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Finance

Councillors delay basic allowance vote

A decision on whether to increase the amount of money that Middlesbrough councillors receive has been deferred for a month. The decision to delay was...
Health

Staggering levels of childhood obesity

More than half of Middlesbrough’s neighbourhoods see more than 40% of children being either overweight or obese by the time that they reach year...
London

Khan defends police station front counter closures as “pragmatic” decision from Met

Closing almost half of London’s police station front counters is a “pragmatic” decision that will improve safety for Londoners, Sir Sadiq Khan has said. The...
Brent

Council to spend £11.7m on 15 properties in bid to combat homelessness

A North London council has approved plans to spend more than £11.5m purchasing 15 properties as it looks for ways to address the ongoing...
Housing

Deputy Mayor slams Building Safety Regulator and Ex-Housing Secretary for London’s housebuilding shortcomings

London’s failure to build even a third of the affordable homes it is meant to have started by now is down to the Building...
Bradford & Keighley

Uber driver who refused to pick up passenger with guide dog is sentenced

An Uber driver has been sentenced by a court after he “simply refused” to accept a passenger with a guide dog. Yasar Rehman Butt had...
Licensing

Nag’s Head faces new fight to keep its sexual entertainment venue licence

Almost 300 people have objected to a Whitechapel strip club’s request to renew its licence. The Nags Head in Whitechapel Road wants Tower Hamlets Council...
Bradford & Keighley

Plans to turn section of bank into security deposit box business can go ahead

Part of a former town centre bank will be re-opened as a safety deposit box business. The Barclays at the corner of Otley Road and...
Bradford & Keighley

A man who sold a firework to a 16 year old has been given a community order

Magistrates were told that fireworks are a “blight on the city of Bradford” during the sentencing hearing of a man who sold a firework...
Education

NHS ambition to see autism referrals for kids in Gateshead fall to just 18 weeks

Children are waiting an average of 64 weeks for an autism diagnosis in Gateshead – however ambitions remain to reduce waits to under 20...
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