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The new Prime Minister has appointed the politician tasked with 'levelling up' Greater Manchester with other areas of the UK and fulfilling a key Conservative election pledge. And there's one thing for sure - the eyes of a largely sceptical city region will be watching him with intent. His every word and action will be pored over and recorded.

Six more Conservative MPs have announced they will not be standing at the General Election after Rishi Sunak named the date as July 4th.

Reid on Monday resigned from his position following India's early ouster from the showpiece, jointly hosted by Rourkela and Bhubaneswar.The 58-year-old Australian submitted his resignation to Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey, a day after the conclusion of the World Cup in Bhubaneswar, where Germany beat Belgium in a penalty shoot-out to emerge as champions.

India hockey coach Graham Reid quits after poor World Cup show; analytical coach Clark, scientific adviser Pemberton resign tooBHUBANESWAR: Hiring and firing coaches is nothing new. In fact, that's the only constant in Indian hockey. Less than 24 hours after the conclusion of the FIH World Cup, Indian hockey's off-field magnum opus began on Monday with the 'resignation' of chief coach Graham Reid and his team including analytical coach Greg Clark and scientific advisor Mitchell David Pemberton. This curtails their contract which is until the 2024 Paris Olympics.Hockey India has said that they will serve a three-month notice period, which probably gives the former time to work out the new coaching team. That said, this knee-jerk reaction leaves the team in the lurch, especially with eight months to go for the Asian Games. While the cracks in the Indian think-tank started to appear last year, the cookie crumbled following the hosts' ninth-place finish at the World Cup.

India finished joint-ninth along with Argentina after failing to make it to the quarter-final stage.

Around 2.7 million households across England are yet to receive a £150 council tax rebate from the government.

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