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Pornhub to become accessible again for some UK users<\/p>\n
Pornhub\u2019s parent company Aylo said Apple users who had confirmed their age with the company\u2019s updated iOS would
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Caption: The Pornhub logo is displayed on a smartphone screen with a multitude of pornographic website logos in the background. The pornographic website announces that it blocks its services to new users starting in February 2026 in response to the age verification requirements imposed by the Online Safety Act (OSA), in Creteil, France, on January 28, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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What\u2019s the latest? <\/p>\n
In February, Pornhub limited access for most UK users unless they had previously verified their age.<\/p>\n
Parent company Aylo said Online Safety Act age verification rules had not been fairly applied and refused to join in a flawed system. <\/p>\n
Now, it said Apple users who had confirmed their age with the latest iOS update would be allowed on.<\/p>\n
Aylo argues device-level checks are the best way to stop young people accessing explicit content. <\/p>\n
\t LIFESTYLE<\/p>\n 4 min read<\/p>\n Has the Online Safety Act worked? <\/p>\n Major platforms have been affected by the landmark Online Safety Act, with Pornhub seeing a 75 per cent drop in UK users since the introduction of more robust age checks. <\/p>\n However, critics have questioned whether people are simply using VPNs instead, allowing them to evade age checks by masking their IP addresses.<\/p>\n \t POLITICS<\/p>\n 3 min read<\/p>\n ROYAL<\/p>\n Kate to make first overseas trip since cancer diagnosis<\/p>\n The Princess of Wales is set to make her first official foreign visit since being diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\n Kate, who revealed she was in remission last year, will travel to Italy next week on a trip with The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.<\/p>\n \nMajor milestone for the future queen\n<\/p>\n Kate\u2019s trip to Italy will be the first official overseas engagement in nearly three-and-a-half years. Her last visit was in December 2022, when she went to Boston, USA, with Prince William for his Earthshot Prize award ceremony.<\/p>\n She has been on unofficial trips to Marseille, France, for the Rugby World Cup in autumn 2023 and to the Crown Prince of Jordan\u2019s wedding in Amman in June 2023. <\/p>\n What\u2019s on the agenda?<\/p>\n The princess will visit the city of Reggio Emilia in northern Italy for two days from 13-14 May to focus on early years child development. <\/p>\n A Kensington Palace spokesperson said Kate is \u201cvery much\u201d looking forward to the trip, where she will learn about the Reggio Emilia Approach, an educational philosophy which focuses on children\u2019s self-development. <\/p>\n Kate\u2019s cancer diagnosis <\/p>\n Kate was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer following abdominal surgery in January 2024, sparking widespread speculation. <\/p>\n March 2024: Kensington Palace announces Kate has cancer and releases a personal message from the princess. <\/p>\n June 2024: Kate releases an update, saying her \u201ctreatment is ongoing and will be for a few more months\u201d. <\/p>\n September 2024: The princess announces she is cancer-free after finishing chemotherapy. <\/p>\n January 2025: Kate reveals she is in remission at an official visit to the Royal Marsden, the hosptial where she received treatment. <\/p>\n WORLD<\/p>\n What is Trump\u2019s \u2018Project Freedom\u2019 in Strait of Hormuz?<\/p>\n Donald Trump said his operation to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused \u201cfor a short period of time\u201d due to \u201cgreat progress\u201d towards a deal with Iran. <\/p>\n Here is all you need to know about \u201cProject Freedom\u201d and what it means for tense relations between Iran and the US.<\/p>\n \nWhat\u2019s the latest?\n<\/p>\n Trump puts \u2018Project Freedom\u2019 on hold <\/p>\n Trump has halted the operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz after less than 48 hours.<\/p>\n However, a US blockade of Iranian ports will remain in place.<\/p>\n Trump said the U-turn was at the request of Pakistan and others, and also due to \u201ctremendous\u201d military success and progress towards a deal. <\/p>\n But Iranian state media described the move as a \u201cretreat\u201d after Trump\u2019s \u201ccontinued failures\u201d to reopen the vital waterway for global shipping.<\/p>\n What is \u2018Project Freedom\u2019 <\/p>\n Trump announced Project Freedom on Sunday, saying it was a \u201chumanitarian gesture\u201d to help seafarers stuck in the Gulf.