Woman killed in avalanche tragedy played "significant role" in Manchester, council leader says
The leader of Manchester City Council has paid tribute to Kate Vokes, who was killed in a French Alps avalanche along with her son Archie.
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Harvard honor council student says Claudine Gay got by on 'lower standard' in plagiarism case, should resign
Former Brandeis University President Frederick Lawrence said he found government involvement in the private university ‘particularly disturbing.’
Council leader in plea to Michael Gove over £20m budget gap
Trafford's council leader has written to the government urging for a fair deal for the local authority as it faces the need to find savings worth millions of pounds again to balance its books. In the letter, Coun Tom Ross calls for Michael Gove, the Secretary of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to bring forward a Fairer Funding review and also provide immediate relief to the borough.
BCCI's 21st Apex Council Meeting To Be Held On December 18
The 21st Apex Council Meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will be held on December 18. However, BCCI still hasn't announced the venue and time of the meeting. According to a release from BCCI, the Agenda of the meeting are: Confirmation of Minutes of the 20th Apex Council Meeting, Discussion on Sponsorship for BCCI Matches, Update on the appointment of a Service Provider for Video Equipment to cover domestic matches, and To consider any other business which the Chairperson may consider necessary to be included in the agenda.
'I won a parking ticket legal battle with the council by using a measuring tape'
Walking back to your car to spot a little yellow sachet slapped on the windscreen is enough to ruin anyone's day.
Councillors bizarre 'livestock' motion dubbed out of touch as council house rent rise approved
In a town hall meeting that saw council house rents upped by 7.7 per cent, it was a plea to ban the ‘archaic practice’ of giving away animals as prizes which caused the most backlash.
The plans to transform former council building into gym, cinema room and roof garden
Plans to transform a vacant council office building in Wigan into a business hub for start-ups includes, a gym, cinema room, café and rooftop terrace.
Council plans to dim street lights and move to four-weekly paper waste collections as part of £9.1M cuts
Bolton Council has revealed in detail how it plans to cut more than £9M from its budget to balance the books. The cuts which include dimming streetlights and only collecting paper and cardboard waste every four weeks will form the authority’s spending plan for 2024/25. The cuts include £4M trimmed from adult care in the borough with the efficiencies gained by a review of ‘care packages, placements and housing demand’.