The Latest Breaking News from Council

Wirral Council to create 'warm spaces' in libraries and leisure centres

People will be able to 'enjoy a warm welcome and be connected to other support'

Liverpool Echo · Sep 1, 2022

Family made homeless refuse emergency accommodation claiming 'it's cockroach infested'

Kelly and Alan Fitzpatrick, alongside their three kids, have spent eight months desperately trying to find new accommodation in Clondalkin, Dublin, after being informed their house would be vacated - but when they were unable to they were kicked out their home

Daily Mirror · Sep 1, 2022

Brisbane City Council moves on flood review recommendations

Brisbane City Council says it has completed 12 recommendations from this year's flood review as the opposition ramps up calls for more sandbagging facilities and details on new evacuation centres.

ABC News · Sep 1, 2022

Tunney joins exodus from Chicago City Council

The owner of Ann Sather’s Restaurants who was Chicago’s first openly-gay alderperson is leaving the workplace he called “not a good place to work these days.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 30, 2022

Edinburgh to apologise for slave trade suffering - but statues won't be removed

Two years after the Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review was commissioned, its chair Sir Geoff Palmer has set out 10 ways the council can confront the city's controversial past.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 30, 2022

South Ayrshire Council to use £5m EU fund replacement on economy, jobs and training

The Shared Prosperity Fund has been touted as the replacement for European funding, but Scottish Government argue that it falls short of EU scheme.

Daily Record · Aug 30, 2022

Pedersen Acknowledges Stagnation in Political Process in Syria, Fears Another 'Collapse'

The United Nations Special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, regretted that during two years of frozen front lines, the international community had not seized upon the window provided by that relative calm to build a credible political process. “We need to be honest about the mismatch between the scale of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 30, 2022

At UNSC, India warns of significant increase in ISIL-K presence in Afghanistan and their capacity to carry out attacks

India warned that linkages between proscribed outfits such as Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed and provocative statements by other terror groups pose a direct threat to the region’s peace and stability

The Hindu · Aug 30, 2022

Dad of tragic teen mowed down by hit-and-run driver calls for life sentences

The Scottish Sentencing Council has launched a public consultation on sentencing for dangerous drivers today

Daily Record · Aug 30, 2022

Mayoral challenger Ray Lopez wants to curb mayoral power, cut City Council by half

The most dramatic and controversial of Lopez’s proposals is to reduce the size of the City Council from 50 members to just 25. Alderpersons and mayors have talked about it for decades.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2022