Labour Surprises in Scotland With Win Over Farage, Nationalists
Labour's Davy Russell won the vote in Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, denying Farage's populist party its first electoral victory in Scotland and setting back the Scottish National Party, which runs the semi-autonomous government and held the seat since 2011.
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Where is Epstein's island? Trump said he ‘never had the privilege' to visit
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Agent's alleged attempt to smuggle wife on Trump's Scotland trip being probed in latest Secret Service fiasco
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Cumbernauld town centre evacuated as church fire continues
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