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Rosie Slater

An NCTJ qualified multimedia journalist with experience in content creation, SEO content editing, news writing, sub editing and photography.

About Me

I completed my NCTJ News Diploma at the Press Association in 2020 after working for several years at mental health and human rights organisations.

I am currently freelancing as an SEO content editor/digital sub editor and have worked for The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Financial Times.

My other passion is documentary photography, and I have experience of creating visual content for social enterprises, brands, festivals and nightlife.

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London mayoral election 2021: what time do polls close today and when will the results be announced?

The London mayoral election will take place today, May 6, after a year's delay to vote for the candidate they wish to see in as the city's mayor for the next term.

Labour candidate and current mayor, Sadiq Khan, is running for re-election, with a strong lead of 62 per cent in the second round of polls as of May 5, compared with his Conservative opposition Shaun Bailey, who currently sits at 38 per cent.

The emergency Coronavirus Act 2020 postponed local elections across England, meaning the cu
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Local elections 2021: what time do the polls close today and when will the results be announced?

Voting is in 40 FPTP constituencies and five regional Proportional Representation top-up seats, and counting is due to take place in the day on Friday, with results from FPTP seats expected from about 3pm and peaking about 5pm.

The five regional PR top-up seats are expected to be announced on Friday evening and the Police and Crime Commissioners in Dyfed-Powys; Gwent and North Wales are expected to be announced on Sunday, with the South Wales count taking place on the same day.

Anyone can vote
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How to vote in the 2021 local elections today - and where to find your polling station

Around 48 million people will be eligible to vote today in their local elections, following a year's delay due to the coronavirus pandemic.

As a result of this postponement, there will be over 5,000 seats up for election, with local councillors, police and crime commissioners and in some areas, a local mayor, all taking office in the coming weeks.

In Scotland and Wales, people will have the chance to elect MPs to their devolved parliament - Holyrood in Scotland and the Senedd in Wales.

Before
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Who is next on the priority list for Covid vaccines - and how will I be invited to get the jab?

Why is there a delay between the first and second jabs?

Regulators have said the key to success will be to administer two full doses between four to 12 weeks apart, in order to give as many people the initial dose of the vaccine as possible, which offers some protection from the virus.

A study found a single dose of the Oxford vaccine was 76 per cent effective in fending off infection between 22 days and 90 days post-injection, rising to 82.4 per cent after a second dose at that stage. Researc
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Georgia 2020 election results: What's happening with recounts and Senate runoffs?

A vote audit in Georgia has confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the state in the November 3 election and dealt a blow to Donald Trump's dubious claims of victory.

Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's Secretary of State, said that a hand audit of ballots was complete and had confirmed Mr Biden's win.

Mr Trump has been claiming, with no evidence, that the Democrats are attempting to commit widespread electoral fraud and have "rigged" the vote against him.

An audit was launched in Georgia after unoffi

Thousands of LGBT people apply for UK asylum from countries with British colonial ‘anti-gay’ laws – PA Diploma News

Home Office figures have revealed over 70 percent of sexual orientation based asylum claims to the UK came from commonwealth countries with British colonial ‘anti-gay’ laws.

More than 5,000 applications were received from lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) individuals from commonwealth countries between 2015 and 2018, with nearly 1,000 claims made in 2018.

The top five nationalities to apply for asylum on the basis of being LGB were Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Uganda and Nigeria, all former Br

Freelancers fear losing months of work due to coronavirus cancellations – PA Diploma News

Self-employed workers and freelancers across the UK have voiced their fears as panic over the spread of Covid-19 spooks businesses, causing event cancellations and job losses.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a £12 billion emergency fund in the budget this week to offset the economic impact of the virus, including a £500 million top-up to universal credit to support self-employed workers.

But thousands of freelancers say they have already lost months of work and are worried about how they’re g

London lives: The Southwark street poet of 22 years – PA Diploma News

Joseph is a familiar sight to tourists as you walk past the William Shakespeare mural on Clink Street.

Sat only a stone’s throw from the Globe, 64-year-old Joseph is said to hail from Warwickshire, the birthplace of the bard himself.

With a ‘magic carpet’ of poems spread out before him, the street poet has been taking commissions from the public for over two decades.

“All my poems are about people”, he tells me, “People tell me all sorts of things, when they’ve had a broken heart, when someth