<\/p>\n The plan launched on Monday, with US Central Command (Centcom) saying it was \u201cessential\u201d to regional security and the global economy. <\/p>\n Iran responded saying it would attack US forces if they entered the strait. <\/p>\n \t LIVE<\/p>\n 1 min read<\/p>\n \t LIVE<\/p>\n 1 min read<\/p>\n \nGo deeper on this topic\n<\/p>\n Is a deal imminent? <\/p>\n On Friday, Trump said he was \u201cnot satisfied\u201d with Iran\u2019s latest peace proposal. Trump has repeatedly called for Iran\u2019s nuclear programme to end, while Tehran has demanded the release of frozen assets. On Tuesday, he said \u201cgreat progress\u201d has been made on a deal, but it remains to be seen what that looks like.<\/p>\n \t Analysis<\/p>\n 4 min read<\/p>\n Four key takeaways from Starmer\u2019s antisemitism summit<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s attempts to incite antisemitism in the UK \u201cwill not Here are the main points from \nKey takeaways\n<\/p>\n 1Starmer said one of the lines of inquiry is whether a foreign state is behind the attacks. <\/p>\n 2He announced \u00a31.5m funding to strengthen community cohesion and protect Jews in at-risk areas. <\/p>\n 3Ministers are \u201cfast-tracking legislation\u201d allowing them to ban state threats such as Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps. \u00a0<\/p>\n 4Universities must publish the scale of antisemitism on campus and show how they are tackling it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Go deeper on this topic<\/p>\n The measures to protect the Jewish community come after the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green and a series of attacks at synagogues and other sites in recent months. <\/p>\n Starmer has faced criticism that he has not done enough to keep the community safe, and was heckled during a visit to the north London suburb on Thursday.<\/p>\n \t NEWS<\/p>\n 7 min read<\/p>\n Starmer\u2019s message to Iran<\/p>\n One of the lines of inquiry is whether a foreign state has been behind some of these incidents\u2026Our message to Iran, or to any other country that might seek to foment violence, hatred or division in society, is that it will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n SiR KEIR STARMER, PRIME MINISTER<\/p>\n NEWS<\/p>\n The supermarket using invisible spray to combat shoplifting<\/p>\n Co-op has been secretly marking frequently shoplifted groceries with a special forensic spray to tackle the resale of stolen goods. <\/p>\n Here\u2019s how the invisible spray works, and how the company hopes it will make shoplifting less profitable. <\/p>\n \nWhat\u2019s the story?\n<\/p>\n Co-op has been marking items with an invisible spray that contains a unique forensic code linked to the shop where it was originally sold, according to Retail Gazette.<\/p>\n Co-op has invested \u00a3250m in store security, including body-worn cameras for staff, reinforced kiosks for items such as spirits and tobacco, and shelf fixtures designed to stop thieves sweeping products into bags. <\/p>\n How does the scheme work? <\/p>\n Where? <\/p>\n The scheme has been trialled in Manchester and London and will be rolled out across the UK. <\/p>\n Which items? <\/p>\n High-risk items such as alcohol, laundry detergent and confectionary have been sprayed. <\/p>\n Why? <\/p>\n The aim is to help Co-op and the police identify where stolen products are being resold, making theft less profitable. <\/p>\n \t NEWS<\/p>\n 2 min read<\/p>\n HEALTH<\/p>\n The inflatable \u2018gentle\u2019 forceps for childbirth<\/p>\n More than 300 babies have been born with inflatable forceps, the first breakthrough in childbirth assistance in decades. <\/p>\n It is hoped that the device, called the OdonAssist, could reduce birth trauma. It will be rolled out to 40 hospitals across Britain and Europe.<\/p>\n How new forceps could revolutionise childbirth<\/p>\n Around one in eight people will have an assisted vaginal birth using forceps or vacuum extraction. <\/p>\n Women may have bleeding or tears and marks can be left on the baby.<\/p>\n Inflatable forceps work by surrounding the baby\u2019s head with a soft air cuff, allowing doctors to help remove it more gently. <\/p>\n In trials, patients reported no or low pain in more than 95 per cent of births where OdonAssist was used.<\/p>\n \t Analysis<\/p>\n 5 min read<\/p>\n How \u2018gentle\u2019 forceps were invented<\/p>\n From a prototype using a jar and a doll to development by the World Health Organisation (WHO). <\/p>\n The OdonAssist was thought up by a mechanic in Argentina in 2006 called Jorge Od\u00f3n. <\/p>\n He created the first prototype using a jar, a cloth and his daughter\u2019s doll.<\/p>\n It was then taken up by Mario Merialdi, of the WHO, who refined the idea for clinical use.\u00a0<\/p>\n It was\u00a0created by Maternal Newborn Health Innovations, a public benefit corporation to help reduce avoidable pain. <\/p>\n \t\t\t\t Disillusioned with Labour, some voters say they have been drawn to the Greens due to issues like expensive, shoddy rental housing<\/a> and Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s stance on the war in Gaza<\/a>. A Green victory would be a big upset in a council controlled by Labour since 2002.