5 h. ago British rapper and YouTube star Yung Filly accused of raping woman in Australia is given permission to fly home

The 30-year-old, whose real name is Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos, has been on bail in Perth, Western Australia, since October 2024 after allegedly raping a woman while on tour there.

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6 h. ago Holiday accommodation proposal in Ayr is rejected due to 'overprovision'

The proposals related to a property at 3 Marlborough Court, where the applicant, Lisbeth Kirsop, hoped to be granted permission for the venture.

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7 h. ago Yung Filly granted permission return to the UK on bail ahead of Australia rape trial

Rapper and YouTuber Yung Filly, real name Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, will be flying back to the UK ahead of his rape trial in Australia

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29 h. ago All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert review – excruciating to read

The Eat Pray Love author’s account of her relationship with her late partner Rayya is solipsistic and self-indulgentThe first chapter of Elizabeth Gilbert’s much anticipated new memoir closes on a four-page love letter to Gilbert from her late partner Rayya, who, dead for five years, comes to her in a “visitation”. In Rayya’s voice, Gilbert calls herself babe, baby, or “sunshine baby” multiple times, emotes in all-caps, and grants herself permission to write the details of Rayya’s terrible, humiliating final year. “Let me just look at you for a minute,” “Rayya” says to Liz. “Look at your little rainbow eyes! Look at your sparkling tears! You’re so beautiful!” The letter is deeply self-indulgent and excruciating to read. “You’re going all the fucking way this time – all the way to the enlightenment.”I believe that the dead are gone and that artists don’t need their permission to evoke them. But I was stunned that this solipsistic mess opens the book, because Gilbe...

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6 d. ago Homeowner loses bid to use log cabin on drive as holiday let

Kimberly Sumner was granted planning permission for the cabin when her local council accepted its classification as a caravan and that it would be for residential use by friends and family

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7 d. ago Council blasted for letting city centre hotel house migrants unlawfully and approving plans that add rooms for more

A council is under fire after it emerged a Worcester city centre hotel is unlawfully housing asylum seekers - and has been granted planning permission to build extra 'hotel' guest rooms.

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9 d. ago Virat Kohli only Indian cricketer to give fitness test in London, BCCI under scanner for granting ‘permission’: Report | Cricket

Virat Kohli only Indian cricketer to give fitness test in London, BCCI under scanner for granting ‘permission’: Report | Cricket  Hindustan Times

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2 w. ago The government must consider all options for a more forceful approach to migration

Editorial: The proposal to grant a temporary permission to work to asylum seekers from countries where the overwhelming majority of applications for refugee status are normally granted deserves a cautious welcome – not least because it would enable 200 asylum hotels to be closed within a year, and help get the beleaguered system back on track

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2 w. ago Bojan Miovski open to Rangers transfer with Girona striker granted permission for Ibrox talks

The former Aberdeen striker is weighing up a return to Scotland just 12 months after making the switch to La Liga

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2 w. ago Plan to demolish 'unused' office block next to Caerphilly Castle

Planning permission was granted in 2021 for the redevelopment of the site

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2 w. ago New Domino's Pizza takeaway to open in Ayrshire after planning permission granted

Plans for a Domino's Pizza takeaway in Cumnock have been granted planning permission by East Ayrshire Council.

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3 w. ago Met Police facial recognition 'unlawful', says watchdog ahead of Notting Hill Carnival

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue.

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3 w. ago Metropolitan Police’s policy over live facial recognition ‘unlawful’ – watchdog

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue.

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4 w. ago 20 new homes to be built at site of former Welsh secondary school

The school itself closed in 2016 following the development of Ysgol Bro Teifi to the north of Llandysul since which time a number of buildings within the site have been granted planning permission for use as office and business premises

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