Record 200 female MPs 'likely to be elected'
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Eddie Izzard backs Jeremy Corbyn in General Election
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Affordability crisis causes fall in London house prices and home sales
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Londoners are spending up to 85 per cent of their salaries on rent
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How interest-free credit works and where to find the best deals
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Rents in Blackheath up by £96 a month in 'worrying trend'
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Julian Assange's cat sits at the window of Ecuador's embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taking refuge
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Monkeys leap into a pond on a hot day in Allahabad
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Villagers look on as Mount Sinabung volcano spews thick volcanic ash, as seen from Beganding village in Karo, North Sumatra province
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A steam locomotive 99 1782-4 from the year 1953 pulls on a passenger train through a blooming rape field near Posewald on the island Ruegen, northern Germany
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Bella Hadid poses during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival
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6/30 Sorry. Beach is full
A woman looks at cows on the Mare e Sol beach in Coti-Chiavari, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. A herd of 30 wild cattle take up their summer residence on stretch of beach each year
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The Cork Studio owned by Tom Hardy from London has been shortlisted in the Eco category in the 2017 Shed of the Year competition
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Channel 4 radio host Stu Tolan broadcast from the bottom of The Ambassador Lagoon at Atlantis, The Palm, in Dubai for a world record 5 hours, 25 minutes and 25 seconds
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9/30 Peek-a-boo
A Great Crested Grebe nurses two young on its back in Blackwall Basin, London
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10/30 Gettin Jiggy Wit It
Director Pedro Almodovar, Jury President of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, and Jury members Jessica Chastain and Will Smith pose ahead of the event opening
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11/30 Rolling out the red carpet
Staff members lay out the red carpet outside the Palais des Festivals in the southeastern French city of Cannes
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12/30 Owww, watch where you stick that thing
Paramilitary guards shout during a welcoming ceremony for Argentine President Mauricio Macri outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing
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13/30 Heads down and concentrate in the front row!
Prime Minister Theresa May met pupils of Nishkam Primary School in Birmingham. Nishkam Primary School is a Sikh ethos, multi-faith school for girls and boys aged 4 to 11 years
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14/30 Making Daisy smile
Prince William attaches a name tag to sixc-year-old patient Daisy Wood, during a visit to the Royal Marsden hospital in Sutton. During the visit, which marks 10 years since His Royal Highness became President of the centre, The Duke accompanied staff as they went about their daily activities in treating and caring for patients
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15/30 New plan to double the number of Lib Dems
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron leaves the Royal College of Nursing conference at Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre following a General Election campaign visit
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16/30 Tower tradition
The captain and his shore party of the HMS Richmond are accompanied by Yeoman Warders as they march through the Tower of London to take part in the ancient ceremony of the Constable's Dues, in which they presented a barrel of wine
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Sumo wresters hold up crying babies in front of a referee clad in a traditional costume during a "Baby-cry Sumo" event at the Kamegaike-Hachiman Shrine in Sagamihara, Kanagawa prefecture
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18/30 No pitch invasion allowe here
Members of the Korean People's Army cheer North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, showing more restraint than the Spurs fans who ran on to the White Hart Lane pitch after the final game there on Sunday
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Bob McKee, of Owasso, sits in a chair from his recreational vehicle among the remains of his shed after taking storm damage in Owasso
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Ferrari driver Fabio Barone and his Ferrari 458 Italia competes against a Roman chariot drawn by two horses on "Ben Hur" movie set at Cinecitta World amusement park
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Rihanna arrives at the Dior Cruise Show at the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve in in Calabasas, California
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Palestinian demonstrator throws back teargas canister during clashes with Israeli troops after a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank village of Beita, southeast of Nablus city
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23/30 Atmospheric
A very reddy-orange sunrise was seen from Primose Hill
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24/30 Overcome by shyness
A young boy reacts after he handed a bouquet of flowers to The Duchess of Cambridge in Luxembourg
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25/30 Who's that we can see
A staff member uses "heads on sticks" to check camera blocking for the forthcoming Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards at Royal Festival Hall, London
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26/30 Red faced
A soldier from honour guards holds a red flag during a welcoming ceremony for Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang (not pictured) outside the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China
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27/30 Posing for the many, not the few
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour Party poses for selfies at a campaign event in Leeds
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28/30 Seal hunting
A staff member reaches in as a little boy tries to take the Vice Presidential Seal from the podium as Vice President Mike Pence speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building
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29/30 And to make a coalition, you've got to mix all the different ingredients
Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron joins pupils for a cookery class during his visit to Lewannick Primary School in Cornwall, where he unveiled the party's landmark education funding policy.
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30/30 Pop art
A clown creates a huge bubble during an anti-government protest in Bogota, Colombia
Fernando Vergara/AP
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X-Men star buys £1.7 million hidden hilltop holiday home in Portugal
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Let me tell you a story.
Tweets, tantrums and links to Russia could see Donald Trump fall
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First-time buyers need more help to get onto the property ladder
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A cautious Conservative manifesto, not a revolutionary one
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Any plan helps Generation Rent get on property ladder has to be tried
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The humble hedge can save the city from pollution
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Matthew d'Ancona: Labour struggles put pressure on May to get it right
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