<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m not like George Finch\u2019<\/p>\n If elected, Law would be one of the youngest council leaders in the country. He says he gets attacked for his age by people who say he \u201ccan\u2019t run a council\u201d and is \u201cgoing to be like George Finch\u201d \u2013 the UK\u2019s youngest council leader.<\/p>\n Finch, the 19-year-old Reform leader of Warwickshire County Council, who narrowly survived a vote of no confidence in March.<\/p>\n Law says he is more interested in Finch\u2019s choice of party than his birth certificate. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s right to just blame his age,\u201d he says. \u201cI think he just happens to be that age.\u201d<\/p>\n He says he doubts accusations that he is inexperienced will \u201cstick\u201d. \u201cIf we get Hackney Council and run it poorly for years, attack me as much as you want, I\u2019ll take it,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Law, who is studying business at SP Jain London School of Management, says he\u2019ll have to \u201cfigure out\u201d how to balance his course work with running a council. If elected, he plans to discuss his options with lecturers, potentially doing his studies part-time or leaving the course if it\u2019s not feasible.<\/p>\n Law credits a visit to the town hall in Hackney as the experience that got him involved in politics. \u201cI didn\u2019t know what councillors were, and found out what the Labour one stood for \u2013 wasn\u2019t exactly my cup of tea,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n A lifelong Hackney resident, he went to academy schools, where he says he was appalled by an effective ban on \u201cBlack hairstyles\u201d. He has also lived in council homes throughout his life, where he describes conditions as \u201chumiliating\u201d. He lives with his grandmother, having moved in with her due to overcrowding in his previous family home.<\/p>\n \u201cMy personal experience has been poor quality of housing, mainly things like leaks, mould \u2013 my ceiling and walls are ripped right now,\u201d he says. \u201cWe don\u2019t even bother to call the housing association, because they don\u2019t respond. People pay rent every single month, they pay council tax every single month, and we get nothing out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Divisions over the war in Gaza and antisemitism allegations<\/p>\n Law says the war in Gaza has had an impact on rising support for the Greens. He says many voters feel the Government has been \u201ctoo strict on Palestinian activists\u201d and wants the Government to stop supplying arms to Israel.<\/p>\n The party\u2019s pro-Gaza stance has attracted supporters \u2013 but also allegations of antisemitism. Last Thursday, two Green candidates standing for Lambeth council in south London were arrested over alleged antisemitic social media posts. Another Green candidate in Newcastle was accused of antisemitism over posts calling for \u201cevery single Zionist\u201d to be killed.<\/p>\n Law says he isn\u2019t familiar with these cases, but defends Zack Polanski when asked about the Green leader\u2019s response to the arrest of a man over the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green, north London. <\/p>\n Polanski reposted a message on X accusing officers of \u201crepeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when he was already incapacitated by Taser\u201d. He later apologised, saying police responses \u201cneed later reflection in the right forums, but I accept that social media is not the appropriate channel for doing so\u201d.<\/p>\n Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley accused Polanski of amplifying \u201cinaccurate and misinformed commentary\u201d, while Israel\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister said he is an \u201cextremist\u201d who \u201clegitimises violence against Jews\u201d.<\/p>\n Having seen the video of the arrest, Law says there are \u201ca lot of questions to be asked about the Met Police\u201d, adding: \u201cI\u2019ve seen my own friends and some family members be kicked, pinned wrongly\u201d.<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m disappointed in Labour\u2019<\/p>\n Despite these controversies, the Greens\u2019 message appears to be resonating with many voters.<\/p>\n Ciara Bains, 29, says she plans to vote Green. She supports plans to make sure the council\u2019s investments don\u2019t support a genocide \u2013 as ruled by Amnesty International \u2013 in Gaza. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the most important things at the moment outside of our own lives here,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Bains, a project manager, says Polanski, who lives in Hackney, and Zo\u00eb Garbett, the Green mayoral candidate and councillor in her ward, are both \u201cactually part of the community\u201d.