Good evening. Russians have begun voting in a president ial election which Vladimir Putin is certain to win when the polls close on sunday. There have very unusually been some protests such as this woman pouring dye into a ballot box but President Putin faces no serious opposition, with his rivals dead, in prison or in exile. This report from our russia editor, steve rosenberg. Russias democracy is the best in the world, the kremlin says. And at Polling Station 38 in moscow, we found a choice of candidates and plenty of voters. Democracy in action, right . Not quite. Realistically, only one man can win this. Vladimir putin the man whos been on russias political stage for the last quarter of a century. Vladimir putin faces no serious challenger. His fiercest rivals are in exile or in prison. Not that this woman, whose son is fighting in ukraine, wants any change at the top. Of course i voted for putin, she says. I trust him. But not everyone who came out today was actually voting. This,
At a Funeral Directors in hull that is at the centre of a major police investigation. The National Crime agency has been called in to assist. Detectives have received more than 1,500 calls in the past week from people who have used Legacy Independent Funeral Directors and are now worried about what happened to their relatives bodies. Danny savage has heard from some of them. This is rita shaw. She died last october after a short illness. Her husband has her ashes at home. I dont know if ive got ritas ashes at all. It could be anybody s, i think. But like so many people in the hull area who used legacy Funeral Directors, hes now wondering if they really are her ashes. You get over the initial part of rita passing away, its hard, but its on top of it, if they arent ritas ashes, its like torture for the rest of your life, i would have thought. Police have taken 35 bodies from this funeral home in hull. They now say they have contacted the families of those people. But richard is one of 1,
warns britain to scale back christmas plans, but the prime minister insists he won t cancel parties. the metro reports on the mortuary vulture david fuller, who will die in jail after abusing more than 100 corpses of women and murdering two women. and the sun reports on katie price. the former model and businesswoman was spared jail after crashing her car while drunk and on drugs because she paid for a stint in rehab. so, let s begin. let s start with the guardian this time. warding to cut back on socialising as covid cases surged to record high. socialising as covid cases surged to record high- record high. very, very clear message
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