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It was a privilege to meet Matthew and Catherine Cox, whose long-running campaign for redress was recently raised at #pmqs. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Having been held up in December, the bill that would make entering football grounds without a ticket a specific criminal offence has today taken a step towards becoming law, after it cleared Second Reading in the Commons.

Resignation honours lists can be controversial but surely no-one can argue with Rishi Sunak giving the great Jimmy Anderson a knighthood. Lovely stuff.

A few thoughts from me ahead of polling day on Thursday. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Big early news in Nottinghamshire as the leader of the Ashfield Independents, Jason Zadrozny - who’s been a huge figure in local politics for many years - loses his county council seat to Reform UK.

The first Reform UK leader of Leicestershire County Council will be Dan Harrison. The Reform group in Nottinghamshire is currently meeting to choose its leader, with Mick Barton considered the front runner.

CONFIRMED: Former Mansfield Independent District Councillor Mick Barton will be the first Reform UK leader of Nottinghamshire County Council.

1. Latvia 2.Estonia 3. Ukraine Honourable mentions for Lithuania, Finland, Italy and Switzerland. Obviously the voting’s the real best bit though. #Eurovision2025

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Only 2 MPs covered by BBC East Midlands switched their votes on the assisted dying bill between 2nd Reading and today’s 3rd Reading: Reform UK MP for Ashfield, Lee Anderson MP and Labour MP for North West Leicestershire, Amanda Hack MP. Both voted against having previously voted in favour.

First time in the presenter’s chair for me - on air now!

The Labour MP for Amber Valley, Linsey Farnsworth, abstained on the welfare reform bill this evening. All other Labour MPs covered by BBC East Midlands voted with the government, with the exception of Nottingham East’s Nadia Whittome - who made her feelings clear from the outset.

Join me at 1030 on BBC1 for the latest instalment of BBCpoliticseastmidlands, where we’ll discuss the Starmer government’s first year with some grandees of East Midlands politics: Mark Spencer, Vernon Coaker and Marianne Overton.