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LA cracks down on homeless encampments near schools, over the jeers of protesters

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to prohibit homeless people from setting up tents within 500 feet of schools and day care centers, during a raucous meeting where protesters shouted down council members and, at one point, halted the meeting.

Los Angeles Times

Council's climate emergency update gets praise from North Tyneside's mayor, but more needs to be done says Green Party

A council update into its handling of the climate crisis lists several cases of enviromental progress, but the Green Party maintains there is more work to be done.

Chronicle Live

Council in funding plea to Scottish Government to plug budget gap

West Dunbartonshire Council has appealed to the Scottish Government for greater financial support as it faces an estimated £14 million budget gap.

The National (Scotland)

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Loughshore dog deaths cause still unknown as council lifts water sports ban and walkers warning

'Reassurance is provided the deaths were not caused by any toxins in the water'

Belfast Live

Beer-loving Shetland pony mayor 'banned from pub' by council - 'it's disgusting'

Miniature Shetland Patrick is the mayor of Cockington but that does not mean he always gets his own way, as council bosses reportedly banned him from his local pub following a complaint

Daily Mirror

Houthi Conditions, US Pressure ahead of Expected Extension of Yemen Truce

Oman and the United States are continuing their efforts to extend the nationwide truce in Yemen for a second time. United Nations envoy Hans Grundberg is expected to receive on Tuesday the legitimate government and the Iran-backed Houthi militias’ agreement to the extension. The ceasefire ends on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beehive shouldn't assume bigger is better for local government

An Infrastructure Commission report finds no evidence of economies of scale in council services. Local authorities should have more devolved responsibility for infrastructure.

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At risk Edinburgh bus routes will continue 'on a reduced service'

Councillors have been told First Bus is "not minded" to continue its arrangement with the council and services are expected to be reduced from next month.

Edinburgh Live

Carers say 'something needed to change' after council's 'bold' £1.2m move

Carers will get the "largest pay rise in recent years" under the new plans

Liverpool Echo

The Cardiff playground that's been shut for more than two years because it keeps flooding

The playground on Drovers Way in Radyr closed prior to the pandemic

Wales Online

Councillors condemn 'inhumane' treatment of mental health patients in Western Trust

“People are presenting to medical professionals seeking support and being told there is nowhere to go. That is completely inhumane.”

Belfast Live

New Jersey council member refuses to resign after alleged hit-and-run with cyclist

Council member Amy DeGise has indicated that she intends to serve the remainder of her four-year term, a spokesperson confirmed

The Independent UK

Tributes to 'Gentleman Jim' after Hucknall councillor dies from cancer

He had the all clear from leukaemia earlier this year but the cancer returned

Nottingham Post

Salford's fairy tale chapel dubbed 'Rapunzel's castle' at risk of falling to ruin

A campaign has been started to save the Gothic Grade II listed building

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Mum refuses to pay 'unreasonable' £50 fine in furious parking ticket row

Mum-of-two Amanda Foxman refuses to pay the fine after being told by the local council she had parked beyond the designated bay markings

Belfast Live

Work progressing on long-awaited facelift to Bangor’s Ward Park

Ards North and Down Borough Council has approved plans to upgrade the historic park

Dublin Live

Watch: Huge rats climbing the walls of a Council flat complex

'Our children can't go out in the park because there are rats the size of cats'

Belfast Live

Ulster Fleadh organisers condemn sectarian chanting shared in viral video

A statement from the organisers said it was ‘unaffiliated’ with the publicly-funded music festival

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Manchester Evening News

Fury as GMP ban dozens from Manchester Caribbean Carnival with 'street gang' letter

A group has slammed the tactic as an example of 'racist over-policing

Belfast Live

Row in Ards and North Down about overseas trips for councillors

Questions raised over rate payers covering attendances at conferences that could be delivered by Zoom

Bristol Post

Bristol sculpture 'smells of dog poo' as bin blocks it

"You try to read the poem on it and get a nose full of dog poo aroma"

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian residents last chance to have a say on council spending

Faced with a £38m shortfall in funding and frozen finances for the next few years the council wants to hear from local people what services should be prioritised. The deadline to add your voice is Sunday

Asharq Al-Awsat

First UN Aid Convoy Enters Syria Since Extension of Cross-border Mechanism

The first UN aid convoy entered Syria through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey after extending the cross-border aid mechanism for six months. An official at the Bab al-Hawa crossing, Mazen Allouch, said that 14 trucks loaded with relief, including 300 tons of medical aid and tools, entered the…

ABC News

Simpsons cartoons used in 'clearly offensive' act of racism targeting family in SA coastal town

A South Australian regional council and a business chief have condemned an act of apparent racial vilification in which characters from The Simpsons were propped up outside businesses run by a local family.

ABC News

Melbourne man threatened with council fines over petting zoo in Footscray Park

More than 1,500 people sign a petition to save a mini petting zoo created by a Footscray resident in Melbourne's inner west.

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