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Reform councillor quits party days after election, care homes under threat as family visa crackdown blocks 100,000 workers, and Moscow airports shut after Ukraine launches drone attack.

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1 |Care homes under threat as family visa crackdown blocks 100,000 workers

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2 | Moscow airports shut after Ukraine launches drone attack

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3 | Royals lead VE Day tea parties as flypast marks 80 years since end of war

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4 |Reform UK councillor quits party just days after election 

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5 | Never-before-seen spy letters reveal GCHQ role in VE Day

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