Local elections 2021: What can be done about Newton Aycliffe town centre?
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With a litany of empty shops and shuttered windows peppered along Beveridge Way, Newton Aycliffe town centre has seen busier days.
Bristol Mayoral election odds: Ladbrokes still has Marvin Rees as favourite but race tightens
The race is getting tighter according to bookmakers
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Bookmakers continue to have Marvin Rees as the favourite to win the Bristol Mayoral Election.
On Thursday, May 6, people across the Bristol region will be voting in up to four elections.
UP until recently, Claines was very much a Liberal Democrats seat with the party returning candidates to County Hall with comfortable victories. This all changed in 2017 when the Conservatives took control of the division with a margin of victory the Liberal Democrats were usually accustomed to. In an area that has flipped from all Lib Dem to all Conservative on Worcester City Council in recent years, a change of hands in Claines could well be on the cards again. Whilst the Liberal Democrats have again put forward Mel Allcott, who has enjoyed recent election success in Claines having been elected to represent the area on Worcester City Council in 2019, Andy Stafford will not be seeking re-election despite his triumph in toppling the Lib Dems last time out.
Three men charged with modern slavery and drug dealing
A man from Grimsby has been charged alongside two others for modern slavery and drug dealing.
Five people were arrested on Tuesday morning after it was suspected that a gang were forcing children into modern slavery to deal drugs.
Jason Gladding, 30, of Frederick Street, Grimsby, has been charged with forcing a teenager and a vulnerable adult into compulsory labour.
He has also been charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and heroin, and is due to appear at Grimsby Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Gladding was arrested on modern slavery charges along with two other men, Hazrat Shah, 32, from Bradford, and Andrew Fox, 34, from Leeds.