32 h. ago LA mayor Karen Bass ousts fire chief after public rift over wildfire response

Kristen Crowley removed after blaming city for budget cuts, while mayor claimed firefighters weren’t properly deployedSix weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles’s mayor, Karen Bass, ousted the city’s fire chief on Friday following a public rift over preparations for a potential fire and finger-pointing between the chief and city hall over responsibility for the devastation.Bass said in a statement that she was removing Chief Kristin Crowley immediately. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago LA mayor Karen Bass removes fire chief after public rift over wildfire response

Kristen Crowley dismissed after blaming city’s budget cuts, while mayor claimed firefighters weren’t properly deployedSix weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles’s mayor, Karen Bass, ousted the city’s fire chief on Friday following a public rift over preparations for a potential fire and finger-pointing between the chief and city hall over responsibility for the devastation.Bass said in a statement that she was removing Chief Kristin Crowley immediately. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Godstone sinkhole: Council give major update after 62ft crater forces families to evacuate

A new update has been issued to residents of Godstone, Surrey after a huge 62ft sinkhole opened up in the middle of their village, forcing dozens of homes to be evacuated

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41 h. ago UK firms cutting jobs at fastest rate in more than four years, survey shows

Businesses have been slashing jobs at the fastest rate in more than four years, with upcoming Budget cost rises 'intensifying' the pace of cuts, according to a new survey

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42 h. ago SNP gains council seat from Scottish Labour in Kilmarnock by

The Nationalists won the Kilmarnock North by-election for East Ayrshire Council, with Caroline Barton securing victory.

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43 h. ago SNP take Kilmarnock North seat from Labour as votes for axed Reform candidate surge

The SNP have now secured their joint-highest number of councillors ever on East Ayrshire Council.

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61 h. ago North Ayrshire Council forced to bin brutal budget cuts after people power forces u

More than 4,000 submissions were received as part of the budget consultation exercise.

Politics

3 d. ago Pete Hegseth orders Pentagon to cut 8 percent of budget for each of the next five years

The cuts could amount to tens of billions of dollars

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3 d. ago Trump defense chief reportedly orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping budget cuts – US politics live

Pete Hegseth orders leaders to develop plans to cut 8% of budget in each of next five years, Washington Post reportsAs Donald Trump’s administration continues to fire thousands of federal workers and radically slash federal spending, some Republicans are growing unnerved, Axios reports.As the cuts start to hit GOP lawmakers’ districts and states, some have told Axios there is a larger conflict brewing over the constitutional issue of whether the president can bypass Congress on such decisions.I think you’re going to see a clash when they start abolishing [agencies]. Say like USAid, right? We authorized that. That’s a creature of Congress. If they try to do something like that, then you’re going to get into a constitutional argument or crisis.Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to see what the consequences are. Measure twice before cutting. They have had to backtrack multiple times.We all want efficiencies, there is a way to do it, and the wa...

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3 d. ago Detroit crews are working to fix a broken water main that flooded dozens of homes

Crews are working to fix a large water main break that left dozens of people in a Detroit neighborhood without power and heat

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3 d. ago Trump administration reportedly orders Pentagon to plan for sweeping defense budget cuts – live

Hegseth orders senior leaders at the Pentagon to develop plans to cut 8% of the defense budget in each of the next five years, the Washington Post reportsAs Donald Trump’s administration continues to fire thousands of federal workers and radically slash federal spending, some Republicans are growing unnerved, Axios reports.As the cuts start to hit GOP lawmakers’ districts and states, some have told Axios there is a larger conflict brewing over the constitutional issue of whether the president can bypass Congress on such decisions.I think you’re going to see a clash when they start abolishing [agencies]. Say like USAid, right? We authorized that. That’s a creature of Congress. If they try to do something like that, then you’re going to get into a constitutional argument or crisis.Before making cuts rashly, the administration should be studying and staffing to see what the consequences are. Measure twice before cutting. They have had to backtrack multiple times.We all want efficiencie...

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3 d. ago Council drops school music service cuts as final draft budget approved

The plans will go for final approval next week with other cuts still on the table

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3 d. ago Despite DOGE budget cut crusade, Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips: report

Since being sworn in for the second time on January 20, the president has reportedly spent all four weekends on the green, and played golf at his own properties on nine of his first 30 days in office

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4 d. ago Elon Musk considers 'DOGE dividend' that would send $5,000 check to all Americans following massive budget cuts

Elon Musk showed interest in an idea that would guarantee a $5,000 payment, or 'DOGE Dividend,' to every American to show off the $55 billion in taxpayer funds saved.

Economics

4 d. ago Axe falls on Scottish club legend as 38y/o shown door amid budget cut

Jags board act in wake of 3-0 defeat by Raith

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5 d. ago Intercepted review – phone taps are a chilling glimpse into Russian soldiers’ minds in Ukraine

Recordings of fighters’ wiretapped phone calls are juxtaposed with images of wartime destruction in Oksana Karpovych’s compelling war documentaryVietnam saw the advent of the visible war, documented by TV cameras; but the Russia-Ukraine war perhaps represents the moment we also get a fully audible one. With two relatively affluent belligerents involved, mobile phone coverage is ubiquitous on both the civilian and soldier sides. Juxtaposing intercepted calls back home from frontline Russian troops with shots of the devastation they have wreaked in Ukraine, this film is a bleak and searing wiretap into Putin’s warping effect on his people and the psychology of power.“A Russian is not a Russian if they don’t steal something,” jokes one woman when she hears her brave boy has looted some makeup for her. Set against the shots of ransacked living rooms, wrecked petrol stations and dimly lit bomb shelters, such casual banter hammers home a chilling normalisation of imperialism and aggressio...

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6 d. ago Labour's VAT raid forced a teenage girl, 13, out of private school and now council has to fund her £8,000 taxi bill

Ava Lambert's parents could no longer afford private education after her fees rose by £3,270, meaning they had no choice but to enrol her in a state school 25 miles away.

Economics