Here we go — NMTB special up soon

Keir Starmer says the positive local elections results are “vindication of the hard work over four long years to change the Labour Party”

Labour win back Blackpool South with 10,825 votes

Bit of a flop for Reform UK, who couldn't beat the Tories into second, albeit running them very close.

Tory: 3,218
Reform: 3,101

BREAKING: Kate Forbes will NOT stand as SNP leader. She will back John Swinney, who is now set to become First Minister as early as next Tuesday. Full statement from Kate Forbes: thescottishsun.co.uk/news/12597480/…

Downing Street clings to fact that last year small boat crossings were down 36% on 2022.

That's true, but the numbers for this year (dark blue line) are currently tracking higher than 2022, as this graph from The Sun Graphics shows.

Downing Street says the Channel numbers this year would be even higher without Rwanda.

But PM's spox adds: 'But clearly we’re yet to see the kind of significant impacts around the scheme given we haven’t got flights off the ground.'

Breaking: 711 migrants crossed the Channel on small boats yesterday.

Seems to be the highest since September 2 last year, when 872 crossed.

Happy Local Elections Day to this PR

Believe this is the first time ever a Whitehall department has had a perfect score in the office attendance stats

Congrats to DESNEZ...

Local election polls open as millions gear up to cast their votes thesun.co.uk/news/27673282/…

Evil people smugglers are stabbing & beating migrants – we will not relent in bid to stop boats, blasts James Cleverly

thesun.co.uk/news/27665169/…

It’s uncanny! Home Secretary @jamescleverly reveals he’s been mistaken for a Hollywood A-Lister before on #NeverMindTheBallots .

Watch the full show, hosted by Harry Cole, on thesun.co.uk and The Sun’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/@thesun

Finally someone is putting the Home Secretary through his paces. @jamescleverly works up a sweat as he takes on Harry Cole in a press up competition.

Watch #NeverMindTheBallots , on thesun.co.uk and The Sun’s YouTube channel from 7pm: youtube.com/@thesun

Border Force launches 'Operation Vector' to detain and deport illegal migrants to Rwanda.

800 officers have been deployed to carry it out.

Men and women have been detained, but no children will go in this first cohort.

It’s Wednesday…

So that means Never Mind the Ballots!

🕣 A lively show at 7pm:

🇬🇧 Home Secretary James Cleverly🇬🇧

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn MP

💥 Former First Minister Alex Salmond

🗞️ The Scottish Sun’s guru Chris Musson

📺 thesun.co.uk / YouTube

BREAK: The Home Office has released a video of the first detentions of migrants bound for Rwanda

Massive story from Harry Cole tonight - revealing the first failed asylum seeker has opted to go to Rwanda under the voluntary removal scheme, which runs parallel to the deportation scheme but uses the same framework

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Britain has removed the first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda, The Sun can reveal…

The unnamed migrant was flown out of the UK on Monday evening.

Historic moment as first time UK has relocated a failed asylum seeker to a third country:

thesun.co.uk/news/politics/…