<\/p>\n The party\u2019s policies on housing \u2013 which include improving council homes and supporting rent controls at a national level \u2013 appeal to her, too. \u201cMy rent is pretty much as much as I could afford in London, and it\u2019s still hard,\u201d she says. \u201cI think they have the goal of keeping that down and keeping it affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n She says she used to vote Labour, but feels disappointed by Labour\u2019s leadership, both locally and nationally, adding: \u201cI don\u2019t feel like they are what they say they are anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n Naomi Filbert, a 27-year-old events worker, is likely to vote Green. \u201cThey\u2019re just aligned with things I\u2019m looking for, I guess, just to actually focus a bit more on the environment,\u201d she says. \u201cI think the others claim they are but don\u2019t actually follow up.\u201d <\/p>\n She says mainstream politicians tend to overlook the environment if it \u201cisn\u2019t what\u2019s going to make them money or give them votes\u201d.<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m not voting Green with that idiot in charge\u2019<\/p>\n Others, like Steve Parker, are not convinced. Parker, a 66-year-old retired dustman, plans to vote Reform because he wants \u201ca change\u201d and is \u201cnot satisfied with anything at the moment\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThey may be no good,\u201d he says. \u201cWe don\u2019t know, do we? I\u2019m fed up with the run-of-the-mill Labour, Conservatives, and I couldn\u2019t vote Green with the idiot in charge there. He wants to legalise drugs, doesn\u2019t like the royal family.\u201d<\/p>\n A former Tory voter, he says he supports Reform because of pledges to cut immigration.<\/p>\n He says the council has closed some streets to cars, which has increased traffic on the main roads. \u201cWhere I live, they\u2019ve shut all the back roads so people who know the area can\u2019t use it as a cut through,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re saying it\u2019s for cleaner air. What about the poor buggers that live on Graham Road? There\u2019s five times more traffic there, so don\u2019t they count? They can all get carbon monoxide poisoning.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018Polanski has a bizarre record\u2019<\/p>\n Bill Bamber, a 74-year-old pensioner, will vote for his independent candidate, who is campaigning against road closures. The former Lib Dem voter says the number of cars near his home has risen tenfold.<\/p>\n \u201cI know that some roads gain and some roads lose,\u201d he says. \u201cLiving on a losing road is a bit of a pain and dirty.\u201d<\/p>\n He says he doesn\u2019t think the Greens have their policies \u201cfully worked out\u201d. \u201cIt\u2019s irrelevant to the local politics, but Zack Polanski has a rather checkered and bizarre record,\u201d he adds, pointing to his previous claims that hypnosis could increase a woman\u2019s breast size.<\/p>\n Patrick Attaridge, 73, says he is a lifelong Labour voter. \u201cI think they\u2019re doing a good enough job,\u201d he says. \u201cEveryone can say what they\u2019re going to do when they get in, but unfortunately, it changes when people get in. So I\u2019m going to stick with Labour, give them another chance.\u201d<\/p>\n Matt Lorde, 58, says he has \u201calways voted Labour\u201d and thinks they are \u201cbest for this area\u201d. Lorde, who is unemployed, lives in a council home and says the housing association that manages it could be a bit better and \u201cmore proactive\u201d, but they \u201cdo get things done eventually\u201d. <\/p>\n \u2018Inexperienced candidates making wild promises\u2019<\/p>\n Mayor Caroline Woodley claims Labour is \u201cgreener than the Greens\u201d, who do not have the experience needed to run the council. \u201cThey would be bringing in people who have never even served as councillors before to run the council,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n She describes Law as a \u201cvery bright and ambitious young man.\u201d \u201cHe\u2019s one to watch,\u201d she says. \u201cI think he could be a very talented politician. Do I think he could go straight from never being a councillor to being a statutory deputy mayor? I would find that quite surprising.\u201d<\/p>\n She fears that the council\u2019s work will get \u201cthrown away\u201d by inexperienced candidates \u201cmaking wild promises and pledges\u201d.