{
  "id": 18413,
  "title": "Bev Craig elected mayor of Greater Manchester, succeeding Burnham",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/bev-craig-elected-mayor-of-greater-manchester-succeeding-burnham",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-01T17:25:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/08/01/bev-craig-elected-mayor-of-greater-manchester-succeeding-burnham_6756072_4.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Craig, currently the leader of Manchester City Council, was elected in a second round of counting after winning 47.15% of the votes in the first round, just shy of the 50% needed to win outright.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Comfortable victory, but uncomfortable numbers for Labour in Greater Manchester",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/01/comfortable-victory-but-uncomfortable-numbers-for-labour-in-greater",
        "published": "2026-08-01T11:43:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}