Three things we learned as Chelsea fly in friendly but Gittens labours

[ad_1] Chelsea rounded off their pre-season preparations with a routine 4-1 win over 10-man AC Milan at Stamford Bridge.Delap then accomplished the scoring, securing Chelsea's second win in three days, ending coolly from Andrey Santos' lay-off in added time.Chelsea will now stay up for the beginning of the Premier League...

Lewis Baston on Labour’s Barnet by-election hold

[ad_1] London’s newest electoral contest, held on Thursday, was in Barnet, the place Labour – surprisingly efficiently, regardless of unpromising circumstances – defended a seat within the marginal ward of Whetstone, an space the place the social gathering had by no means gained earlier than 2022. Whetstone is a compact...

Redbridge and Lambeth by-elections sum up Labour’s dilemma

[ad_1] This yr’s native elections principally bypassed London. They befell primarily within the shire counties of England, because the capital took a yr off between the Mayor and Meeting races of 2024 and subsequent yr’s full spherical of borough contests. However two by-elections to fill vacancies on borough councils befell...

Labour’s Barnet by-election win brings party limited joy

[ad_1] Thursday's outcome confirmed once more that Labour help is extra resilient within the capital than elsewhere, nevertheless it nonetheless suffered a lack of vote share London’s first election of 2025 befell in Barnet’s Burnt Oak ward on Thursday. Burnt Oak lies simply south of Edgware on the western border...