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The New York Knicks scored 18 unanswered points on the way to a 109-93 win against the Cleveland Cavaliers as they took a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference final.The score was tied at 53-53 when the Knicks pulled away at their Madison Square Garden home to take a 71-53 lead on the way to a ninth straight victory.Josh Hart scored 26 points, including five three-pointers, for the home side as he racked up a career-high tally for a play-off game, while team-mate Jalen Brunson added 19 points and 14 assists.The Knicks, who last reached the NBA Finals match…

A school trust is installing US-style knife arches across all of its facilities to protect hundreds of its students.Dudley Academies Trust has become the first academy trust in the UK to equip all of its secondary schools with the metal detecting technology. Approximately £50,000 has been invested in installing nine screening devices across four sites.The Black Country trust claims the initiative represents a proportionate safeguarding measure in response to broader concerns about knife crime across the West Midlands. The measures are seen as precautionary, as the leading body notes that it has not experienced any knife-related incidents.Hundreds of pupils now…

Andy Burnham received £20,000 from unions as the Mayor of Greater Manchester began to bolster support for a leadership bid.Three Labour-affiliated unions, all of which called on Sir Keir Starmer to step aside last Friday, handed over tens of thousands of pounds to the Labour candidate for Makerfield between March 24 and April 24.They said Sir Keir would be forced out of No10 “at some point” and urged the Prime Minister to set out a timetable for his departure.Mr Burnham received £10,000 on March 24 from the Fire Brigades Union, another £5,000 on April 10 from the Communication Workers Union…

UK borrowing costs surged to a higher-than-expected £24.3billion last month, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).This represents the second-highest April level on record for borrowing, as economists warn Chancellor Rachel Reeves has an uphill battle in improving the economy.Based on today’s ONS figures, borrowing for April 2025 was a quarter higher, or £4.9 billion, than the year before.Notably, last month’s figures were £3.4billion more than the £20billion projected by the the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).Borrowing costs have surged once again | GB NEWSIn another blow to Chancellor, the ONS revealed that interest costs…

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For many parts of England and Wales, the temperature will rise into the mid- to high-20s over the weekend.Locally in the south Midlands and south-east England, it could hit 30C by Sunday, which would be relatively rare for May.There is also increasing confidence that the maximum temperature could reach 33C on bank holiday Monday. This would exceed the current highest recorded May temperature of 32.8C, set in 1944.This also happened to be on the Late May Bank Holiday.We’re also expecting many parts of England to go into an official heatwave, during which the temperature exceeds 26-28C – depending on exact…

In the beautiful Basque city of Bilbao, in the north of Spain and which is hosting European rugby finals for the second time, Ulster got their first taste of the San Mames Stadium in the captain’s run on Thursday.It is a huge occasion, but the session was full of smiles and laughter, rather than any visible nerves.Ulster may be missing key players, such as Henderson and the injured trio of Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale and Rob Herring, and only 23 players will take to the pitch on Friday.But there was unity as the wider group took part in the captain’s…

Sit back, pour yourself a drink and join GB News Political Editor Christopher Hope at his regular table where he will discuss the latest insider political intrigue and gossip with everyone from popstars to politicians.This week, we are joined by GB News’s Chief Political Correspondent Katherine Forster and Deputy Political Editor Tom Harwood as they discuss Keir Starmer’s nightmare week, where he faced a Cabinet revolt, resignations and the looming threat of Andy Burnham. Watch above as GB News’s Christopher Hope disects the Prime Minister’s torrid time

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