9 h. ago Barry Docks wood processing site that 'left dust on cars and streets' has expansion plans halted

The wood processing site in Barry wanted to carry out a wider range of operations, but one councillor said she noticed residue on cars and pavements near her home

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36 h. ago Major Belfast City Airport extension plan to include new rail halt

The Master Plan 2040 also includes extending the terminal, but does not propose a runway extension.

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9 d. ago Controversial plan to shut 10 libraries this week halted in legal battle

Locals who opposed the plans had hoped to postpone the closures

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2 w. ago CNN cuts programming for Donald Trump 'breaking news' before major announcement

American broadcaster CNN was halted for breaking news on Donald Trump's census plans ahead of his special announcement from the White House today.

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2 w. ago Judge orders US to halt deportation of hundreds of Guatemalan children

Washington judge says unaccompanied children cannot be deported for at least 14 days as legal process unfoldsA US judge on Sunday ordered an emergency halt to a plan by the Trump administration to deport a group of nearly 700 unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country after immigrant advocates lawyers called the plan “illegal”.Attorneys for 10 Guatemalan minors, ages 10 to 17, said in court papers filed late on Saturday that there were reports that planes were set to take off within hours for the Central American country. But a federal judge in Washington said those children couldn’t be deported for at least 14 days, and after a hastily scheduled hearing on Sunday, she enforced that they needed to be taken off the planes and back to the Office of Refugee Resettlement facilities while the legal process plays out. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Palestinians flee Gaza City as escalating Israeli offensive kills 77

Israeli official reveals plan to halt or limit aid into northern Gaza even as malnutrition kills 10 more people

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2 w. ago Israel will soon slow or halt aid into parts of northern Gaza as it ramps up offensive

Israel plans to slow or halt humanitarian aid in northern Gaza as it expands its offensive against Hamas

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3 w. ago Government workers are ‘canary in coalmine’ for Trump bid to gut union rights, leaders warn

Administration has stripped hundreds of thousands of their union contracts as White House says it is just getting startedThe Trump administration has unilaterally stripped hundreds of thousands of federal workers of their union contracts after a federal appeals court overruled an injunction which halted the plans. It is just getting started, according to the White House.An executive order issued in March sought to cancel all collective bargaining agreements for most federal employees, citing national security concerns – and remove collective bargaining rights from more than a million workers. Continue reading...

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