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Major new train station ‘will transform travel across the North’

DfT says passengers will benefit from more frequent trains, improved journey times and reliability

The Independent UK · Oct 20

Mystery Turkish firm ordered by council to tear down holiday homes built without planning permission after hundreds of trees cut down in 500-year-old woodland, 100 ordered to replace those lost

A mystery Turkish firm has been ordered by a council to tear down holiday homes built without planning permission in a 500-year-old English woodland. The company bought the 33-acre Jacobs Farm in Silsden for £1.05 million two years ago. A planning inspector rejected its appeal and ordered 100 trees to…

The Times of India · Aug 26

More than 150 violent offenders granted taxi licences in Midlands city last year

FoI data reveals that 438 people with criminal convictions were given licences in Wolverhampton, UK’s ‘taxi capital’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23

Blind people in England at risk from ‘shocking’ social care delays, finds report

At least a quarter of councils are taking more than a year to provide vital support to people with a new visual impairment diagnosis

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2024

‘When I saw it I was appalled’: row over modern fountain splits Yorkshire town down middle

Militant pensioner says a majority want a traditional feature but project leaders call row an attack on democracy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023

Concrete schools closure list: What schools have been affected by crumbling RAAC?

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Concrete schools closure list: What schools have been affected by crumbling RAAC?

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023

Concrete closure list: What schools will have to close because of crumbling RAAC?

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023

Concrete closure list: What schools will have to close because of crumbling RAAC?

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2023

List of schools fully or partially closed due to potentially dangerous concrete

Here are some of the schools affected by potentially dangerous reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2023