500 Words: BBC Breakfast to relaunch children's writing competition

500 Words is set to return this year, with the backing of the Queen Consort and Sir Lenny Henry.

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Lightfoot's loss makes Chicago the latest major city to face mayoral test over crime

Lori Lightfoot rode into the Chicago mayor's office in 2019 as a reform candidate, offering a break from the city's clubby political scene while making history as the first Black woman and first out gay person to hold the office as she won all 50 wards.

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Send: Special educational needs children in England to receive more help

Earlier diagnoses and more special school places are part of reforms to England's system of support.

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US condemns Israel far right minister's call for Palestinian town 'to be erased'

Israel's far-right finance minister's call for a Palestinian town "to be erased" was harshly condemned by US State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Wednesday, who described the comments as "repugnant" and "irresponsible."

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Kennel video 'changed everything' in Murdaugh double murder case, prosecutor says

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Biden could face first veto decision if Democrats join Republicans in overturning DC crime law

Multiple Democrats are undecided about how they will vote on a measure that would overturn a rewriting of Washington, DC's criminal code, which critics have argued is soft on violent criminals.

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Grimsby teenager sentenced over 100mph police chase ending in crash

Oliver Clark, 19, from Grimsby, admits dangerous driving and is given a suspended jail sentence.

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