To kick off the BBC's live seven-party election debate, a question from the public was on Rishi Sunak's absence at the D-day event in France where international leaders came together. The prime minister has faced heavy criticism after leaving the 80th anniversary of D-day early to record a TV interview. Leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt said Sunak's early exit was 'very wrong' and 'the prime minister has rightly apologised for that, apologised to veterans, but also to all of us he was representing'. She went on to say she was from Portsmouth and wishes 'by the end of this week, all of our veterans feel completely treasured'

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The Green Party says it has blocked a "small number" of election candidates after an investigation into their online activity. The party was still examining previous social media posts hours before nominations closed at 16.00 BST on Friday. It was already known that four candidates are not running, after a probe into reports of antisemitic or extreme comments. Co-leader Adrian Ramsay told the BBC on Thursday that four candidates were "no longer standing," without specifying whether they had been dropped or withdrew themselves. It comes as The Times reports party officials were examining nearly 20 candidates over online material on Thursday night, less than 24 hours before the deadline.

The US president, Joe Biden, has apologised publicly to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, for the months of delay in American military assistance that allowed Russia to make gains on the battlefield, and announced a further $225m (£177m) in aid to Ukraine. Meeting Zelenskiy in Paris on Friday, Biden told him: 'You haven’t bowed down, you haven’t yielded at all, you continue to fight in a way that is … just remarkable. We are not going to walk away from you.' Biden said: 'I apologise for those weeks of not knowing' what was going to happen in terms of funding. He was referring to the uncertainty while Congress waited six months before sending a $61bn military aid package for Ukraine in April

A restaurant and bar has been granted a temporary event licence during Ascot’s biggest week of the year despite a council officer objection. Vall De Cavall in Ascot High Street applied for a temporary event notice (TEN) to sell alcohol between 10am and 10pm and provide ‘regulated entertainment’ for the same hours during Royal Ascot week. “We historically have numerous complaints, particularly during Ascot week, about loud music. He said: “It's Ascot week. “Generally they would join us during Ascot week so it is a community event,” he added.

A former Premier League winner has had to close his restaurant after the business was unable to agree a successful lease renewal. According to The Sun, the Premier League star's Manchester restaurant, had racked up debts of around £1.1million. That has left former Leicester City star Danny Drinkwater having to announce on Instagram the closure of his restaurant, Firefly. A former Premier League winner has had to close his restaurant business after it was unable to agreedThe 34-year-old, who made 104 Premier League appearances for Leicester, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Burnley, announced the news on Friday. Danny Drinkwater announced the closure of his restaurant Firefly on Instagram on FridayThe former Premier League winner wrote on Instagram: 'Was great whilst it lasted.

Editor’s note: Running until the final general election results come in, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the 2024 campaign and the blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America. Now the GMA co-anchor & This Week host has a new book out, The Situation Room, looking at the vital work and historical moments in the Executive Mansion’s basement. Stephanopoulos takes the ElectionLine podcast into the real story behind some very well-known crises and not so well-known insiders. Having literally been in the Situation Room (and no, we don’t mean Wolf Blitzer’s CNN show), Stephanopoulos takes readers of The Situation Room down a sometimes bumpy intelligence road from the Kennedy years all the way up to Joe Biden’s current administration. Stick with ElectionLine all the way through to Election Day itself: Subscribe to the Deadline ElectionLine podcast on Spotify, Apple Music, iHeart, and all podcast platforms.

Date and Venue of the concertLength of ShowHow to Get TicketsBoost to the UK EconomyFAQs:(You can now subscribe to our(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channelA large number of fans, mostly female, are eagerly anticipating Taylor Swift 's UK performances. Some of the tickets for these performances have cost as much as £6,000. In her honour, the Edinburgh Zoo has named two baby monkeys, Taylor and Swift.To welcome Taylor Swift, the Reel Time Band, with eight bagpipers and three drummers, played her song "Love Story" outside the venue. Because of this, the stadium's sponsor changed its name from Scottish Gas to Scottish Lass to celebrate her connection to Scotland.Throughout her UK tour, Taylor Swift will play several shows at prestigious locations. She will then make a return trip on August 15, 16, 17, 19, and 20.Each concert on Taylor Swift 's UK tour will last over four hours.Although tickets were sold through Ticketmaster, they were very hard to get and costly.

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Rishi Sunak has apologised for leaving D-day anniversary events in France early to take part in a TV interview, admitting it was a 'mistake' not to stay longer. The prime minister had been heavily criticised for allowing the foreign secretary, David Cameron, to take his place in a late afternoon ceremony at Omaha beach on Thursday, while he left Normandy to record an ITV segment to be broadcast next week

Private clinics have been prohibited from prescribing puberty blockers to gender-confused young people in Great Britain. Until 3 September, new patients under 18 years old will no longer be able to obtain the experimental drugs via private prescriptions from the UK or Europe. The ban will prevent the clinic from continuing to circumvent UK regulations by issuing prescriptions via Europe. ‘Dangerous’GenderGP has recently been accused of issuing a “dangerously high” dose of cross-sex hormones to a 15-year-old girl with autism. Judge Sir Andrew McFarlane found that GenderGP did not consult a doctor before issuing cross-sex hormones, and urged other courts to proceed with “extreme caution” before approving its practices.

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Some form of national service is used in more than 80 countries around the world. Latvia restarted national service last year and Lithuania did so in 2015, while Estonia, Finland and Greece have had compulsory military service since the Cold War. Compulsory military service is legally recognised in China but it is not practised—- an example of a de jure system. Teenagers who complete national service could be prioritised for public service jobs while firms and universities would be encouraged to recruit them too. AdvertisementThe most recent form of compulsory national service in the UK was abolished in 1960.

Norden Farm is set to welcome an evening of passion, rhythm and intensity as a flamenco dancer from Seville brings her dance act to Maidenhead. Raices – Rebecca Ortega gives the audience an opportunity to be immersed in the rich culture of Andalusia, complete with traditional and modern flamenco artistry. Rebecca is joined by the ‘UK’s leading flamenco guitarist’ Ramon Ruiz and accompanied by the deep soulful voice of fellow Sevillian Carlos Lobo. Raices was a finalist piece in the Madrono Young Dance creators Contest and has been on a global tour from China and Malaysia, to Ethiopia and Gabon throughout 2023. Rebecca started her dance career at the age of 19, performing and teaching Flamenco in the UK for four years alongside her university studies.