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The 4 to 6 inches of rain expected later this week will help suppress an inferno that has already killed at least 77 people. But there's a catch: With more than 151,000 acres of newly scorched earth, there's little vegetation…

On the doorstep in the teatime rain in one of Peterborough’s down-at-heel suburbs, no one is talking about Brexit. Two years ago, Peterborough was Brexit central. Let us know which way you’re thinking of voting, and which issues are most crucial to you locally. Peterborough has always been a swing seat. It was the first election since 1929 that it elected an MP out of line with the national result. It may only have two seats on the council, but it plans to fight all but one of the wards in the city, even though the party nationally is near bankrupt and has to fund its campaign entirely from local supporters. There were no local elections here last year. That is likely to be decided by what happens to the 10% share of the vote Ukip that won in 2016. At the general election last year, when there was no Ukip candidate, the party’s voters split against the Tories and probably gave the seat to Labour. Some Tory candidates have said publicly that they expect the election to be tough.