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Council tax rise not on cards in Wirral after government allows 5% increase

“Why should our council tax payers, particularly the poorest, have to pay for this government’s incompetence?"

Liverpool Echo

Rural land preservationists and developers both interested in Lexington Goal-Four report

Future deliberations on development and preservation may be guided by a report compiled by a special panel. The Goal Four report became the topic of conversation at this week’s Lexington Council work session.

WEKU

Manchester bar launches crowdfunder to save business and chance to win £3k drinks tab

The bar has said the money 'will go long way into making a dent in the crippling debt'

Manchester Evening News

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Prisoners expected to be charged over killing of inmate Robert O'Connor

The 34-year-old Dubliner was beaten to death in a cell on July 29

Dublin Live

Fury at Russian Ambassador following Russian travel ban for politicians

He was blasted by officials and told a travel ban on leading politicians and other figures was “unwarranted and unjustified"

Dublin Live

Two Dublin TDs on Russian sanctions list over support of EU sanctions

The travel ban list included 52 Irish politicians and businessmen, including the Taoiseach and Tánaiste

Dublin Live

Irish man arrested on suspicion of 'beating wife senseless' with piece of wood in Philippines

When emergency services responded, the woman had lost consciousness with visible injuries to her eye and body

Dublin Live

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Wigan's children and adult social care deemed at 'major risk' financially

The Children's Social Care sector was given a ‘requires improvement’ by Ofsted earlier this year which the council put down to staffing and funding shortages.

Manchester Evening News

Lexington Council appears primed to grant another pay raise in public safety

Lexington’s City Council appears ready to approve another pay increase for its police officers. The first reading of the salary hike is on the Council’s docket Thursday.

WEKU

London council vows to seize Lime e-bikes blocking its streets in ultimatum

Wandsworth Council says bikes have blocked busy streets around rail stations and Tube stations

Evening Standard

EU pushes to add Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania to passport-free travel zone

The European Commission called on Wednesday for Romanian, Bulgarian and Croatian citizens to be able to travel freely without passports across Europe, which would expand the so-called Schengen area with no border checks to 29 countries.

Reuters

UN Warns Against Dangers of Libya’s Partition

UN Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily has warned against prolonging the interim period in Libya, saying it could become even more vulnerable to instability, as well as risk of partition. He urged on Tuesday Libyan politicians to hold the elections “as soon as possible,” telling the Security Council that the UN…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Council's $120,000 bid to bolster Redhead Beach against severe storm erosion

Council has made a $120,000 bid to bolster Redhead Beach against future severe storms like those that devastated the Hunter's coastline earlier this year.

Newcastle Herald

Almost €40 million owed to Dublin City Council in social housing rent arrears

51 tenants owe more than €27,000 each

Dublin Live

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Tyne Tunnel toll will rise by up to 50p in 2023 as councillors warned of 'astonishing' energy bills

Drivers are set to be hit with a major toll increase, but the rise has been delayed by a few months in an attempt to help people struggling with rising fuel bills this winter

Daily Mirror

Dad refuses to let children learn to swim until they can have lessons in Welsh

Aled Powell, from Wrexham in Wales, has denied his two daughters swimming lessons for the past three years despite their pleas to learn because they cannot be taught in Welsh

Wales Online

Dad refuses to let his children learn to swim until they can have lessons in Welsh

Aled Powell has been waiting three years for swimming lessons in Welsh

Dublin Live

Busy city centre street will be made one-way under new Council plans

Councillors also discussed a full traffic ban on Parliament Street

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Alimi Warns Against Houthi Escalation, Says it Sabotages Peace Efforts

The President of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Rashad al-Alimi, warned that the Houthi terrorist attacks on oil export ports and vital economic structures would undermine peace efforts, stressing that the legitimate government reserves the right to respond to these attacks. Alimi and council member Faraj al-Bahssani met with…

Nottingham Post

Nottingham City Council to spend up to £149,000 on consultants for six weeks of work

The Labour-run council says it needs expertise it does not have in-house

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian family fight to save summerhouse in row over 'open space'

East Lothian Council planners said that even though the couple own the land at the side of their house it had been designated as 'open space' and building on it breached planning rules ordering them to take the summerhouse and fence down

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Why LA needs a larger City Council

Los Angeles has nearly 4 million people. You might think the 15-member City Council, with each council member representing around 260,000 people, is normal for a big city.

Liverpool Echo

Council approves application for hundreds of homes on old Ministry of Defence site

The application is linked with another for 217 homes meaning nearly 500 houses could be built in total

Manchester Evening News

Princess Parkway potholes "like canyons" are safe say Manchester Council

Council bosses insist the road is "structurally safe", despite the "visual deterioriation" along one of Manchester's busiest roads

Newcastle Herald

Roasted: Mining giant's costs case against Muswellbrook Shire Council thrown out

After a part-win in a rates war between Glencore and Muswellbrook Shire Council, Land and Environment Court rubbishes a 'deficient' and 'disingenuous' costs claim

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