64 m. ago North Lanarkshire Council refuse planning permission for wind farm near Harthill

The council received 25 letters of objection regarding this application, although three were from the same household and two were submitted without providing a postal address.

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5 h. ago ‘Stop the abuse’: Liz McColgan hits back at online criticism of daughter Eilish

Eilish McColgan is in training for London Marathon debut‘Stop the jealousy and abuse of women athletes’The Olympic silver medallist Liz McColgan has hit out at the “demeaning and abusive comments” received on social media by her daughter, Eilish, the reigning Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion.McColgan, who also won the 1991 world 10,000m title and coaches Eilish, used screenshots in a post on X to highlight comments attacking her daughter’s body shape and questioning whether she has an eating disorder. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Planning permission granted for 670 houses in Wigan since 2015

Town hall bureaucracy NOT to blame, says think tank

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25 h. ago Mom's disgusting courtroom behavior 'after beating daughter, 3, to death then blaming her five year

Two women appeared in court for the 'abuse and death' of their three-year-old, as her mother gave a disturbing reaction while the charges were read.

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27 h. ago US gynecologist charged with sexual abuse and performing unnecessary procedures

Sanjeev Kumar accused of abusing four women, medical fraud and reusing unsanitary devices arrested in MemphisA gynecologist who is accused of sexually abusing four women in Memphis, Tennessee, and reused unsanitary medical devices in unnecessary procedures was arrested on Friday.Sanjeev Kumar, 44, was charged with sexual abuse, medical fraud and illicitly reusing unsanitary medical devices after he enticed four women to travel across state lines to his clinic, where he subjected them to sexual abuse under the guise of medical procedures. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Mums joined forces to jail serial rapist after suffering 'years of hell'

Predator Liam Sharpe was convicted of nine charges involving serious domestic abuse and multiple rapes of the three women at various addresses in Coatbridge, Motherwell and Barrhead.

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41 h. ago Scots creep who abused women given planning permission for 'sex dungeon' by council

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Booth started building the underground lair before applying for permission.

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3 d. ago New surgery plan for Belfast shooting victim 'denied permission to travel to Scotland'

Sean O'Reilly was denied permission to travel to Scotland on anti-terrorism grounds after he was shot twice in Belfast on Sunday.

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3 d. ago It's all a facade: adding a bold house exterior can be controversial — here's how to get past planning

Homes that stand out from the crowd with striking kerb appeal thanks to bold, colourful and textural facades

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5 d. ago Moving the Goalposts | How can women’s football hold on to its unique selling point amid rising abuse?

This week’s newsletter wonders if we can still find the balance between access to players as well as providing them with the protection that ensures their safety?When did we stop seeing those in the limelight – be it athletes, musicians, film stars or anyone else – as human? At what point did it become acceptable for some to feel that they have ownership over aspects of their lives or that they have the right to hurl abuse behind the protection of a screen? And how, in women’s football in particular and women’s sport more generally, can we find the balance between access and providing players with the protection that ensures their safety?These have been just some of the questions I have been mulling over in the last few weeks, sparked by a litany of events within the women’s game and beyond. Most recently, the stalking incident that Emma Raducanu had to endure at the Dubai Tennis Championships was an eye-opener into some of the things that are going on overtly and in the shadows. Co...

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5 d. ago Man pleads with council after ignoring planning permission to build 'seriously detrimental' home

Bury Council ordered a string of alterations after discovering the luxury home was 'unauthorised development'

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5 d. ago Popular Perth pub urged to get planning permission for beer garden which has been operating for 20 years

The planning issue came to light at a recent meeting of Perth and Kinross Licensing Board

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5 d. ago Heathrow seeks planning permission for third runway ‘before end of this Parliament’

Were permission to be granted in 2029, the likely opening date would be in the late 2030s

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5 d. ago Scots creep used underground 'torture chamber' at Highland home to abuse vulnerable women

Kevin Booth recruited females from the UK and abroad to come to Lochdhu Lodge in Altnabreac, Caithness, and administered so-called “punishment beatings”.

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5 d. ago Judge OKs prison abuse settlement, rejecting Trump administration's push to rewrite protections

A judge has given final approval to a legal settlement that subjects the federal Bureau of Prisons to independent monitoring and increased transparency in the wake of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse at a now-shuttered federal women’s prison in California

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6 d. ago World travel ban for abuser who 'tortured' vulnerable women in chamber beneath remote Highland lodge

A man who subjected vulnerable women to 'punishment beatings' in an underground chamber below a remote Highland lodge has been hit with the first worldwide travel ban.

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6 d. ago Bid to build 10 wind farms across Wales gets £600 million boost

The project includes Twyn Hywel which has already been approved and nine more wind farms are still awaiting planning permission, forming part of a £3 billion onshore wind portfolio

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6 d. ago Historic Edinburgh commuter town with coastal views to gain further 217 new homes

“Securing planning permission for phase four of the Bridgewater Village development is a crucial step in realising our long-term vision for this masterplan” – Derek Lawson, Cala

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7 d. ago Chinese PHD student accused of drugging and abusing ten women tells court they were just pretending to be raped by him

Zhenhao Zou (pictured) is accused of drugging and abusing 10 women in London and China. Denying all charges, Zou said he likes 'rape role play' and the women were only pretending.

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1 week ago The pretty street of colourful properties replaced with a humdrum

The development of Guildford Crescent is close to completion, but the row of colourful properties that once stood there was controversially demolished without planning permission

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