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Liverpool Council £16m energy debacle will have 'devastating consequences'

Mayor and opposition leader respond to 'shameful' situation that will cost cash-strapped city a fortune

Liverpool Echo

LibDems rule out deal with SNP to run Edinburgh Council

EDINBURGH Council will not be run by an SNP-LibDem coalition, Alex Cole-Hamilton’s party has confirmed.

The National (Scotland)

AU’s Peace, Security Council to Hold Extraordinary Meeting on Libyan Crisis

The African Union’s Peace and Security Council will hold an extraordinary meeting on May 28 to discuss the situation in Libya and other issues. The Cameroon-chaired Council will review various key issues, including governance and security challenges in Africa, terrorism, unconstitutional change of governments and humanitarian crises, the Libyan News…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Denver officials poised to ban concealed gun carriers from parks, city buildings in aim to improve safety

DENVER — Allowing people to carry concealed firearms in city buildings and parks makes those places less safe, Denver officials contend, and now the City Council is poised to make it illegal even for people with concealed carry permits.

Tribune News Service

'Raw sewage has been leaking into my home for a YEAR - it's worse than being homeless'

A man who rents a council property claims the problem was left ignored

Manchester Evening News

Man who's had raw sewage seep into home for a year says it's 'worse than being homeless'

The unnamed man, whose home is owned by Hull City Council, says that for months he was using his own clothes and towels to wipe up the grim mess and has been 'screaming for help'

Daily Mirror

Tenants 'abandoned' by Dublin City Council after gunshots fired at flats, Cllr says

The Mercer Street flats, which are only a short walk from Grafton Street, were shot at "indiscriminately" four weeks ago

Dublin Live

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East Lothian Tory leader says Boris has to go after disastrous election results

It was an election of firsts for East Lothian as the SNP saw its first female councillors elected, a record ten women were elected and the county gained its first Scottish Greens councillor

Edinburgh Live

Wales local elections 2022: Plaid Cymru leader in RCT Pauline Jarman loses seat

The opposition leader had been a councillor for 46 years

Wales Online

Catalogue of calamities at Liverpool Council to cost city £16 million in energy bills

Litany of mistakes has led to cash-strapped council's energy costs ballooning as government commissioners launch a formal investigation

Liverpool Echo

Dublin City Council confirm date Capel Street will be made permanently traffic free

The street will become the longest car-free corridor in Dublin

Dublin Live

South East councils defend large rate rise proposal amid community criticism

Bega Valley and Snowy Monaro councils have both taken steps towards implementing a proposed large rate increase to address what they are calling rising operating costs.

ABC News

Nurse fined £30 for pulling into bus lane to let ambulance pass

Gwen says she made the right decision and would do the same thing again

Wales Online

Mayor takes casino path of least resistance, but is it a winning hand?

Just because Ald. Walter Burnett is willing to put up with the inconvenience of a casino doesn’t mean Mayor Lori Lightfoot will easily round up the other 25 City Council votes she needs to ratify Bally’s River West site.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh locals hit out after 'shameful graffiti' appears in public tunnel

Cllr Mark Brown has said that he was appalled by the offensive graffiti and has complained about the time it has taken Edinburgh City Council to rectify the issue.

Dublin Live

Victory for Tolka Park campaigners as Dublin City Council recommends against rezoning

The Council noted the "large volume" of submissions made, some which stated that rezoning the stadium would "be selling our past and stealing our children's future"

The National (Scotland)

Leaders head to the polls for crunch council elections

NICOLA Sturgeon, Boris Johnson and other political leaders are joining millions of voters casting their ballots in elections across the UK.

Belfast Live

Belfast pubs get new licences for outdoor entertainments

New licences approved for Cargo, Pug Uglys and the new Flaxx @ Linen Quarter

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WEKU

Presentation to Lexington officials addresses violence, enforcement, and re-entry

For a second week, a presentation before Lexington city council members focused on addressing violence in the bluegrass community

ABC News

More prison sentences for people who breach family violence orders in Victoria as police crack down on perpetrators

More people than ever are being imprisoned for breaching family violence orders in Victoria as police have become increasingly responsive to the state's scourge of abuse, recording a fivefold increase in the number of breach offences in the decade to 2020.

Daily Record

Falkirk Council elections: Final plea from three major parties before voters go to polls

With polling day upon us, candidates in Falkirk Council area are anxious to secure last minute votes.

WEKU

Lexington city officials weighing new options for waste disposal

Lexington city officials are exploring ways to reduce garbage going to the landfill and increase free compost for residents. Several Council members toured a waste digester operation in Sevierville Tennessee.

Los Angeles Times

Caruso donated to politicians opposing abortion in the past. Will that matter to L.A. voters?

Abortion became an unlikely issue in the Los Angeles mayor's race this week after a draft Supreme Court opinion published Monday by Politico appeared to show that the nation's highest court is poised to overturn Roe vs. Wade.

Belfast Live

Moy cenotaph vandalised in 'particularly nasty' attack

Sinn Fein councillor Dominic Molloy branded the actions of those responsible as “disgraceful”

Evening Standard

Local councillors are a mystery to most but they still do real good

As a lawyer working with young people in desperate situations, I am used to speaking truth to power. Yet, my recent decision to stand as a local councillor has revealed a world of accountability that I simply had not appreciated.

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