When you see the picture, there is no question that it is a clear foul. They were very brave."

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May 10
BAFTA TV Awards 2026 red carpet - all the best looks from nominees and stars

Nominees, presenters and other VIP guests posed for photographs ahead of one of the biggest nights in the awards season calendar for television in the UK. The critically acclaimed drama Adolescence dominated the awards this year - with wins for stars Stephen Graham, Owen Cooper and Christine Tremarco. Here are some of the best looks from this year's attendees.

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May 10
BAFTA TV Awards 2026: Full list of winners and nominees in main categories

A total of 124 programmes received nominations for this year's awards - including the critically acclaimed and multi-award winning Adolescence, which cleaned up. Today's ceremony follows the BAFTA TV Craft Awards, held in April, which saw both Adolescence and The Celebrity Traitors winning two awards each, and behind-the-scenes crews for shows including Slow Horses, A Thousand Blows and Trespasses also honoured. Scroll down for the full list of nominees and winners in today's main TV categories. ACTOR IN A COMEDY - Steve Coogan - How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)Jim Howick - Here We GoJon Pointing - Big BoysLenny Rush - Am I Being Unreasonable?Mawaan Rizwan - JuiceOliver Savell - Changing Ends ACTRESS IN A COMEDY - Katherine Parkinson - Here We GoDiane Morgan - MandyJennifer Saunders - AmandalandKatherine Parkinson - Here We GoLucy Punch - AmandalandPhilippa Dunne - AmandalandRosie Jones - Pushers CHILDREN'S NON-SCRIPTED - World.War.Me (Sky Kids Investigates) - Matt Peacock, Marshall Corwin, Nicky Cox - Fresh Start Media / Sky NewsA Real Bugs Life - Plimsoll Productions, National Geographic / Disney+Boosnoo! - Visionality Media, Mackinnon And Saunders / Sky KidsDeadly 60 Saving Sharks - BBC Studios / CBBC CHILDREN'S SCRIPTED - Crongton - New Pictures / BBC iPlayerHorrible Science - Lion Television / BBC iPlayerShaun The Sheep - Seamus Malone, Danny Gallagher, Anna Leong Brophy - Aardman / CBBCThe Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball - Hanna Barbera Studios Europe / Cartoon Network CURRENT AFFAIRS - Gaza: Doctors Under Attack - Ramita Navai, Karim Shah, Ben De Pear, Mel Quigley, Menna Hijazi, Jaber Badwan - Basement Films / Channel 4Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War (Exposure) - Benjamin Zand, Matan Cohen, Maya Rostowska, Josh Reynolds, Rhiannon Mayor, Mel Mccowan - Zandland / ITV1The Covid Contracts: Follow The Money - Davina Bristow, Jenna Weiler, Will Hecker, Russell Scott, Einav Leshetz Lovatt, Brian Woods - True Vison Productions / ITV1Undercover In The Police (Panorama) - Karen Wightman, Leo Telling, Joe Plomin, Rory Bibb, Adrian Polglase, Gary Beelders - BBC Panorama / BBC One DAYTIME - Scam Interceptors - BBC Studios / BBC OneThe Chase - Martin Scott, Helen Tumbridge, Caroline Sale, John L Spencer, Mick Thomas - Potato, ITV Studios / ITV1Lorraine - ITV Studios Daytime / ITV1Richard Osman's House Of Games - Tamara Gilder, Breid McLoone, John Smith, Anna Blakemore, Tom Banks, Abby Brakewell - Remarkable Entertainment / BBC Two DRAMA SERIES - Code Of Silence - Catherine Moulton, Diarmuid Goggins, Joe Shrubb, Chanya Button, Benji Walters, Will Truefitt - Mammoth Screen / ITV1A Thousand Blows - The Story Collective, Matriarch Productions, Water & Power Productions / Disney+Blue Lights - Stephen Wright, Louise Gallagher, Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson, Jack Casey, Amanda Black - Two Cities Television, Gallagher Films / BBC OneThis City Is Ours - Stephen Butchard, Simon Maloney, Saul Dibb, Rebecca Hodgson, Sian McWilliams, Andy Harries - Left