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Majority of Scottish councils not considering buffer zone bylaws

The National asked each of Scotland's 32 council's where they stand on the issue of bylaws outside of abortion clinics

The National (Scotland)

Gateshead stables owner accuses council of trying to 'crush' business after losing land to Metro works

Graeme Lamb is furious after being denied permission by Gateshead Council to rent a patch of land opposite his Quarry Park Stables to graze his horses

Chronicle Live

Rural Edinburgh bus timetables to be slashed as services extended for a year

Nearly half as many number 20 and 63 buses will operate from September 12, after First Bus and the council struck a deal to continue the publicly-funded services for another year.

Edinburgh Live

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Wirral Council to create 'warm spaces' in libraries and leisure centres

People will be able to 'enjoy a warm welcome and be connected to other support'

Liverpool Echo

Family made homeless refuse emergency accommodation claiming 'it's cockroach infested'

Kelly and Alan Fitzpatrick, alongside their three kids, have spent eight months desperately trying to find new accommodation in Clondalkin, Dublin, after being informed their house would be vacated - but when they were unable to they were kicked out their home

Daily Mirror

Brisbane City Council moves on flood review recommendations

Brisbane City Council says it has completed 12 recommendations from this year's flood review as the opposition ramps up calls for more sandbagging facilities and details on new evacuation centres.

ABC News

Irish family made homeless refuse another night in 'filthy' emergency accommodation and pitch tent

In videos purportedly of the single room, cockroaches can be seen scurrying around. The outside of the windows were covered in what seemed to be vomit from the room above.

Irish Mirror

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Waterside Half Marathon road closures and traffic advice this weekend

The 13.1 mile race is being held on September 4

Belfast Live

Shark attack: teenage surfer bitten on arm at Avoca beach on NSW Central Coast

Beaches closed after male surfer was bitten by great white shark on Wednesday morning with a drone deployed to search for the animal

The Guardian - AU

Dublin family made homeless claim emergency accommodation filthy and 'worse than a prison cell'

The family have now pitched a tent in their local area

Dublin Live

Tunney joins exodus from Chicago City Council

The owner of Ann Sather’s Restaurants who was Chicago’s first openly-gay alderperson is leaving the workplace he called “not a good place to work these days.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Edinburgh to apologise for slave trade suffering - but statues won't be removed

Two years after the Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review was commissioned, its chair Sir Geoff Palmer has set out 10 ways the council can confront the city's controversial past.

Edinburgh Live

South Ayrshire Council to use £5m EU fund replacement on economy, jobs and training

The Shared Prosperity Fund has been touted as the replacement for European funding, but Scottish Government argue that it falls short of EU scheme.

Daily Record

Singleton deputy mayor re-elected following iVote failure

Tuesday was the first council meeting since last month's by-election .

Newcastle Herald

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Pedersen Acknowledges Stagnation in Political Process in Syria, Fears Another 'Collapse'

The United Nations Special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, regretted that during two years of frozen front lines, the international community had not seized upon the window provided by that relative calm to build a credible political process. “We need to be honest about the mismatch between the scale of…

The Hindu

At UNSC, India warns of significant increase in ISIL-K presence in Afghanistan and their capacity to carry out attacks

India warned that linkages between proscribed outfits such as Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and provocative statements by other terror groups pose a direct threat to the region’s peace and stability

Daily Record

Dad of tragic teen mowed down by hit-and-run driver calls for life sentences

The Scottish Sentencing Council has launched a public consultation on sentencing for dangerous drivers today

Newsroom.co.nz

Media Council rejects Tukaki complaint v Newsroom

The Media Council today issued its ruling on a complaint from former NZ Māori Council executive director Matthew Tukaki against Newsroom

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Chicago Sun-Times

Mayoral challenger Ray Lopez wants to curb mayoral power, cut City Council by half

The most dramatic and controversial of Lopez’s proposals is to reduce the size of the City Council from 50 members to just 25. Alderpersons and mayors have talked about it for decades.

ABC News

Homeless people living in Victorian park face eviction after council has land rezoned

Unlike others in the park, Lee-Anne Gray has the relative luxury of a rented caravan. She doesn't know where she'll end up now that the council has moved to evict those doing it tough during the housing crisis.

360info

Belarus stands alone as Europe’s last defender of the death penalty

Belarus is an outlier, as the last European state to maintain the death penalty. And, with a recent amendment, they’re doubling down.

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council members should turn down pay hike

That alderpersons would reject a pay raise is probably hoping against hope. But turning down some or all of the hike would be the right thing to do.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ald. Leslie Hairston to retire from the City Council after 24 years representing 5th Ward

Her retirement is part of a mass exodus that promises to change the face of the Chicago City Council. Hairston is the ninth Chicago alderperson to either resign or announce a decision not to seek reelection. Several others, including indicted Ald. Edward Burke (14th) and Zoning Chair Tom Tunney…

Newsroom.co.nz

The political rise and fall of Wayne Brown

The man who would be Mayor of Auckland has already had a stint as a mayor in the Far North - voted out comprehensively after council ructions and an Auditor-General's report

Liverpool Echo

Mum forced to keep children inside after glass and debris left in garden

The mum slammed her local council after she found the garden of her new home full of glass and rubble

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