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Friday, May 8, 2026
Latest UK news from the BBC
- Margaret Thatcher assassination story by Hilary Mantel gets stage premiere in Liverpool
- Starmer under pressure as Labour suffers heavy election losses including historic Wales defeat
- Sir John Curtice: Election results show politics in the UK has fragmented
- The Papers: 'Labour's historic battering' and 'Vernon and Tess split'
- Plaid Cymru ready to run Wales, leader says, after Labour's historic Senedd election collapse
- Plaid Cymru ready to run Wales, leader says, after party wins Senedd vote
- What latest election results show us in maps and charts
- Analysis: Many Labour MPs are blaming the boss for elections body blow
- Celebrities send well wishes to Bonnie Tyler as singer in induced coma after surgery
- Department 'hadn't a clue' if tunnel was locked, inquest hears