Bank Pictures / BBC One ENTERTAINMENT - Last One Laughing - Initial, Zeppotron / Prime VideoThe Graham Norton Show - Graham Norton, Graham Stuart, Jon Magnusson, Toby Baker, Catherine Strauss, Pete Snell - So Television / BBC OneMichael McIntyre's Big Show - Hungry Mcbear / BBC OneWould I Lie To You - Peter Holmes, Rachel Ablett, Jake Graham, Zoe Waterman, Barbara Wiltshire, Debra Blenkinsop - Zeppotron / BBC One ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE - Bob Mortimer in Last One Laughing - Initial, Zeppotron / Prime VideoAmanda Holden and Alan Carr in Amanda & Alan's Spanish Job - Voltage TV Productions / BBC OneClaudia Winkleman hosting The Celebrity Traitors - Studio Lambert Scotland / BBC OneLee Mack hosting The 1% Club - Magnum Media / ITV1Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan in Rob & Romesh Vs... - Cpl Productions / Sky MaxRomesh Ranganathan in Romesh: Can't Knock The Hustle - Ranga Bee Productions / Sky Max FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT - Go Back To Where You Came From - Liam Humphreys, Dave Sutton, Emma Young, Guy Simmonds, Nicky Hammond - Minnow Films / Channel 4The Assembly - Michelle Singer, Stu Richards, Holly Ritchie, Cein Mcgillicuddy, Linton Davies, Mary Lynch - Rockerdale Studios / ITV1Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars - Studio Ramsay Global / Apple TVRace Across The World - Studio Lambert / BBC One FACTUAL SERIES - See No Evil - Passion Pictures / Channel 4Bibaa & Nicole: Murder In The Park - True Vision / Sky DocumentariesEducating Yorkshire - TwofFour / Channel 4The Undercover Police Scandal: Love And Lies Exposed - Lucy Wilcox, Charlie Webb, Kelly Nobay, Rebecca North - Raw / ITV1 INTERNATIONAL - The Studio - Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Alex Gregory, Pete Hyuck, Frida Perez, James Weaver - Lionsgate Television / Apple TVThe Bear - Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Tyson Bidner, Matty Matheson, Cooper Wehde - FX Productions / Disney+The Diplomat - Debora Cahn, Janice Williams, Alex Graves, Keri Russell, Melissa Gelernter, Pam Roberts - Well Red, Let's Not Turn This Into A Whole Big Production / NetflixPluribus - Sony Pictures Television / Apple TVSeverance - Fifth Season / Apple TVThe White Lotus - Mike White, Mark Kamine, David Bernad - HBO, Rip Cord, Mc Pictures / Sky Atlantic LEADING ACTOR - Stephen Graham - AdolescenceColin Firth - Lockerbie: A Search For TruthEllis Howard - What It Feels Like For A GirlJames Nelson-Joyce - This City Is OursMatt Smith - The Death Of Bunny MunroTaron Egerton - Smoke LEADING ACTRESS - Narges Rashidi - Prisoner 951Aimee Lou Wood - Film ClubErin Doherty - A Thousand BlowsJodie Whittaker - Toxic TownSheridan Smith - I Fought The LawSian Brooke - Blue Lights LIMITED DRAMA - Adolescence - Stephen Graham, Jack Thorne, Philip Barantini, Jo Johnson, Mark Herbert, Hannah Walters - Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / NetflixI Fought The Law - Liza Marshall, Charlotte Webber, Erik Richter Strand, Jamie Crichton, Mark Hedges - Hera Pictures / ITV1Trespasses - Amanda Posey, Maria Mulhall, Dawn Shadforth, Ailbhe Keogan - Wildgaze Films / Channel 4What It Feels Like For A Girl - Liza Marshall, Ron O'Berst, Brian Welsh, Paris Lees, Frances Du Pille - Hera Pictures / BBC Three LIVE EVENT COVERAGE - VE Day 80: A Celebration To Remember - BBC Studios / BBC OneHolocaust Memorial Day 2025 - BBC Studios / BBC OneLast Night Of The Proms: Finale - Livewire Pictures / BBC One NEWS COVERAGE - Channel 4 News: Israel-Iran: The Twelve Day War - Channel 4 News / Channel 4BBC Newsnight: Grooming Survivors Speak - BBC Newsnight / BBC TwoSky News: Gaza: Fight For Survival - Sky News / Sky News REALITY - The Celebrity Traitors - Studio Lambert Scotland / BBC OneThe Jury: Murder Trial - Screendog