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Do You Know What Happened In UK News This Week?

You can catch up on how the night of elections unfolded [with BuzzFeed News's breaking post.](https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeednews/2016-election-results?utm_term=.ywKEpvQqyJ#.ja9K7nv0xr)

Glasgow doesn't have a mayor. (London, Liverpool, Bristol and Salford all had mayoral elections, though.)

The UK had loads of elections! Which of these things _wasn't_ being voted on this Thursday?

Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood won her seat off Labour in Wales, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie unseated the SNP, and Ruth Davidson dramatically took the Scottish Conservatives from fourth place in her constituency tin the previous election to win a shock victory over the SNP.

Scottish Labour's Dugdale was the [only one who didn't managed to pull off a dramatic victory](https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/labour-election-results-2016?utm_term=.ebbwQXk7xl#.fwygZ8zbod).

And which of these opposition party leaders _didn't_ manage to win their constituency seat with a surprise victory in the regional elections?

Cameron had previously called Trump's policy of banning Muslims from the US ["divisive, stupid, and wrong"](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35114623), which promted one of Trump's advisers to demand [an “apology or some sort of retraction”](http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/say-sorry-to-trump-or-risk-special-relationship-cameron-told-h6ng0r7xj).

Cameron [said that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee deserves our respect](https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilyashton/david-cameron-says-donald-trump-deserves-our-respect?utm_term=.jdKR7ZJL8N#.rwbD1ydW0V).

What did David Cameron say Donald Trump "deserves"?

Its owners, Trinity Mirror, shut it abruptly when it became clear sales figures (thought to be as little as 30,000) were dramatically lower than the 200,000 they had predicted.

It had [only being running two months](https://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/the-new-day-newspaper-closes-after-two-months?utm_term=.puRXLJGl6b#.icAKyGx8rY) :-(

The _New Day_ – which when it launched was the first standalone national newspaper to be started in the UK for 30 years – shut down. How long had it been running for?

It's Radiohead! The song is called "Burn the Witch" and it's got an excellent creepy video.

Which British act released a new song, suggesting their first album for five years may be imminent?

It was part of [a national demonstration against the testing of 6-year-olds](https://www.buzzfeed.com/rosebuchanan/leave-them-kids-alone-nicky?utm_term=.rcL9V0pnqA#.udWNbv1BD9), which campaigners say is causing unnecessary stress.

Why did a bunch of British parents pull their young children out of school this week?

Rowling apologising for a particularly traumatic death every year on the date of the Battle of Hogwarts [has now become a tradition, it seems](https://www.buzzfeed.com/rossalynwarren/jk-rowling-is-sorry-for-killing-off-one-of-your-favourite-ha?utm_term=.djL315ezXb#.baRdMYa0mj).

It was breaking everybody's hearts by killing Remus.

What did J.K. Rowling apologise for this week?

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