9 minutes ago About sharing Birmingham City Council is to stop all new spending, with the exception of money for statutory services including the protection of vulnerable people By Sophie Madden BBC News, West Midlands Birmingham City Council has declared itself effectively bankrupt. The local authority – the largest in Europe – has issued a…
1 minute ago About sharing Disposable vapes are the most popular vaping device among teenagers in Scotland By Katy Scott BBC Scotland news website Scotland could ban disposable vapes under plans unveiled by the country’s first minister. Campaigners have highlighted the environmental impact of the plastic tubes, which are often thrown on the ground after…
20 minutes ago About sharing By Hugh Schofield In París The French education minister has said that nearly 300 pupils arrived at school on Monday wearing the abaya, the long Muslim robe which was banned in schools last week. Most of the girls agreed to change into other clothes. According to official figures, 298 girls…
Administrators say more than 1,300 staff will be made redundant as hopes of a wider rescue deal fade.
3 minutes ago About sharing By Francesca Gillett BBC News Laughing gas will be categorised as a class C drug and made illegal by the end of the year, the UK government has announced. Possession of nitrous oxide, also known as NOS, will carry a sentence of up to two years in prison. Laughing gas…
Jorge Vilda, Spain’s Women’s World Cup-winning head coach, has been sacked amid the ongoing Luis Rubiales scandal. Spain’s win was overshadowed by the country’s football federation president Rubiales kissing forward Jenni Hermoso, which she said was not consensual. Most of Vilda’s coaching staff resigned and 81 players refused to play for Spain in the aftermath….
Fire crews have declared a major incident and said “many passengers” have suffered injuries.
The Argument / September 5, 2023 On Gentrification, We Don’t Know What We’re Talking About Rather than understand gentrification as a systemic issue, the term has simply become an insult people throw around. Kate Wagner Ad Policy A “For Lease” sign on a storefront in the Loop neighborhood of Chicago on Friday, May 12, 2023….
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World Today 9:43 am Advocates for Negotiations to End the Ukraine War Need to Come Out of the Closet Advocates for Negotiations to End the Ukraine War Need to Come Out of the Closet A brutal and interminable stalemate is forcing a foreign policy reset. Jeet Heer September 5, 2023 US President Joe Biden and…