Productions / Channel 4Squid Game: The Challenge - Studio Lambert, The Garden / NetflixVirgin Island - Rob Davis, Tom Garland, Joe Wildman, Matt Bailey, Sarah Carnie, Mel Walden - Double Act Productions / Channel 4 SHORT FORM - Hustle And Run - Jonny Madderson, Jono Stevens, Sara Conlon - JustSo / Channel 4Donkey - Mighty Pebble Pictures, The Story Collective / BBC ThreeRocket Fuel - Jordon Scott Kennedy, Leah Henry, Casey Shaw - Fully Focused Productions, Slick Films / BBC iPlayerZoners - BBC Studios Comedy / BBC Three SCRIPTED COMEDY - Amandaland - Merman Television / BBC OneBig Boys - Jack Rooke, Bertie Peek, Jim Archer, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith, Tim Sealey - Roughcut TV / Channel 4How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge) - Steve Coogan, Rob and Neil Gibbons, Joe Fraser, Rupert Majendie, Sarah Monteith - Baby Cow Productions / BBC OneThings You Should Have Done - Lucia Keskin, Jack Clough, Steve Monger, Ash Atalla, Alex Smith - Roughcut TV / BBC Three SINGLE DOCUMENTARY - Grenfell: Uncovered - Olaide Sadiq, Samuel R Santana, Sandy Smith, James Rogan, Emma Scott, James Saville - Rogan Productions / NetflixLouis Theroux: The Settlers - Louis Theroux, Arron Fellows, Joshua Baker, Matan Cohen, Sara Obeidat, Fiona Stourton - Mindhouse / BBC TwoOne Day In Southport - Dan Reed, Bruce Law, James Parris - Amos Pictures / Channel 4Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire Andy Worboys, George Grafton, Jaimie D'Cruz, Luke A. Flight, Miriam Walsh, Oliver Schofield - Acme / BBC Two SOAP - EastEnders - BBC Studios / BBC OneCasualty - BBC Studios / BBC OneCoronation Street - ITV Studios / ITVX SPECIALIST FACTUAL - Simon Schama: The Road To Auschwitz - Hugo Macgregor, Jyoti Mehta, Richard Wilkinson, Venita Singh-warner, Nicolas Kent, Charlotte Sacher - Oxford Films / BBC TwoBelsen: What They Found - Sam Mendes, Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, David Baddiel, Pippa Harris, Andy Worboys - Lightbox, Neal Street, Imperial War Museum Lightbox, Neal Street, Imperial War Museum / BBC TwoSurviving Black Hawk Down - Jack MacInnes, Dominic Crossley-holland, Jamal Osman, Tom Pearson, Sam Hobkinson, Clare Keeley - RSA / NetflixVietnam: The War That Changed America - Mark Raphael, David Glover, Rob Coldstream, Caroline Marsden, Mike Davey, Sam Bergson - Apple, 72 Films / Apple TV SPORTS COVERAGE - UEFA Women's Euro 2025 - Sunset+Vine Scotland / BBC OneThe 2025 Ryder Cup - Sky Sports, European Tour Productions / Sky Sports Main EventThe FA Cup Final - Richard Hughes, Sarah Williams, Nicola Kirk, Stephen Lyle, Andrew Clement, Andy Underhill - BBC Sport / BBC OneWimbledon 2025 - BBC Sport, Wimbledon Broadcast Services / BBC One SUPPORTING ACTOR - Owen Cooper - AdolescenceAshley Walters - AdolescenceFehinti Balogun - Down Cemetery RoadJoshua Mcguire - The GoldPaddy Considine - MoblandRafael Mathe - The Death Of Bunny Munro SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Christine Tremarco - AdolescenceAimee Lou Wood - The White LotusChyna McQueen - Get Millie BlackEmilia Jones - TaskErin Doherty - AdolescenceRose Ayling-Ellis - Reunion P&O CRUISES MEMORABLE MOMENT AWARD (voted for by the public) - The Celebrity Traitors - Alan Carr wins - Studio Lambert Scotland / BBC OneAdolescence - Jamie Snaps At The Psychologist - Warp Films, Matriarch Productions, Plan B / NetflixBig Boys - I Didn't Make It, Did I? - Roughcut TV / Channel 4Blue Lights - Police Are Warned Of An Ambush To Plot To Silence A Key Witness - Two Cities Television, Gallagher Films / BBC OneLast One Laughing - Bob Mortimer And Richard Ayoade's Speed Date - Initial, Zeppotron / Prime VideoWhat It Feels Like For A Girl - Byron Leaves For Brighton To Start Uni, Where She Introduces Herself As Paris - Hera Pictures / BBC Three

