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Mayor says campaign recruitment emails to Chicago teachers ‘should not have happened’ after watchdog launches investigation

CHICAGO — Controversy escalated Thursday surrounding recruitment emails sent by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s campaign staff, with the Chicago Public Schools watchdog launching an investigation and the mayor publicly apologizing.

Chicago Tribune

Lightfoot campaign promises to stop soliciting CPS student volunteers after criticism

The race for City Hall is shifting into high gear with seven weeks left until Election Day, and Lightfoot is looking for all the help she can get. That includes a strategy a former inspector general called “deeply, deeply problematic.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Leeds woman's chilling final moments before husband murdered her with knife

Satpreet Singh Gandhi has been handed a life sentence for the murder of his wife Harleen

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Controlling husband stabbed estranged wife to death in 'premeditated and horrific' murder at her Leeds home

Satpreet Singh Gandhi murdered his wife Harleen at her home in September last year

Leeds Live

Council leader's trial over electoral fraud allegations is postponed

Warrington Borough Council leader Cllr Russ Bowden will now appear in court in the spring

Liverpool Echo

Charges against heckler who shouted ‘who elected him?’ at King Charles proclamation dropped

Symon Hill considering legal action against police to protect ‘right to resist the monarchy’

The Independent UK

Liverpool fan refused FA Cup final entry and fined £500 after shouting homophobic abuse

The Crown Prosecution Service have confirmed that a Liverpool fan has pleaded guilty to shouting the homophobic rent boy chant at Chelsea fans ahead of last year's FA Cup final

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Himachal Pradesh BJP mulling to approach court on issue of appointing 6 CPS: Former CM Jai Ram Thakur

SHIMLA: The appointment of 6 chief parliamentary secretaries by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has courted controversy with opposition BJP planning to approach the court on this issue.

The Times of India

Lead exposure, other environmental hazards are why Chicago needs green schools

School communities, residents, elected leaders and policymakers should work together to protect the health of every school community member.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man Utd fans aim homophobic Chelsea chant at Frank Lampard during FA Cup clash

Manchester United's FA Cup clash with Everton was marred by the singing of a homophobic chant towards Frank Lampard, with the song having been classed as a hate crime by the CPS

Daily Mirror

How City Hall went after Ald. Burnett and a drug house, why your Peoples Gas bill could rise and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bill giving Chicago principals bargaining rights is headed to governor’s desk

Principals have fought for years to be able to bargain collectively. The bill passed the Senate on Friday after previously passing the House.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man brutally murdered partner of 32 years after suspecting she was having an affair

Colin John Milburn left his partner of 32 years with catastrophic head injuries

Wales Online

Urban Prep’s fall from grace is a lesson for education leaders

Chicago and other cities where charter schools have proliferated have a lot to learn from the fall of Urban Prep due to fiscal mismanagement, a sexual misconduct investigation and other problems.

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Teachers union says Lightfoot pulls offer of 12 weeks of parental leave for CPS employees

The mayor last year gave 12 weeks of paid parental leave to all 32,000 city employees. Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates says the same offer was made to CPS teachers and staff, something the mayor’s office denies.

Chicago Sun-Times

Major revelations in new CPS watchdog report, CPD under fire for keeping cop with far-right ties and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Liverpool Echo

Prison officers set to stand trial charged with manslaughter after inmate's death

Anthony Paine took his own life in his cell at HMP Liverpool nearly five years ago

Chicago Sun-Times

Freshman JROTC enrollment plunges after overhaul by Chicago Public Schools

After an investigation found students were enrolled in a JROTC high school class “without any choice in the matter,” CPS ended automatic enrollment.

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Schools masking absenteeism by misreporting truant CPS students as transfers, dropouts, IG says

The Chicago Public Schools inspector general says there appears to be widespread problems with the way students who stop coming to school are being tracked.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS wants former student’s family to pay $56,000 over allegations of lying about residency

The district removed the student from Northside College Prep in late December — right before her last semester of high school — and banned her from all CPS selective enrollment schools and programs.

Liverpool Echo

Prison officers to appear in court on manslaughter charge

Anthony Paine took his life in HMP Liverpool, but his death later became a criminal investigation

Wales Online

Evil paedophile recorded himself raping young children before sharing photos and videos online

Martyn Armstrong was identified after specialist National Crime Agency investigators reversed distortion filters he used to disguise his face in the images. The abuse began 17 years ago in June 2005 and continued to February 2011

The Independent UK

Family of Sean Fitzgerald call for answers over probe into fatal police shooting

The 31-year-old died from a single gunshot wound to the chest after leaving a property in Coventry in 2019.

The Independent UK

CPS investigating homophobic chants from Nottingham Forest fans during Chelsea game

Chelsea’s official LGBTQ+ supporters group, Chelsea Pride, tweeted during the match to ‘totally condemn’ the ‘Chelsea rent boy’ chants at the City Ground

Football London

FA release statement after being told to act by Chelsea Pride following Nottingham Forest chants

Nottingham Forest are investigating chants made by their supporters during their draw against Chelsea on New Year's Day

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