20 h. ago Wedding business owner 'forced to destroy couples' dreams' after local council refused retrospective planning permission

Katy and Joe Bird won rave reviews for their Cambridgeshire company but had to close it after the local authority raised concerns including the impact on an ancient moat.

Events

3 d. ago 'Excessive' Battersea riverside tower block plans rejected by councillors

Councillors voted unanimously to refuse planning permission for the development at a Wandsworth council planning meeting held on Thursday

Science

1 week ago New campsite near one of Wales' best beaches is refused permission

The scheme includes a caravan and tent pitching area, a static caravan as a reception and office, and related facilities, but council planners recommended it for refusal

Events

2 w. ago Boy refused permission to stay in UK over unpaid £2.5k fee wins case

Boy refused permission to stay in UK over unpaid £2.5k fee wins case  lbc.co.uk

Economics

2 w. ago World Bank employees accused of ‘intimidating’ au pair into forced labor and threatening to have her deported

Exclusive: An au pair from Indonesia claims in a lawsuit obtained by The Independent that the couple refused to let her leave the house without their permission and threatened to have her deported if she told anyone about the mistreatment

Society

2 w. ago ‘Incompatible with the symbolism’: Yorgos Lanthimos denied permission to shoot new film at the Acropolis

The country’s best-known director was refused by Greece’s culture ministry when he applied to shoot scenes for sci-fi comedy Bugonia at iconic Athens siteGreece’s leading contemporary director has had a request to shoot footage for his new film at the Acropolis in Athens denied by his country’s culture ministry.Yorgos Lanthimos had filed a request to film scenes for sci-fi comedy Bugonia at the fifth-century BC site in April. But in a statement on Thursday, the culture ministry said permission had been refused because “the proposed scenes are incompatible with the symbolism and the values the Acropolis represents”. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Football club just wants to build a storage shed but keeps being told it can't

Cardigan Town Football Club, established in 1870, have been refused planning permission for a wooden storage shed at the King George VI playing fields

Politics