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May 10
Who is the Labour MP threatening to oust Starmer?

She says she doesn't want the job herself, but after a "disastrous" set of elections for the party, she thinks "new leadership" is required "which understands the urgent and real concerns of people across the UK". She wants someone in the cabinet to come out and challenge Sir Keir - but if no one does by Monday, she'll canvas for the 81 backers she needs to launch a formal challenge. So who is Catherine West? West was first elected to parliament in 2015 in the constituency of Hornsey and Wood Green - now Hornsey and Friern Barnet - in north London. An Australian, West was born in the town of Mansfield, 110 miles northeast of Melbourne, and moved to London in 1998 when her husband got a job at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She speaks five languages including Mandarin, which she developed while teaching English as a second language in Nanjing, China. Before moving to London, she worked as a social worker at a refuge for survivors of child sex abuse in Darwin, northern Australia. She worked as parliamentary case worker for now-Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy when he was first elected as an MP in 2000. West was later elected as a Labour councillor in Islington, also north London, in 2002, after Mr Lammy persuaded her to stand. She served on the council for 12 years and was council leader from 2010 to 2013. After being elected to parliament, she served as a shadow foreign minister under Jeremy Corbyn - but was sacked after defying the whip to vote for the UK to remain in the European single market after Brexit. She became a shadow foreign minister again when Starmer became Labour leader in 2020, and was appointed as junior minister for the Indo-Pacific in 2024. Read more from Sky News:Hantavirus cruise ship arrives in TenerifeElections: Our analysis in maps and charts In that role, she was once again reunited with her former boss David Lammy, who was foreign secretary at the time. West left government last September when the prime minister reshuffled his ministerial team following the resignation of Angela Rayner from government over her tax affairs. Since leaving government, she has kept a lower profile, serving as a trade envoy to Pakistan - until now, as she threatens to push Labour headfirst into a leadership race.

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May 10
England vs New Zealand: Charlie Dean and Tilly Corteen-Coleman star as hosts win nail-biting first ODI by one wicket

