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UK - The Evening Standard

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  1. When all the results were declared – after more than 16 hours of counting – the SNP had 58 MSPs – seven short of a majority.
  2. Counting for the remaining two seats was halted with no overall control amid a five-party split on Friday night.
  3. The Prime Minister said responding to ‘tough’ results would mean ‘being assertive in our values’ and ‘unifying rather than dividing’.
  4. First-time buyers said they were able to buy in their preferred location and put their own stamp on their property, Nationwide Building Society said.
  5. With all but seven seats declared, the SNP had 57 MSPs, with Labour in second on 17, narrowly ahead of Reform UK on 15.
  6. Efforts to shore up support for the Prime Minister were under way on Friday.
  7. He was one of a number of celebrity guests who spoke during Sir David Attenborough’s 100 Years On Planet Earth tribute event.
  8. Zack Polanski’s Green Party takes control of three London boroughs as Reform UK wins Havering

  9. Some 1,817 London council seats are up for grabs - with mayoral races in Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets

  10. It wad a day of election disaster for Labour as Keir Starmer’s party lost control of Lewisham, Hackney and Waltham Forest to the Greens