But leaving aside those pressures, recent history does point to the Lord Advocate role changing hands shortly after the election on May 7. Mr Mulholland had served as the Solicitor General - the Lord Advocate's deputy - before succeeding Dame Elish Angiolini. Indeed, we need to go back to 2007 to find an election when the role of Lord Advocate has not changed hands. Looking back, if recent history is anything to go by, the chances of there being a new Lord Advocate sometime after May 7 do seem high. What, of course, is not known is who, should the post change hands after May 7, the new Lord Advocate may be.

Ex-MP Jonathan Gullis to stand in election for Reform UKThe former Stoke-on-Trent North MP will be standing in the Newcastle Borough Council elections in MayView Image Former Stoke-on-Trent North MP Jonathan Gullis (Image: Getty)Former Stoke-on-Trent MP Jonathan Gullis has announced he will be standing for election as a councillor. After losing his seat in the 2024 General Election, Mr Gullis was co-opted onto Kidsgrove Town Council, and served as town mayor. ‌In December he defected to Reform UK, saying that he believed the Conservatives had lost the trust of the British people. Mr Gullis' announcement came just days after Reform UK suspended its one elected member on the borough council following the latest racism scandal to hit the party. Reform UK said former Knutton councillor Lynn Dean had the whip suspended after she made 'unacceptable' comments on social media, and she has since resigned from the authority, although she remains a county councillor.

‘I’m obviously really proud, my family is proud’ – Harvey Vale on winning his first caps and the thirst for more

Two contestants make it to £1million question in the most dramatic season of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? TWO contestants make it to £1million question in the most dramatic season of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? 'Seeing two people get to the £1 million question was extraordinary. 'When they’re sitting there on that final question the tension in the studio is incredible, you can really feel it. 'You can indeed, and here is what I think,' Jeremy told her.

Monzo is shutting down its business in the US after struggling to push into the market, and says it will be doubling down on its growth in Europe. The digital bank said it was making a “deliberate” and “strategic” decision to leave the US, which will result in about 50 job losses. Its customer base recently topped 15 million, making it the UK’s largest digital bank and the seventh-largest in the country by customer numbers. But it has struggled to get a foothold in the US and abandoned an application for a banking licence in 2021 when it was told it was unlikely to be approved. The digital bank hired a new leadership team in 2023 in the hope of getting another shot of expansion in the market.

Meta-analysis of 1,000 logos highlights the critical role of characters, icons, and the “Golden Thread” in logo memorability and distinctiveness. What variables impact logo distinctiveness? New research by Distinctive BAT, a distinctive brand asset research consultancy, highlights the key factors that make logos distinctive. It uncovered that logos that featured additional elements or DBAs were 1.8x more effective at driving distinctiveness than script-only logos. It immediately enhances the logo’s distinctiveness while simultaneously crystallising the asset for broader application,” according to Cathal.

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Soccer fans trying to grab tickets for the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the US, Canada and Mexico were left fuming on Wednesday. If you got in the queue before 11AM you got dumped into the PMA queue.' They said they were dumped into the PMA queue after waiting over an hour in what appeared to be the correct last-minute sales queue. Overall, prices for the FIFA World Cup 2026 far exceed any previous edition. At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the most expensive final tickets were around $1,600 - compared with nearly $9,000 this year.

Newlyweds Tabitha Willett and Harry Hoare have jetted off to Florida for a babymoon after tying the knot at Chelsea Town Hall. In another snap, the television personality showed off her outfit in a mirror selfie and wrote: 'Babymoon time'. Just hours before Tabitha announced she had married Harry, just four months after their engagement. The TV personality shared a distorted video clip of herself and Harry standing on the steps of the King's Road venue while guests shower them with confetti. But the TV personality later confirmed she and Harry had known each other 'for years' before getting together romantically.

‌The rising prices come due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital Middle Eastern shipping artery, and have caused petrol prices to top $4 (£3) a gallon in the US for the first time in nearly four years. In the UK, that has translated to petrol prices of 152.8p a litre, a 20p increase since the war began. Aerial shots show the long line of cars and lorries at Costco in Bristol today as prices in petrol and diesel continue to rocket. The price at Costco was still cheaper than the current national average of 176.5p per litre for diesel and £148.8 for petrol. The conflict in the Middle East has already seen some pumps running dry with motorists panic buying and 'no fuel' signs across some supermarket forecourts.

Photograph: Nick BradshawThe organisation representing Thalidomide survivors is optimistic progress is being made towards a State apology but said “speed is of the essence” given the age of surviving mothers and health issues for survivors. The Government has previously committed to a State apology and ITA spokeswoman Finola Cassidy said the organisation’s latest meeting with Martin and Harris was “very positive”. There are about 40 Thalidomide survivors in Ireland. In September 2024, the Government appointed retired High Court judge Justice Paul Gilligan to engage with Thalidomide survivors in what is known as the Thalidomide resolution process. The ITA wants a State apology, recognition of the unacknowledged survivors, statutory supports and a fair compensation scheme to be introduced.

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Visitors wait in line to enter the US supreme court in Washington on Wednesday morning. Trump became the first sitting president to attend a supreme court oral argument, according to Clare Cushman, the Supreme Court Historical Society’s resident historian. Trump departs the US supreme court on Wednesday. Trump wrote on social media after the arguments that the United States is “STUPID” for having birthright citizenship. Protesters outside the supreme court.

Travis Kelce's bachelor party is going to be held in the Bahamas at the end of May, it has been claimed. The Kansas City Chiefs star is widely expected to be marrying fiancee Taylor Swift in June, less than a year after the power couple got engaged last August. The two brothers are incredibly close - Kelce's No 87 Chiefs jersey is, in part, a reference to the year his brother was born. The couple have been dating since the summer of 2023, going public when Swift joined Kelce's mom, Donna, in the stands for an NFL game in Kansas City. But details of their wedding are hugely secretive, with even family members denying all knowledge of the plans for the big day.

Eddie Hobbs reportedly told the Irish Examiner recently that there was potential for an “Irish Trump” in the ranks of the Independent Ireland party. Hobbs reportedly told the Irish Examiner that there was potential for an “Irish Trump” in the ranks of the Independent Ireland party. Many were careful to say nothing negative about Trump on the basis that he appeared to champion the pro-life movement in the US. Walsh’s diplomatic colleague in Jerusalem, Mike Huckabee, openly encourages expansion of Israel’s borders under the smokescreen of war against Iran. He doesn’t need any encouragement from the US state department to wage a propaganda war against America’s critics.