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Council meeting takes unusual turn as member sings Sia song

Cllr Jo Bird reflected on her time as a councillor and sang lines from the track Bird Set Free

Liverpool Echo

School exam dates changed to make way for King Charles' coronation

Schools across West Lothian will get an extra day's holiday on May 8 to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III

Daily Record

West Lothian schools get exams moved to make way for King's Coronation holiday

Schools across West Lothian will get an extra day's holiday on May 8 to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, and the council confirmed scheduled SQA exams on that day will now be moved.

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US, China, Russia argue over North Korea at United Nations

The United States, China and Russia argued during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Monday over who was to blame for spurring North Korea's dozens of ballistic missile launches and development of a nuclear weapons program.

Reuters

Tory councillor suspended after saying she doesn't want 'Pride sex flags' in her town

Angela Kilmartin wrote on Facebook: "I don't want pride sex flags along my High Street. I don't even want heterosexual flags along my High Street." She was suspended by Witham Constituency Conservative Association following the comments

Daily Mirror

Former Derry Mayor to run as an independent candidate in upcoming council election

"If anyone asks me for something, no matter where they are from, I will bring it to the chamber"

Belfast Live

Blockchain engineering jobs especially threatened by automation and ChatGPT

Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT could pose a significant risk to blockchain engineers due to the automation of roles, according to new a study. Blockchain engineering roles were given a 97.1% risk score by researchers while 'web and digital interface' designers were given a 100% exposure score alongside accountants,…

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Major review launched into council's relationship with Manchester's grassroots music venues

The review has been announced the day before Night & Day's noise abatement court hearing

Manchester Evening News

Central Highlands Regional Council worker dies in workplace incident involving machinery

The Central Highlands Regional Council has expressed its sympathies for the family of one of its staff members who died in a workplace incident in the Arcadia Valley on Monday.

ABC News

Council consents 62nd Waiheke helipad

Auckland Council has consented yet another helipad on Waiheke Island. That’s more than 60 on an island less than 20km long. Kim Whitaker of Quiet Sky Waiheke asks how has council got it so wrong?

Newsroom.co.nz

There are 43 acres of woodland by the ring road - why isn't this a city centre park?

There's a fight on to make the woodland, which goes by various names, Manchester's next park

Manchester Evening News

In the London borough with the widest wealth gap, the Budget leaves many confused

Views ranged from ‘thrilled’ to ‘disappointed’ in this polarised area

The Independent UK

Colin Glen Leisure Park carpark plan gets go-ahead despite objections

Council says that "on balance, it is considered that there are exceptional circumstances that decisively outweigh the loss of the open space"

Belfast Live

£25m hub approved and new homes up for sale as part of huge plans

Concerns were expressed by a councillor that rising house prices could push people out of the area

Liverpool Echo

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Lisburn housing development road sign 'blunder' raised at Council

Concerns raised about a 'Keep Clear' message near the Saintfield Road homes

Daily Record

Parent council resigns en masse over disagreements with Kinross High School

Parents and school managements are at loggerheads over concerns over decisions being taken for the future of Kinross High School with the parent body accusing the faculty of being unwilling to "engage meaningfully" with it to effect real change.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly mayoral candidates are distancing themselves from 'defund' and say police staffing is a key priority

It wasn't that long ago that Philadelphia City Council members, under pressure from racial-justice protesters, voted to cancel a proposed $19 million increase in funding to the police and move millions more to another department.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Stop-and-frisk is getting renewed attention in Philly amid a mayor’s race focused on crime

PHILADELPHIA — Three years ago, then-City Councilmember Cherelle Parker drafted a resolution asking voters to ban illegal use of the policing tactic known as stop-and-frisk, a largely ceremonial gesture she marked by issuing a news release saying there was “no correlation between the elimination of stops and frisks and an…

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Manchester Evening News

Care workers to be paid real living wage after council bosses give green light

The real living wage is the only wage rate calculated based on the true cost of living, whereas the national living wage is a percentage of average earnings.

Chicago Sun-Times

Limited outreach resources for unhoused CTA riders, a City Council recap and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The National (Scotland)

Recommendations of Edinburgh slavery review to progress with nomination of chair

EDINBURGH City Council has nominated a chair to implement the recommendations of the city’s review into its history of slavery and colonialism.

Chronicle Live

Fire-ravaged Whitley Bay church site to be transformed with new homes

Councillors approved plans to develop the site, but some residents fear it will create parking chaos

Chicago Sun-Times

Write-in ballots force Taliaferro into 29th Ward runoff — but La Spata ekes out reelection in 1st

The official results, including all eligible mail-in ballots counted by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners on Wednesday, put Ald. Chris Taliaferro 25 votes shy of the majority he needed to win a third term outright.

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council OKs more video surveillance — and more automated tickets

A new batch of cameras will be mounted on CTA buses and other public transit vehicles. Drivers caught impeding traffic flow in bus and bike lanes and loading zones will be fined automatically after one warning.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot allies hatch plan to expand power on City Council before she heads out the door

Former Inspector General Joe Ferguson had pushed for a more independent Council, but slammed this approach as a “pre-emptive power move of the status quo wrapped in a package that includes meaningful reforms.”

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