2 h. ago New social, emotional and mental health primary school planned for Greater Manchester town

There is a shortage of these specialist schools in the area

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6 d. ago Council approve plans for new 'net zero' primary school in Port Talbot

It is part of a Welsh Government programme to support the creation of schools that are environmentally sustainable

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7 d. ago Furious locals say they will move away as council votes to turn green open space into multi

Residents living in the Lancashire town of Nelson are uproar after Pendle Council approved the controversial scheme.

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7 d. ago FTSE 100 Live: Glencore Scraps Plan to Shift Primary Listing From London

FTSE 100 Live: Glencore Scraps Plan to Shift Primary Listing From London  Bloomberg.com

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9 d. ago Plans to boost biodiversity value of wetland at RSPB Lochwinnoch approved by Renfrewshire Council

Conservation charity granted planning permission for project at area known as Calder Marshes.

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3 w. ago Glaring signs Harry is the 'Spare' in his marriage revealed by expert: How the words he whispered in Meghan's ear during public event let slip his real role

On the third day of the Sussexes' quasi-royal tour of the country in August 2024, they visited a lively African drumming school in a suburb of the port city of Cartagena.

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4 w. ago Inside killer's family massacre as teen murdered mum, sister and brother

Nicholas Prosper was just 19 at the time and had also planned to carry out at massacre at his former primary school.

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4 w. ago Labour scraps Tory plan to put age restriction on sex education in primary schools that would have stopped under

In an exclusive interview with the Mail, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson insisted children would still learn about reproduction and sexual health at secondary school.

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last month I was on New York’s rent board. Zohran Mamdani’s ideas aren’t pie in the sky | Leah Goodridge

The Democratic mayoral candidate has faced controversy over his calls for a rent freeze. But the plan has plenty of precedent During the New York City mayoral primary campaign, Zohran Mamdani’s proposal for a citywide rent freeze became a contentious topic. The Democratic nominee says to achieve a cap on annual rent increases for the city’s 1m rent-stabilized apartments, he would appoint members to the city’s rent guidelines board who support it. Critics decry a rent freeze as a pie-in-the-sky, unrealistic proposal.I served as a rent guidelines board member for nearly four years, appointed by then mayor Bill de Blasio in 2018. And it’s clear this controversy isn’t just about rent freezes – there’s a larger agenda to deregulate rent-stabilized housing, under which rent ceilings prevent landlords from raising the rent too high and tenants must be offered renewal leases (unless the landlord shows legal reason not to). Continue reading...

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last month Planning officers approved council’s Strathclyde Park watersports refurbishment project

The revamp, which will include building a new extension over the roof terrace and provision of new charging points for electric vehicles, has formally received planning permission.

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