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Seattle City Council approves paid sick leave for gig workers

The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to permanently give most gig workers paid sick leave and paid safe time, the latest in the expansion of labor rights for app-based workers, and the first statute of its kind nationally.

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EuroMillions winner Dolores McNamara's son has dream house plans held up by neighbours from hell - long-eared brown bats

The McNamaras are planning to renovate an existing house along with converting stable buildings and adding an extension for a family home on Tinarana Estate

Irish Mirror

Campaigner's warning over road that's 'accident waiting to happen'

Residents of Liverpool Road were told the speed limit outside their homes would be reduced two years ago

Liverpool Echo

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Dissident republican recruitment posters in Omagh condemned

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has said the posters are in the process of being removed

Belfast Live

What is the UN Security Council?

Experts call for boycott of international group as Russia set to become the next head

Evening Standard

Lexington Vice mayor says higher costs and staffing needs make budgeting harder

Lexington’s City Council is on a spring break period. When members return on April 18th, they will hear Mayor Linda Gorton’s budget speech.

WEKU

Government faces legal fight against asylum seeker housing at RAF bases, warns Tory MP

Plans to place migrants in disused military bases were savaged by Tory MPs who warned of legal action against the Government

Evening Standard

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Supercars crowd size a mystery after demand for clarity shot down

Greens councillor Charlotte McCabe were 'disturbed' the request was knocked back.

Newcastle Herald

Hobart lord mayor Anna Reynolds to 'vigorously defend' charge of assault against councillor Louise Elliot

Hobart's lord mayor takes to social media to say she will "vigorously defend" an allegation she assaulted fellow councillor Louise Elliot.

ABC News

Plea for Glasgow councillors to support treaty to protect marine wildlife

The international treaty would make it easier to establish marine protected areas on the high seas.

Glasgow Live

Northumberland County Council bucking the trend in terms of gender pay gap

The deputy leader of the council said he was "very pleased" women were paid more than men

Chronicle Live

'Easier to get Beyonce tickets' than booking Dungannon swimming lessons, councillor claims

The local council is to develop an action plan in an attempt to resolve residents’ frustrations

Belfast Live

Road block planters set alight hours after scheme to encourage public transport launches

Hours after the launch of the Active Neighbourhood trial, in which roads were blocked to encourage people to not drive, planters placed in the way were set alight by fed up residents

Daily Mirror

Arctic Council under pressure as Norway readies for Russian handoff

Norway said it will prioritise a smooth transition with Russia as it plans to assume the chair of the Moscow-helmed Arctic Council on May 11, but will not commit to restarting stalled cooperation given the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

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Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot put Knudsen in 43rd Ward seat — and into runoff against challenger Comer

Five months after a City Council appointment from Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Ald. Timmy Knudsen only got about a quarter of the vote in February. Now he’s lining up other Democratic support to survive a runoff with Brian Comer.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Helen Gym wants to finish the fight she started 30 years ago. Would she be Philadelphia's activist-mayor?

PHILADELPHIA — Helen Gym was in the way.

Manchester Evening News

Shock footage shows road block planters in Rochdale streets set on fire hours after installation

'The majority are for the scheme but not in the way it was done here, they shouldn't have blocked every street on the same day.'

Reuters

Polish council recommends banning TikTok on public administration phones - media

A Polish government advisory body has recommended banning the use of Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the work phones of public administration employees, Polish media reported on Monday.

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Daily Record

Scottish Greens vote to continue partnership with the SNP in Government

The party council unanimously voted to support Humza Yousaf in becoming First Minister and to continue with the Bute House Agreement.

Liverpool Echo

'Forgotten' residents living with a wasteland on their doorsteps

"The site was going to be the New Chinatown, but we have ended up with nothing but a derelict site and problems"

Chicago Sun-Times

Incumbent Ald. Chris Taliaferro in runoff to keep 29th Ward seat

Taliaferro, chairman of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, faces CB Johnson, leader of a nonprofit that helps people recover from drug use. On Feb. 28, Johnson ran strongest in the ward’s lowest-income areas.

Evening Standard

Greenwich Labour warned to stop raising cash by raffling off tea dates with mayor

The party is accused of ‘inadvertent blurring of the boundaries’

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Hayashi to attend NATO meeting ahead of G7 summit

Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will attend NATO's council of foreign ministers in Brussels on April 4-5, according to government sources.

Daily Mirror

Council confiscates couple's doormat 'because of Grenfell' and demands £20 to get it back

Inspectors paid a visit to the flat in Brighton, Sussex, and removed the doormat "in line with national fire safety regulations" before they eventually backed down

Belfast Live

Crumlin councillor says 'someone is going to lose their life' after lifebuoys burnt

A teenager had to be rescued from the river in 2018 when the lifebuoys were unavailable after being burnt

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