Former chancellor Ed Balls joked to reporters at the Baftas about the strange paths of life. He and his Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya Jones were there as nominees for television's "must-see moment" of the year for their "Gangnam Style" performance.

He said: 

Asked about the General Election, Mr Balls said the polls sometimes got it wrong by a small margin.

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It's now understood that seven NHS trusts in England still have problems restoring IT systems after the cyber attack and are still diverting ambulances to other hospitals. This is out of a total of 47 which were caught up in the aftermath of the attack.

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BBC Scotland's political correspondent Glenn Campbell has been looking at the parties' campaign priorities - and explains why the SNP are prioritising Brexit over independence.

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Of course, the UK's is not the only current election - in Germany Angela Merkel is facing a general election in September.

Ahead of that, a state vote was held today in North Rhine-Westphalia, the country's most populous state.

Exit polls suggest Mrs Merkel's Christian Democrats party (CDU) has unseated rival Social Democrats (SPD).

The CDU is projected to win 34.5% of compared with 30.5% for the SPD.  

The victory for Mrs Merkel's party will now give her a boost as she seeks a fourth term.

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If you have been out enjoying a sunny Sunday afternoon, here is a quick round-up of what has been happening in the election campaign:

The Conservatives have been focusing on housing, saying the party would work with local councils to build more social housing - within existing budgets.

Labour says new "Robin Hood taxes" would raise cash for public services and that company bosses bidding for government contracts could face pay cuts.

The Lib Dems have been talking about defence, pledging to maintain spending.

Labour and the Lib Dems are calling for an inquiry into the cyber-attack which sabotaged NHS services.  

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During any general election campaign a row about tax is inevitable, writes Helen Miller of the Institute for Fiscal Studies. 

They know that no voter wants to pay more, but they are also under pressure to fund manifesto pledges on public services.

For every £1 created in the UK through economic activity - that's the working, spending and saving that we all do - the government collects roughly 37p.

Read her piece in full.

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Harry Styles, who is pursuing a solo career while One Direction is on "hiatus", has told the Sunday Times, external: “Honestly, I’m probably going to vote for whoever is against Brexit.”

He said: “I’m not educated enough on the subject to really go toe-to-toe with someone about it, but disregarding the economic stuff and all of that, I think what it symbolises is the opposite of the world I would like to be in. 

"I think the world should be more about being together and being better together and joining together, and I think it’s the opposite of that.”

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Politico has an in-depth profile of Cabinet Office Minister Ben Gummer, external, described as "May’s eyes and ears - more trusted than many others around her cabinet table".

Mr Gummer is part of the team writing the Conservative manifesto, alongside Theresa May’s chiefs of staff, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, John Godfrey, head of May’s policy unit, and his deputy Will Tanner, a special adviser from the Home Office. 

Theresa May tells the BBC's Westminster Hour the voting age of 18 in general elections is appropriate.

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Nurses are to stage a series of protests over pay this summer and might ballot for industrial action.

The Royal College of Nursing - meeting in Liverpool -  say there will be a "summer of protest activity" and that they will ballot members unless the next government scraps a 1% cap on pay rises. 

Michael Brown, chairman of the RCN Council, said members could not and would not take any more:

A spokesman for the Conservatives said: 

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The Tory leader tells the BBC's Westminster Hour she wants to keep 18 as minimum age - in contrast to most other parties.

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After Lib Dem candidate Sir Vince Cable told Pienaar's Politics earlier there would be "serious conversations" with Labour MPs about joining them in the event of a Tory landslide, former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown has been speaking.

Sir Paddy told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend thousands of people in the centre ground had been left feeling "voiceless" and unsure who to vote for. 

"Here is the point that really strikes me is that the vast majority, thousands, millions perhaps, of people who are moderate, who do believe in those quintessential British values, who represent what is the centre of gravity of our country, by the way, where elections are won, now don't find any party that they want to put their voice behind.

"Now I would recommend them to vote Lib Dem but in their constituency that may not work to achieve whatever else they want to achieve."