Prediction markets place election odds Add betting markets to the list of things election officials are worried about this year Salon · Aug 13
Gerry & Sewell review – tragicomic search for a Newcastle United season ticket Jamie Eastlake’s play about two football fans mixes together song, dance, comedy and dark family drama, with incohesive results The Guardian - UK · Jan 16
Voting machine company linked to Trump conspiracy used LA funds to create slush fund for bribing officials: prosecutors Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems were both falsely accused of being part of a conspiracy to steal the 2020 election and have settled lawsuits against media networks for propagating such stories The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025
New allegations against Smartmatic executive in company’s voting machine contract with LA county US government is seeking to show a pattern of corruption among Smartmatic executives that allegedly involved bribes and money laundering, new court filing shows The Guardian - US · Aug 20, 2025
Dogs on the Metro review – all stations to teenage angst The Tyne and Wear Metro is the setting of Emilie Robson’s evocative new play about two teen friends but something darker rumbles beneath The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025
Letters containing substances including fentanyl sent to election officials in five states Tuesday’s elections brought increased threats on election officials and workers across the country The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023
Push to expand voting rights in US for those held in jails Criminal justice and election officials, along with voting rights advocates, are working across the United States to expand voting among jail detainees The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2023
Signatures of hundreds of dead people were found in D.A. Gascon recall petition LOS ANGELES — More than 300 signatures in a petition to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon last year belonged to dead people, according to the county’s Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office. Los Angeles Times · Mar 24, 2023
Karen Bass drew more votes than any mayor candidate in LA history LOS ANGELES — A record number of Los Angeles voters cast ballots for mayor in this month's election, the result of changes in the electoral calendar, the state's easing of voter registration rules and the provocative contest between U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and businessman Rick Caruso, according to analysts and… Los Angeles Times · Nov 25, 2022
Why it could take weeks to get final LA election results. ‘We aren’t sitting on ballots’ LOS ANGELES — An adage known as the election administrator’s prayer goes something like this: “Dear Lord, let this election not be close.” Los Angeles Times · Nov 10, 2022
Thug serving life sentence for murdering dad-of-two over a kebab admits assaulting Shotts prison officer Dean Logan was one of three teenage yobs who killed Nachatter Singh Bola in a vicious and unprovoked attack. Daily Record · Feb 8, 2022
Prison officer attacked by murderer who kicked man to death in kebab row Dean Logan belted the officer at HMP Shotts, where he is serving life for the horrific attack on Nachatter Singh Bola in Renfrew in 2010 where he was part of a gang who chased the 36-year-old down then kicked and stamped on him. Glasgow Live · Feb 8, 2022
Scot who kicked man to death in row over kebab to serve extra time after punching prison guard Dean Logan, 27, thumped Alan Murphy at HMP Shotts, Lanarkshire, after a row in March. Daily Record · Feb 8, 2022