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As California politicos look ahead to 2025, the biggest question looming is whether Vice President Kamala Harris — a native daughter, battered just weeks ago by presidential election defeat — will enter the 2026 California governor’s race.

He told BBC Radio Manchester: "I am a little battered still but I've slept pretty well for the last two nights."

A couple whose wedding was cancelled when Storm Darragh battered large parts of Wales got their happy ending after all when a stranger stepped in to help.

Ms King said staff felt "very bruised and battered" by some of the findings and the first reaction of some teachers had been to question Ofsted.

Iran has been battered by Israel from outside and dissent and economic turmoil on the inside.