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Beatles' home city Liverpool to host 2023 Eurovision song contest
Beatles' home city Liverpool to host 2023 Eurovision song contest

The Beatles' home city of Liverpool will hold the 2023 Eurovision song contest next May, the BBC announced on Friday, after Britain stepped in to host the event due to the war in Ukraine. The northwestern English city was famously home to the Beatles as well as a host of other big names from Gerry and the Pacemakers to Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Uvalde schools suspends police force after bungled shooting response
Uvalde schools suspends police force after bungled shooting response

The education board that oversees schools in the Texas town of Uvalde on Friday suspended the police force whose bungled response to a horrific mass shooting has been widely criticised. On Friday the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District said it was suspending the small police force that has responsibility for safety and security in the handful of public schools under its aegis.