18 h. ago Guyana in turmoil after opposition leader arrested and faces US extradition

Azruddin Mohamed had emerged as a surprise contender in the presidential election and claims political persecutionGuyana has been thrown into political turmoil following the arrest and possible extradition to the United States of the country’s main opposition leader just two months after he emerged as the surprise contender in the presidential election that kept incumbent Irfaan Ali in power.Azruddin Mohamed, 38, and his father, Nazar Mohamed, 73, two of Guyana’s wealthiest figures thanks to their gold mining empire, were arrested on 31 October in the capital, Georgetown, in response to a formal extradition request from the US government. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago ‘It will be repaid many times over’: £12,000 cost to send worker to French Riviera conference defended by council

Workers from several Greater Manchester councils travelled to Cannes earlier this year to promote the region at a global conference

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38 h. ago Proposal for parish council in Broughton Park set to be rejected amid claims of "fear

"It was never a religious thing, never an egocentric thing. My thinking was that we need to devolve power."

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42 h. ago Greater Manchester council's opposition leader defects to Reform UK

He has defected to Reform and says Wigan's controlling Labour group could be ousted in 2027

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49 h. ago More councils urged to exempt terminally ill people from council tax

Barnsley brought in the change last month, following Manchester City Council.

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63 h. ago Football Daily | Infantino, Trump and giving peace a chance: Fifa

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!When María Corina Machado won this year’s Nobel peace prize for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights”, Donald Trump took the news as Maga-nanimously as you might expect. Having tirelessly run a campaign of self-promotion to ensure he won it himself, the president of the USA USA USA immediately claimed the credit for the Venezuelan opposition leader’s triumph, listed his own self-proclaimed and often dubious achievements in the field of global peacemaking and attacked the credibility of the committee who made the decision not to award the medal, cash prize and diploma to him. While security concerns mean it remains to be seen if the newly crowned Nobel laureate will emerge from hiding to pick up her accolade in person at the Oslo ceremony in December, a certain obsequious Fifa president appears hell-bent on stealing her thunder anyway. Yup, Gianni Infantino has decided to award a peace prize of his own creation in front of ...

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3 d. ago Stockport council could use enforcement cameras to stop drivers breaking rules on these five roads

The town hall has been given new powers over traffic offences.

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4 d. ago P. Louise CEO shares gutwrenching moment it felt like her 'whole world fell apart'

Paige Louise Williams, who grew up on a council estate in Droylsden, Greater Manchester, has opened up about the highs and lows of 2025 in a TikTok carousel to keep it real with fans

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5 d. ago ‘Judges doing politics’: can Spanish PM survive corruption cases against family and allies?

Facing allegations he insists are politically motivated, Pedro Sánchez has cast doubt on independence of some members of judiciaryDespite spending the past 18 months variously defending his wife, his brother, his party, his attorney general and his government against a relentless slew of corruption allegations, Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has not entirely lost his sense of humour.Three weeks ago, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the opposition conservative People’s party (PP), rattled off the familiar litany of accusations and concluded by suggesting the man sitting opposite him in congress was neither “a decent or worthy prime minister” but rather a seasoned enabler of corruption. After the giddy applause that greeted Feijóo’s speech from the PP benches had died down, Sánchez rose to his feet and uttered two words. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Council to spend £1m buying and demolishing town centre pub for new square

The pub in Oldham has stood empty for almost a year

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7 d. ago Salford council launches probe into deleted emails amid claims of ‘disgraceful cover up’

An investigation by the Local Democracy Reporting Service and Manchester Evening News in October found evidence that emails had been deleted from councillors' inboxes.

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7 d. ago Greater Manchester council launches investigation amid claims of ‘disgraceful cover up’

An investigation by the Local Democracy Reporting Service and Manchester Evening News in October found evidence that emails had been deleted from councillors' inboxes.

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7 d. ago Bob Vylan are suing a Jewish organisation who called for their Manchester gig to be cancelled... having called for the death of the Israel Defence Force at Glastonbury: KATIE HIND

Bob Vylan have called in lawyers after they were labelled 'antisemitic' and accused of 'incitement' by the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester.

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7 d. ago Reform councillor defects to Tories after party’s policies left him ‘uncomfortable’

Dartford representative James Buchan says ‘devastating’ immigration plans had created a lot of fear and anxietyA Reform UK councillor has defected to the Conservatives saying he became “uncomfortable” in Nigel Farage’s party.James Buchan, who sits in the south-east London borough of Dartford, said he struggled with the idea of facing his relatives while a member of a party whose anti-immigration policies spread fear. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Guyana arrests incoming opposition leader following US extradition request

Authorities in Guyana have arrested the South American country’s incoming opposition leader following an extradition request from the U.S. government

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9 d. ago Keir Starmer often strident in opposition struggles to maintain probity in government

Despite pledges to run a squeaky clean administration he and some in his cabinet have fallen foul of the rulesThere is a theory in British politics, often attributed to Tony Blair, that you need to be careful about throwing a boomerang in opposition, because when you make it to power it could come back and hit you in the face.As opposition leader, Keir Starmer became adept at landing blows on the Conservatives. Over the Partygate scandal in particular, he called for Boris Johnson to quit over his rule-breaking. “You cannot be a lawmaker and a lawbreaker and it’s time to pack his bags,” he said. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Starmer feels the effects of setting high standards for his party in opposition

Despite pledges to run a squeaky clean administration the prime minister and some in his cabinet have been caught outThere is a theory in British politics, often attributed to Tony Blair, that you need to be careful about throwing a boomerang in opposition, because when you make it to power it could come back and hit you in the face.As opposition leader, Keir Starmer became adept at landing blows on the Conservatives. Over the Partygate scandal in particular, he called for Boris Johnson to quit over his rule-breaking. “You cannot be a lawmaker and a lawbreaker and it’s time to pack his bags,” he said. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Manchester councillor sentenced for causing 'unnecessary suffering' to her pet dog

The dog, Laney, had to be put to sleep

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1 week ago Council to invest £569,000 after admitting they are not equipped to meet ‘Awaab’s Law’ response times for mould inspections

New laws designed to protect renters from hazards in their homes came into force on October 27

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1 week ago Massive makeover set for north Manchester suburb as council eyes new square and more 100 new homes

It's the latest Manchester suburb to see millions invested

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