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In a statement released on Thursday, her family described her as a “happy” girl who dreamed of playing for the Lionesses.

Year Six pupil Leah Harrison, from Darlington, died following an incident at Carlton Bank on the edge of the North York Moors on Wednesday 22 May.

Almost all of Friday’s front pages report on the first day of the general election campaigning. Rishi Sunak is pictured in most papers after his disastrous election announcement. 

Regardless of political leanings, many of yesterday’s newspapers agreed that the prime minister’s snap July election was a ‘gamble’. The papers, the experts, and inside sources all concluded choosing an election just 6 weeks away didn’t seem like a great course of action for a party that’s 20 points behind in the opinion polls. Many also slammed the prime minister’s decision to give the announcement outside in the rain with protesters blasting music over the prime minister – not great optics for the government. 

However, the date is now set and the papers have firmly put their foot in their camps. Yesterday marked day one of the election campaigning – here’s how the papers cover it. 

Diane Abbott investigation to be completed by 4 June as Starmer sets D-Day for Labour veteran There is no bias in the title provided. Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailLabour’s investigation into Diane Abbott will be completed by 4 June, Sir Keir Starmer has said, in what will be a make or break moment for the veteran MP.More than a year after Ms Abbott was suspended, Labour will decide whether she can be reinstated in time for the 4 July general election.The Labour leader said…

“This weakness is not ours, but the world’s, which has not dared to deal with terrorists in the way they deserve for three years,” he said in a post on X.

“India is a priority market for Pixel smartphones, and we’re committed to bringing the best of our hardware and underlying built-in software capabilities to people across the country,” Google stated in a blog post.

Palma Fire Chief Eder García informed local media that most of the victims were foreigners and tourists, as reported by El Pais.

Iran buries late president at shrine in home city of Mashhad Iran’s late President, Ebrahim Raisi, has been interred in his hometown of Mashhad, four days following his death in a helicopter crash. The 63-year-old hard-line cleric was laid to rest at the holy shrine of Imam Reza, a venerated figure in Shia Islam. Television broadcasts showed large crowds assembling in one of the northeastern city’s main streets prior to the ceremony. The crash, which occurred on Sunday amid adverse weather conditions in Iran’s mountainous northwest, also claimed the lives of seven other individuals. Among the deceased was Raisi’s foreign…

On Thursday, the governor called for a rare special session of the Legislature to enact a law permitting Biden’s inclusion on the ballot.

Joining him on stage was Florida Republican Byron Donalds, an African American congressman who is speculated to be a potential running mate.