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.
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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’.
FA council member Haq resigns after suspension over Israel-Hamas post
:Football Association (FA) council member Wasim Haq on Thursday resigned from his role after being suspended over a social media post about the Israel-Hamas conflict.
English FA council member resigns after inappropriate social media post on war in Gaza
LONDON: A council member at the English Football Association who made an inappropriate post regarding the war in Gaza resigned from his position on Thursday. Wasim Haq had been suspended for the comments he made this month on the social platform X, formerly known as Twitter, which reportedly referred to Adolf Hitler and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The post was deleted and Haq apologized. The FA, the governing body of soccer in England, was conducting an investigation. “This morning I have resigned from the FA.
FA council member resigns after suspension over Israel-Hamas conflict post
Football Association (FA) council member Wasim Haq on Thursday resigned from his role after being suspended over a social media post about the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Wimbledon suffers expansion plan blow after council refuses permission
LONDON : Wimbledon hosts The All England Tennis Club said they were disappointed after the London Borough of Wandsworth on Tuesday refused planning permission for a massive expansion.
Sri Lanka suspended by International Cricket Council over 'government interference'
Sri Lanka’s membership of the International Cricket Council has been suspended with immediate effect, the governing body announced on Friday.
Residents braced for 4.99% council tax hike - and it could be more
Residents in Trafford are being faced with a council tax hike of at least 4.99 per cent as town hall bosses bid to plug a £6.4million budget gap in the next financial year. And the council’s finance chief has issued a stark warning over proposals for savings which ‘may require consultation with the public, businesses and staff’ before the end of this month.