18 h. ago London city meetings canceled amid ongoing feud between mayor, city council

London city meetings canceled amid ongoing feud between mayor, city council  WEKU

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50 h. ago London mayor–council feud continues as meeting canceled; State auditor launches financial examination

London mayor–council feud continues as meeting canceled; State auditor launches financial examination  WKYT

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56 h. ago London City Council to hold special meeting after mayor cancels session over capacity concerns

London City Council to hold special meeting after mayor cancels session over capacity concerns  LEX18

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3 d. ago London mayor cancels special council meeting over space concerns, turmoil erupts

London mayor cancels special council meeting over space concerns, turmoil erupts  WKYT

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3 d. ago London mayor cancels meeting on controversial ordinances, council still convenes

London mayor cancels meeting on controversial ordinances, council still convenes  Lexington Herald Leader

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9 d. ago Council cancels tree surgeon's £9,000 contract because he put up Union flags and St George's crosses on lampposts

Billy Crotty erected around 300 flags along a stretch of the A1198, near the town of Royston, because he wanted to 'make a stand for our country' and show he was 'proud to be English'.

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1 week ago Union flag exhibition at Brighton library axed over concerns it would cause offence

Gil Mualem-Doron said he work New Union Flag could be ‘taken out of its artistic context’

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1 week ago Uproar as council bans union flag exhibition over fears it could offend minorities

Artist Gil Mualem-Doron's New Union Flag was made using textiles from across a wide range ethnic communities to celebrate Britain's diversity.

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1 week ago Fears of more 'toxic' protests as council refuses to cancel English classes at Glasgow school

Protestors want Glasgow City Council to stop allowing immigrants to take English classes in Dalmarnock primary school - but the council is pushing back

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2 w. ago British vigilantes film themselves smashing migrant boat engines on French beaches to stop crossings

VIGILANTES who led the push to cover our streets in Union flags have filmed themselves smashing small boat engines hidden on French beaches.  The Raise the Colours activists are trying to stop would-be migrants from crossing the Channel.  In their latest clip, they dig up a dinghy engine buried in the dunes by people smugglers.  They can be heard...

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2 w. ago Council workers removing Union Jacks and England flags face 'unacceptable' abuse

Council workers tasked with taking down flags put up on lampposts in towns and cities across the country have faced 'unacceptable' abuse as well as threats on social media

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3 w. ago We live in Britain's Union Jack capitals... woke council jobsworths taking down our flags is treason!

Local councils have spent at least £70,000 removing flags put up following Operation Raise the Colours, which encouraged people to put up Union Jacks and St George's flags.

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3 w. ago Hundreds gather to mark Armistice Day in Edinburgh’s Garden of Remembrance

The one o’clock gun fired from the battlements of Edinburgh Castle to initiate a two-minute silence in memory of those who have fallen in conflict.

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3 w. ago The Secret Santa Project review – festive romcom tries for the Love Actually style multiple story strands

Set in a London council office, this clunky Christmas comedy interweaves a handful of storylines but musters only a brief flicker of cosy charmFeelgood Christmas romcoms are like school nativity plays: you can forgive a lot in return for a toasty warm festive glow. The Secret Santa Project, based on a book by Tracy Bloom and set in a London council’s accounting department, manages a brief flicker of cosy charm in places but in truth it’s bit of a Christmas clunker.Like Richard Curtis’s Love Actually this is a film with a handful of interwoven storylines. Samantha Giles plays Diane, the grinchy head of accounts who in the tradition of London romcoms walks to work over Westminster bridge past Big Ben; she would love to see Christmas cancelled and save the council a few pounds. Her husband Leon (Mark Williams) is a panto director, and Diane suspects he’s got a thing going on with Snow White. This plot line is not a million miles from Emma Thompson’s in Love Actually, but it bungles alo...

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3 w. ago TfL will remove any 'unauthorised' Union Jack flags across network, bosses confirm

TfL will remove any 'unauthorised' Union Jack flags across network, bosses confirm  MyLondon

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4 w. ago Pub under investigation over huge St George’s Cross – as landlord told to paint over mural

A COUNCIL has launched an investigation into a landlord who painted a giant St George’s Cross on his pub in celebration of the World Cup. The local authority decided to probe the pub after receiving complaints the flag looked like “the headquarters of the National Front." Jerry Kunkler of the Moonrakers Inn in Pewsey, Wiltshire,...

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4 w. ago Judge blasts Joey Barton for wearing union flag scarf to court

Judge criticises former Premier League footballer over ‘stunt’ as he was convicted of sending grossly offensive posts on X to Jeremy Vine, Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko

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4 w. ago Pub landlord investigated after painting massive St George's Cross on his boozer

Jerry Kunkler, who runs the Moonrakers Inn in Pewsey, Wiltshire, says he's been painting England flags on his pub for years, but is now being investigated by his local council

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4 w. ago EU naval force races to ship seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia

European Union naval forces are racing to reach a Malta-flagged tanker held by pirates off the coast of Somalia

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