<\/p>\n Woodley says they have to remind voters that it\u2019s not a national election, adding that there are \u201cmarmite\u201d attitudes towards national party leaders. As the first woman elected mayor and council leader of Hackney, she says she finds herself asking voters not to \u201cjudge me based on men in Westminster\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At just 20 years old, Dylan Law recognises that his age sets him apart from most politicians, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1360,12944,1745,3996,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-29774","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-elections","9":"tag-gaza-israel-conflict","10":"tag-hackney","11":"tag-local-elections-2026","12":"tag-london"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116526963188529100","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Caption: (FILES) Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, following their wedding on April 29, 2011. Prince William and wife Catherine will celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary on the Scottish island of Mull on April 29, 2025, the latest step on the princess\u2019s road to recovery from cancer. Catherine, Princess of Wales, revealed in January that she was \u201cin remission\u201d having announced last March she had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of the disease and was undergoing chemotherapy. (Photo by JOHN STILLWELL \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by JOHN STILLWELL\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)
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Caption: In this picture obtained from Iran\u2019s ISNA news agency on May 4, 2026, vessels are pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards on May 4 denied that any commercial ships had crossed the Strait of Hormuz, after the US military earlier said two US-flagged merchant vessels had transited through the vital waterway. (Photo by Amirhossein KHORGOOEI \/ ISNA \/ AFP via Getty Images) \/
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Caption: TOPSHOT \u2013 Local residents look on from outside a cordoned off area in the Golders Green neighbourhood of north London on April 29, 2026, following the stabbing to two people nearby. Two people were stabbed on April 29 in north London, Jewish groups said, following a series of arson attacks targeting Jewish sites in the area. A man was arrested after he was seen running with a knife \u201cattempting to stab Jewish members of the public\u201d, the Shomrim Jewish neighbourhood watch said on social media. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS \/ AFP via Getty Images)
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Caption: LONDON, ENGLAND \u2013 APRIL 30: Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C) and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (CR) meet members of Shomrim, the Jewish community security organisation, in Golders Green following yesterday\u2019s attack on April 30, 2026 in Golders Green, England. A 45-year-old British-Somali man was arrested yesterday, after stabbing two Jewish men, Shloime Rand and Moshe Shine, in a terrorist attack in Golders Green. Both victims are in a stable condition, and the suspect was caught by police after being tasered. The government has since pledged ??25 million to improve security for the Jewish community following the incident. (Photo by Leon Neal\/Getty Images)
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Co-op is confident it\u2019s stores will be \u2018back to normal\u2019 within days (Photo: Chris J Ratcliffe\/Reuters)<\/p>\n![\"Retail](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_185168000.jpg\")
Retail theft on the increase \u2013 woman stealing in UK supermarket. (Photo:
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Caption: A shopper walks along an aisle inside a Tesco supermarket in Manchester, Britain, February 5, 2026 REUTERS\/Phil Noble
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Dylan Law is set to become Hackney\u2019s deputy mayor and he\u2019s already facing attacks from people who don\u2019t think he can run a council due to his age (Photo: Alexa Phillips\/The i Paper)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_295945117.jpg\")
Ciara Bains is one of the many people choosing to vote Green over the current Government\u2019s stance on Gaza (Photo: Alexa Phillips\/The i Paper)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_295944151.jpg\")
Naomi Filbert cares about the environment and she believes the Greens focus on this more (Photo: Alexa Phillips\/The i Paper)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_295943995_be6451.jpg\")
Steve Parker is not a voter convinced by the Greens while Zak Polanski leads them (Photo: Alexa Phillips\/The i Paper)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_295945189.jpg\")
Patrick Attaridge isn\u2019t voting for any main party and has decided to vote independent (Photo: Alexa Phillips\/The i Paper)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_295945225.jpg\")
Caroline Woodley is the first woman elected mayor and council leader of Hackney (Photo: Alexa Phillips\/The i Paper)<\/p>\n