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Boris Johnson
personEngland will further ease COVID restrictions from May 17. Indoor drinks and meals will be allowed for groups of up to six or two households. Football fans will be able to attend games again from next week. The limit on outdoor gatherings will be increased from six to 30.
Colonial Pipeline
organizationColonial Pipeline shut down operations late Friday after a ransomware attack. Experts believe the cyberextortion attack was carried out by an outfit called DarkSide. Fuel prices are likely to hit $3 per gallon ahead of Memorial Day travel.
Elon Musk
personTesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk made his TV comedy debut on "Saturday Night Live" His off-the-cuff comments cratered the soaring price of the crypto asset Dogecoin. Robinhood, the online trading platform for buying and selling stock and cryptocurrency, suffered outages during Musk's appearance.
Angela Rayner
personLabour lost Durham council and the Hartlepool by-election. John McDonnell blasted sacking of Angela Rayner as'scapegoating' Starmer to undertake Labour reshuffle as criticism continues over Rayner sacking.
Billy Joe Saunders
personBilly Joe Saunders lost his WBO super-middleweight title to Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. Canelo stopped Saunders in the ninth round with a devastating uppercut. It was the first loss in 31 fights for the 31-year-old Brit.
Colonial Pipeline
organizationColonial Pipeline, the largest refined products pipeline company in the US, says it has experienced a major cyber-attack. Colonial did not provide any further information about the attack and did not say when pipeline operations would be resumed.
Bayern Munich
organizationBayern Munich clinch record-extending ninth consecutive Bundesliga title. RB Leipzig's 3-2 defeat at Borussia Dortmund keeps Bavarians seven points clear. Bayern have won 30 Bundesliga titles since the introduction of the top division in 1963. Julian Nagelsmann will take over from Hansi Flick as Bayern head coach next season.
Manchester City
organizationManchester City lost 2-1 to Chelsea in their Premier League clash. City needs one win from its remaining three games to clinch a third title in four seasons. City could win title this weekend if United lose at Aston Villa on Sunday. Sergio Aguero will leave Manchester City at the end of the season.
Bundesliga
organizationBayern Munich crowned Bundesliga champions for the ninth year in a row. Result leaves Bayern seven points clear of RB, who only have six points left to play for. Julian Nagelsmann will take over from Hansi Flick as Bayern head coach next season.
SNP
organizationSNP and Scottish Greens have won a total of 68 seats in Holyrood. Kaukab Stewart, Scotland's first female ethnic minorty MSP, won in Glasgow Kelvin. SNP on course to secure a fourth term in power in Scotland. But it could still be blocked from an outright majority by the Tories.
Keir Starmer
personTory Jill Mortimer beats Labour’s candidate by 15,529 votes to 8,589. Labour ceded Hartlepool to the Conservatives for the first time since 1974. 16 per cent swing is believed to be the biggest to a governing party since the Second World War.
Paul Williams
personLabour lose Hartlepool for the first time since it was created in 1974. Tory Jill Mortimer thrashed Labour's Paul Williams with 15,529 votes to his 8,589. It is a blow for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer in his first election test.
Labour
organizationLabour lost Hartlepool for the first time since it was created in a parallel byelection. Tories won 15,529 votes, with Labour recording 8,589, according to official results. Conservatives gained control of Dudley, Nuneaton and Bedworth councils.
SNP
organizationSNP has won 38 out of 47 declared seats for the 129-seat Scottish Parliament. Turnout in three of Edinburgh’s Holyrood constituencies higher than at any other Scottish Parliament election. First Minister looking for an overall SNP majority of 65 seats or more.
Floyd Mayweather
personFloyd Mayweather will return from boxing retirement on June 6. The 44-year-old will fight Logan Paul in Miami. YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul says he was hit by "one of Floyd's 30 bodyguards"
Keisha Lance Bottoms
personThe announcement marks a sharp turnabout for the city’s second Black woman executive. Bottoms rose to national prominence in 2020, endorsing Joe Biden early in the presidential election cycle. She was among those President Biden considered as a possible running mate.
WHO
organizationDecision by a WHO technical advisory group is a first for a Chinese vaccine. Decision could pave the way for millions of the doses to reach needy countries. Covax program has been hit hard by export bans limiting vaccine supply from India.
the Labour Party
organizationTory candidate Jill Mortimer wins Hartlepool by-election by 15,529 votes to Labour's 8,589. Labour also lost control of Harlow, Rossendale and Sheffield councils. Labour lost seats on seven of the first dozen councils to declare.
Jill Mortimer
personConservative Jill Mortimer beats Labour’s candidate by 15,529 votes to 8,589. It is the biggest swing of votes to the governing party at a by-election since World War Two. Mortimer will be the first Conservative MP from the area since 1974.
Warren Gatland
personWales and Ospreys lock Alun Wyn Jones will captain the Lions. England have the largest representation from the four home nations with 11 players picked. Kyle Sinckler, Jonathan Davies, Garry Ringrose and Josh Navidi all notable absentees.