Labour Party-run Birmingham City Council’s effective declaration of bankruptcy last week marks a dramatic escalation in the social crisis confronting millions. According to reports, “at least 26” more councils could be in the same position, some “within months.” Bradford, Devon, Guildford, Hastings, Kent and Southampton, with millions of people in …
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PUBLISHED: 06:00 25 November 2020 David Hannant Former Norwich City striker Justin Fashanu who died in 1998 Archant The name of a late Canaries legend could soon be appearing on a city street sign, after the council pledged to consider it for future housing developments. Email this article to a …
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Video PUBLISHED: 05:28 21 September 2020 Sophie Wyllie Lindy Platten-Jarvis at her gate on the blind bend in Felthorpe. Photo: Bill Smith Archant © 2014 An ME sufferer who lives in fear of a blind bend outside of her house is calling for safety improvements. Email this article to a …
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Award winning and nationally acclaimed Adelaide-based concert series, The Porch Sessions, is heading on tour this summer, coming to Dunkeld on Wednesday 22 January 2020 for one magical night. The tour visits nine other porches between Byron Bay and Adelaide, but, in perhaps the most spectacular location of the trip, …
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Video PUBLISHED: 17:26 10 October 2019 | UPDATED: 17:38 10 October 2019 Award winning community built on Goldsmith Street in Norwich. Byline: Sonya Duncan Copyright: Archant 2019 Archant 2019 News that a Norwich council estate won the renowned Stirling Prize for architecture has spread even further – after the Royal …
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LERWICK Community Council will be responding to a Post Office consultation despite agreement that the move of the main Commercial Street branch to within Conochies newsagent is a ‘fait accompli’ and that any comments made will have no impact on the company’s plans. The post office on Commercial Street is …
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PUBLISHED: 07:13 23 September 2019 | UPDATED: 07:13 23 September 2019 David Hannant: Local Democracy Reporter A Victorian ‘Penfold’ pillar box is set to return to the streets of Norwich. Left, the original, right: an existing replica under covers Pictures: Archant Archant They are as much an English icon as …
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