3am London: Counting is under way in local elections across Britain. There were early gains for the Conservatives in Scotland, while the London mayoral election was predicted to be Labour’s “lone bright spot” among the contests.
There was some confusion over voting in the London borough of Barnet, and the BBC reported that an investigation is being conducted.
Earlier:
and elsewhere,
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WORLD
Ohio Gov. John Kasich withdrew from the GOP presidential race. His last – remote – possibility of a contested convention effectively ended yesterday when Sen Ted Cruz suspended his campaign after losing comprehensively to Donald Trump in the Indiana primary.
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MEDIA
Oh well, there’s a surprise.
The Overnight Note 