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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

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

Singleton deputy mayor re-elected following iVote failure

Tuesday was the first council meeting since last month's by-election .

Newcastle Herald

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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

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

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

Media Council rejects Tukaki complaint v Newsroom

The Media Council today issued its ruling on a complaint from former NZ Māori Council executive director Matthew Tukaki against Newsroom

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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

Homeless people living in Victorian park face eviction after council has land rezoned

Unlike others in the park, Lee-Anne Gray has the relative luxury of a rented caravan. She doesn't know where she'll end up now that the council has moved to evict those doing it tough during the housing crisis.

ABC News

Belarus stands alone as Europe’s last defender of the death penalty

Belarus is an outlier, as the last European state to maintain the death penalty. And, with a recent amendment, they’re doubling down.

360info

City Council members should turn down pay hike

That alderpersons would reject a pay raise is probably hoping against hope. But turning down some or all of the hike would be the right thing to do.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ald. Leslie Hairston to retire from the City Council after 24 years representing 5th Ward

Her retirement is part of a mass exodus that promises to change the face of the Chicago City Council. Hairston is the ninth Chicago alderperson to either resign or announce a decision not to seek reelection. Several others, including indicted Ald. Edward Burke (14th) and Zoning Chair Tom Tunney…

Chicago Sun-Times

The political rise and fall of Wayne Brown

The man who would be Mayor of Auckland has already had a stint as a mayor in the Far North - voted out comprehensively after council ructions and an Auditor-General's report

Newsroom.co.nz

Mum forced to keep children inside after glass and debris left in garden

The mum slammed her local council after she found the garden of her new home full of glass and rubble

Liverpool Echo

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Daily Record

Plans to develop site near famous landmark will be heard by Falkirk councillors

A special hearing will have arguments for and against the development close to the Dunmore Pineapple

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh Council to wipe school meal debt owed by low income families

Councillors agreed to use £1.2m left over from last year's budget for cost of living support.

Chronicle Live

Objections to plans to transform former Crawcrook church into a restaurant

Council officers have recommended Robert Young Memorial Methodist Church is not changed into a restaurant

Liverpool Echo

Plans for free school over new primary in Old Swan criticised by MP

Liverpool Council could allow a free school to be built on a former fruit and veg market

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The Sinister Story Of How Hundreds Of Ibis Colonised ‘Bin Chicken Island’ In Suburban Melbourne

Coburg locals laugh about Bin Chicken Island but very few know how the birds got there or why they stayed. Turns out, it's a sinister story.

Belfast Live

Glider north-south plans could see two-way traffic return from Royal Avenue right up to City Hall

Belfast City Council is "not supportive of the introduction of a two-way system"

Daily Record

Council sets out its plan for net zero by 2030

Bosses this week revealed that transport, together with commercial and residential buildings account for 92 per cent of carbon emissions in the area.

Edinburgh Live

Almost 100 Edinburgh short term lets submit planning application ahead of rule change

Edinburgh City Council have received nearly 100 planning applications from holiday lets in the capital as new legislation changes mean each will need planning permission to operate

Inverse

'House of the Dragon' just made one of 'Game of Thrones' best storylines even better

In its opening scene, HBO's 'House of the Dragon' takes viewers back to an iconic 'Game of Thrones' location and adds further weight to one memorable Tywin Lannister scene.

Wales Online

Snowdonia café to shut over bank holiday as council introduces 'frustrating' parking clamp down

Over the last few years parking in various beauty spots of the national park during weekends and peak seasons has caused chaos, which at times has led to congestion or blocked roads

The Hindu

For the first time, India votes against Russia in UNSC during procedural vote on Ukraine

New Delhi has repeatedly called upon the Russian and Ukrainian sides to return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue, and also expressed its support for all diplomatic efforts to end the conflict between the two countries.

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