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Minneapolis council OKs $9M more in Chauvin brutality settlements

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minneapolis City Council approved police brutality settlements Thursday of $7.5 million and $1.375 million for a teenager and a woman pinned by Derek Chauvin three years before the former officer murdered George Floyd.

Tribune News Service

Dublin City Council agrees to review controversial no-pets policy at new social homes

This comes after the Council’s controversial advert for 124 new social homes in Whitehall which included the words “NO PETS ALLOWED” underlined in bold capital letters

Dublin Live

New Nottinghamshire traveller site planned for community who 'want somewhere to call home'

The council’s Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment found there is “a significant unmet need for gypsy and traveller pitches” in the district

Nottingham Post

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East Lothian power station site to get second masterplan costing £100,000

The council says the 'technical' masterplan will set out how best to develop site after it received £11.3million government Levelling Funding for it

Edinburgh Live

Piles of rubbish dumped in Falkirk country road force it to close

Labour say decision to scrap council team that investigates such incidents will lead to a 'fly tippers paradise'

Daily Record

France Braces for 12th Day of Protests against Macron's Pension Law

French unions have called on workers to walk off the job and join protest rallies on Thursday for a twelfth nationwide day of protests against a bill that will make the French work longer. Some trains will be cancelled, and strike actions can also be expected among refinery workers, garbage…

Asharq Al-Awsat

French unions rally supporters to the streets ahead of pension ruling

Union activists barged into the Paris headquarters of luxury goods company LVMH on Thursday, saying the French government should shelve plans to make people work longer for their pension and tax the rich more instead.

Reuters

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Factbox-What's next for France's pension reform?

France's Constitutional Council is due to deliver its verdict on Friday on a deeply unpopular bill which will delay retirement by two years to 64, and on plans for a referendum to challenge it.

Reuters

Three possible scenarios as French court prepares to rule on constitutionality of pension reform

France’s highest constitutional authority, the Constitutional Council, will rule Friday on whether President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious pension reform proposal should be accepted, modified or rejected based on the guidelines of the French constitution. FRANCE 24 explains the three possible outcomes.

France 24

Just 12 confirmed homes bought under key Dublin City Council scheme to curb homeless 'tsunami'

A Council official warned high-earners are at risk of homelessness for the first time due to the highly constrained market

Dublin Live

Bid to turn Glasgow townhouses into serviced apartments rejected

The owners had argued the apartments would help boost tourism in the city, but councillors were concerned the change of use would mean less homes available for rent.

Glasgow Live

Philadelphia has never had a 'dark money' group play a big role in a mayor's race. Until now

PHILADELPHIA — The "dark money" era of Philadelphia politics has officially begun.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Edinburgh woman says 'people have lost hope' as housing scheme fills up with rubbish

Maryanne has said that the council needs to lead by example in making the Wester Hailes area a cleaner community to live in. She adds that if the council act, then residents will follow.

Edinburgh Live

City Council to get new youngest member with Mosley’s win in South Side’s 21st Ward

The victory of community organizer Ronnie Mosley, 31, was secured on Monday with the concession of retired firefighter Cornell Dantzler, who concluded the ballots that could still arrive in the mail would not be enough to erase Mosley’s lead.

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Expelled Nashville lawmaker returns to Tennessee legislature

The Metro Nashville Council has voted unanimously to reappoint Justin Jones, 27, to his seat in the state legislature.

ABC News

Young girl in serious condition after dog attack south of Brisbane, two unregistered dogs put down by Logan City Council

A six-year-old girl is in a serious condition in hospital after being attacked by a dog south of Brisbane.

Tribune News Service

NYC submits FEMA application for $650 million in federal migrant aid — 4 days before deadline

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Eric Adams’ administration finally submitted a request for federal migrant aid late last month just days ahead of an application deadline for the emergency funding, the Daily News has learned.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zubaidi to Asharq Al-Awsat: PLC is United in Achieving Yemeni People’s Objectives

Deputy head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council Aidarous al-Zubaidi has stressed the unity of the PLC, saying the Council works in harmony to meet the aspirations of the Yemeni people. In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Sunday, on the first anniversary of the PLC’s establishment, al-Zubaidi said that the…

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Manaa-Hoppenworth makes City Council history in 48th Ward runoff as Dunne concedes

When she’s sworn in next month, Manaa-Hoppenworth will join 11th Ward Ald. Nicole Lee as the only Asian Americans on the Council. “I’m just thinking of my dad — never in his wildest dreams would he have imagined we’d get here,” Manaa-Hoppenworth told the Sun-Times earlier this week.

Belfast Live

No village spruce up schemes in Mid Ulster this year

Councillors were told that despite a rates rise of 7.3% there was no budget for the scheme

Daily Mirror

Home Office forced to put on hold plans to house asylum seekers at ex-RAF airbase

Braintree District Council, which opposes the plans, said in a statement it has been given the green light for an injunction hearing at the High Court on April 19

Belfast Live

Council backs SWAH public inquiry call as campaign group delivers 30,000 letters of support to Trust

Emergency general surgery at the hospital has been suspended since 5 December

Dublin Live

Plans to turn Sinead O'Connor's €1m former Bray home into apartments refused

The Nothing Compares 2 U singer purchased ‘Montebello’ in 2007 for a reported €1.7m

The Independent UK

Council approves salmon fishing ban for much of West Coast

A federal regulatory group has voted to officially close king salmon fishing season along much of the West Coast after near-record low numbers of the fish returned to California’s rivers in 2022

Bristol Post

Bristol Rovers 'moving in right direction' for new stadium as Fruit Market site update emerges

The Conygar Investment Company has publicly recognised Bristol Rovers' place in negotiations for the first time

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