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When she began her career as a political broadcast journalist in a male-dominated landscape, Sophy Ridge was mistaken first for a make-up artist, and then for a weather girl. Fast-forward to now and she’s a key member of Sky News’ political presenting team, alongside fellow female power players Kay Burley and Beth Rigby.The change is happening across the board.The BBC had Laura Kuenssberg fronting its election coverage with Clive Myrie, and Emily Maitlis made her TV news return with a special election night appearance for Channel 4 alongside Krishnan Guru-Murthy. “I’ve been in political journalism for about 10 years and I’ve definitely seen a real change,” says Sophy, 39.

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Kirsty Wark and Martin Geissler gear up for election TV marathon as 'Scotland always a big story'

After three decades reporting on the biggest news stories from around the world, broadcasters Martin Geissler and Kirsty Wark have seen it all.

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The hot topic that's the 'talk of the town' among locals in leafy Greater Manchester suburb

Taxing private schools could lose Labour the Altrincham and Sale West seat at the general election, according to concerned residents.

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Memorial to war hero Lee Rigby wrecked in latest spate of vandalism

Just days after warnings were issued over a rise in vandalism and arson, a memorial to a local war hero in Middleton has been destroyed.

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Loose Women chaos as Kaye Adams reveals guest is 'not in the building'

Kaye Adams had to quickly step in with a warning for Loose Women fans when Nigel Farage, the British politician and jungle campmate from I'm A Celeb, was running late for his segment on the show.The ITV hit show's audience and those tuning in at home were left hanging when Kaye announced that Nigel was not "in the building" at the time he was supposed to be on air. Despite the hiccup, the panel, which included Kaye alongside Gloria Hunniford and Jane Moore, smoothly transitioned to discussing Dame Kelly Holmes' coming out story and the significance of Pride month. Viewers at home, who were keen to see the Reform UK leader, took to Twitter to express their impatience, with one tweeting: "Bring Nigel on ffs." Another posted: "The leader of @reformparty_uk is due on @loosewomenthis afternoon.

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Falkirk councillors' plea to end abuse and intimidation of politicians

An emotional plea has been made by Falkirk councillors to look at ways to protect members from abuse, intimidation and threats that have become more common in recent years.

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Kinky Friedman, Provocative Musician, Author and One-Time Politician, Dies at 79

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Kinky Friedman, the satirical and often provocative musician, author and one-time politician, has died at the age of 79.

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‘The Constituent’ Review: James Corden Impresses in Timely but Contrived Political Play

David Benedict Regardless of one’s political allegiance, it’s almost universally agreed that in recent years political expediency rather than truth has been, literally, the governing principle behind speeches from Britain’s right-wing politicians. Sadly, the same is true of the two leads in Joe Penhall’s contrived, adversarial three-hander about confrontations between a local opposition MP (member of parliament) and her angry constituent. That James Corden would choose “The Constituent” for his return to the British stage, however, makes complete sense.

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‘Baby Reindeer’s’ Real-Life Martha Accused of Stalking Politician George Galloway in 1980s: ‘She Called Me Hundreds of Times’ and ‘Everywhere I Turned, She Was There’

Zack Sharf Digital News Director British politician and broadcaster George Galloway appeared for an interview on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” and claimed that Fiona Harvey, the woman who claims she is the real-life inspiration for the stalker character Martha in Netflix’s “Baby Reindeer,” stalked him during the 1980s. Harvey is currently suing Netflix and demanding $170 million in damages due to the show’s depiction of Martha. She also went on Morgan’s talk show herself to deny the stalking and allegations that were depicted in the Netflix series.

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Posh People Go Wild in First Steamy Teaser of Jilly Cooper’s Iconic ‘Bonkbuster’ Romance Novel Adaptation ‘Rivals’

K.J. Yossman Horses, helicopters and hanky-panky are what fans of Jilly Cooper’s iconic novel “Rivals” can expect from Disney’s screen adaptation. Starring Emily Atack (“The Inbetweeners”), David Tennant (“Doctor Who”) and Aidan Turner (“Poldark”), “Rivals” follows the power-grabbing social elite of 1980s England as they break up and couple up.

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General election LIVE as Rishi Sunak arrives in Scotland with Tories trailing in polls

We're set for another busy day in the general election campaign here in Scotland with less than two weeks to go until polling day.

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'Knocking on doors it's quite striking... there's a really deep, profoundly depressing distrust of politics'

He’s the academic high-flyer who walked out of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership team. Now, 30-year-old Josh Simons is vying to be the next MP for the Makerfield constituency on the outskirts of Wigan, following the decision by sitting MP Yvonne Fovarque not to defend the seat.