Chasing 211 to win, England were in trouble at 160-7 with the loss of top-scorer Maia Bouchier (59) in the 35th over, but Dean - stepping up in place of the injured Nat Sciver-Brunt (calf) - saw her side home with an unbeaten 31, receiving good support from No 11 Corteen-Coleman (3no). The pair came together with 10 runs needed for victory, with New Zealand left cursing a Nensi Patel drop of Dean on 27, with seven runs still required. Scorecard: England vs New Zealand, first ODI 🗒️First ODI in Durham - as it happened 🏏Get the Sky Sports push notifications you want 🔔📱Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺 Corteen-Coleman - fresh from earning a £105,000 Hundred contract with Southern Brave and a call-up to England's T20 World Cup squad - had earlier claimed 2-49 as New Zealand were bowled out for 210 after being inserted by the hosts, the White Ferns suffering a late collapse of 8-63. England's trio of debutants star with the ball The home side handed out three debut ODI caps ahead of the contest - to Corteen-Coleman, Dani Gibson and Jodi Grewcock - and all of them had an impact with the ball, albeit a sloppy performance in the field will be of concern to England. After Lauren Filer (1-43) claimed Suzie Bates (6) early on, Corteen-Coleman needed just eight deliveries to bag her first wicket in international cricket as Georgia Plimmer (20) - dropped on 17 by Bouchier - chipped one up in the air to mid-off. Maddy Green (88) and her captain Melie Kerr (55) put on 105 for the third wicket that seemed to have New Zealand poised to post a big score, only for the wheels to come off the innings in some style when leg-spinner Grewcock (1-26) rather fortuitously claimed the latter off a rank full toss. Dean (2-21) trapped Brooke Halliday (6) lbw after wisely calling for DRS, while Gibson (1-28) had Izzy Gaze (11) caught behind to complete the hat-trick of debutant wicket-takers. Lauren Bell (2-38) then found herself on an actual hat-trick after claiming two in two balls as New Zealand lost their last five for just seven runs in little more than three overs. Dean steers England to victory in nervy finish Grewcock (3), in the unfamiliar role of opening the batting, fell in just the fourth over of England's chase, albeit her lbw dismissal to Bree Illing (1-31) would have been overturned - drifting past leg stump - if she had reviewed it. Heather Knight (19) came in and cracked a couple of eye-catching cover drives to the boundary, but she and Emma Lamb (15) departed in the space of four balls to rock the England reply. Bouchier and Freya Kemp (30) calmly rebuilt the innings with a 68-run partnership for the fourth wicket, until the latter's misfortune in being run out at the non-striker's end off Rosemary Mair's fingertips prompted another flurry of wickets. Mair (3-42) added Amy Jones (3) cheaply off a sliced drive to cover, while Melie Kerr (2-54) accounted for Gibson (19) and the key wicket of Bouchier to have the tourists on top. Forty-one further runs required with only three wickets in hand appeared to be a task beyond England's long tail, only for Dean and Bell (12) to impressively chip away at the target. Bell would finally fall 16 short of victory, bowled by Mair, while Filer was cleaned up by Jess Kerr (1-41) with 10 still required, but Dean and Corteen-Coleman held their nerve to inch England over the line - aided by Patel's costly drop of the captain. Dean: We didn't make it easy England captain and Player of the Match, Charlie Dean (2-21 and 31no) "It was a brilliant start from us. To restrict them to around 200 made it a bit more doable but we didn't make it easy for ourselves. "To be not out and there at the end and with Tilly Corteen-Coleman was fantastic. What a day she's had. "She came in to bat with a plan and I love that about her. "She takes everything in her stride. She held her nerve and was brilliant with the ball and with the bat." Kerr: Late wickets cost us New Zealand captain Melie Kerr, at the post-match presentation: "I think the pitch was a bit slow and we thought 250 was going to be a good score. If we got that, we maybe could have cruised it. "We were set up to do that but unfortunately we lost wickets at the back end that didn't allow us to do that. We played across the line a little bit. "We fought hard with the ball to take it deep. To take it as deep as we did shows fight and character." England vs New Zealand series results/fixturesFirst ODI (Durham) - England won by one wicketSecond ODI (Wednesday May 13) - County Ground, Northampton (1pm)Third ODI (Saturday May 16) - Sophia Gardens, Cardiff (11am)First T20 (Wednesday May 20) - The Central Co-op County Ground, Derby (6.30pm)Second T20 (Saturday May 23) - The Spitfire Ground, Canterbury (2.30pm)Third T20 (Monday May 25) - The 1st Central County Ground, Hove (2.30pm) Watch England's ODIs and T20s against New Zealand live on Sky Sports, with the second ODI on Wednesday (12.30pm on air, 1pm first ball). Stream without a contract.

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