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Is Rishi backsliding on 20mph crackdown? Sunak says councils will still be able to impose Wales-style speed limits if they have 'consent' from local residents
Rishi Sunak raised fears he is already backsliding on his 20mph crackdown today as he opened Tory conference. The PM admitted that councils will still be able to impose Wales-style limits as long as they have ‘consent’ from local residents. But he avoided giving details of the mechanism – suggesting Transport Secretary Mark Harper will flesh out the plans later.…
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Unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh republic will no longer exist – local leader
The authorities of Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh have announced the dissolution of the self-proclaimed republic after a Russian-mediated truce ended the hostilities between Stepanakert and Baku. Samvel Shahramanyan, the president of the unrecognized republic, issued a decree on Thursday ordering the “dissolution of all state institutions and their branches by January 1, 2024.” “The Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) ceases…
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L.A. Exploring Post-Strike Tax Incentives For Local Film & TV Productions – Deadline
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has taken a step toward what could be a major economic package to boost local film, TV and digital production. The motion by Supervisors Katheryn Barger and Lindsey Horvath directs the County Department of Economic Opportunity in consultation with FilmLA “to identify an economic development firm to study various strategies that could incentivize…
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Moment Arizona cops in hazmat suits raid house of horrors where local woman is accused of keeping DOZENS of malnourished special needs rescue pups in horrific conditions – with five found dead next to food in a freezer
Dozens of malnourished dogs and special needs rescue pups have been rescued in Arizona after being subjected to squalid conditions and alleged abuse by their carer. April McLaughlin was arrested on Friday night following a raid by police officers who were forced to don hazmat suits in order to enter the home where 55 dogs had been kept because the smell…
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Public schoolgirl, 17, studying at £15,000-a-year sixth form who was caught drink-driving her Audi 100 yards to local pub is banned from driving just nine months after passing her test
A public schoolgirl studying at a £15,000-a-year sixth form, who was caught drink-driving her Audi sports car, is stripped of her licence just nine months after passing her test. Maisie Chrimes, then just 17, was making a one-minute journey through the affluent village of Hale, near Altrincham, Greater Manchester when she spotted by passing patrol police for not having her…
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How to do Dubai like a local
While I’m not averse to any of those things – I’ve long claimed the gilded lily as my favourite flower – I do prefer my trips to offer a balance of cocktails and culture. Most of all, I like to explore cities on foot. Just as I’d settled into the idea that this would therefore be a four-day session around…
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Saudi Arabia.. 9 people were arrested in Riyadh and Asir for transporting and storing local firewood
Gulf News The Special Forces for Environmental Security in Saudi Arabia arrested 8 citizens and a resident of Sudanese nationality, for violating the environmental system by transporting and storing more than 12 cubic meters of local firewood in the Riyadh region and Al-Souda Park in the Asir region. The Environmental Security Forces explained that regular procedures were applied against them,…
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India speeds up work on local marine gas turbine production
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din – India is stepping on the pedal to develop indigenous options for marine gas turbines (MGT) that power warships and submarines of the Indian Navy. There is a sense of urgency to create a domestic ecosystem for such equipment given the war in Ukraine that has impacted Zorya-Mashproekt, the primary supplier of the MGTs to the…
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Don't give up the day job, Harry! Duke of Sussex fails score a single point in football challenge on Germany's version of Match of the Day – as he's beaten by country's 63-year-defence minister and forced to wear a local club's scarf as forfeit
A humiliated Prince Harry was forced to wear a German scarf on national television after failing to score a single point on Germany’s version of Match of the Day – where he failed to score a single point. The beleaguered royal missed six attempts to be beaten by the country’s 63-year-old Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius – who only needed…
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New Orleans archbishop: local Catholic institutions must help with cost of clergy abuse claims | New Orleans
Contradicting promises he made when his archdiocese declared bankruptcy in May 2020, New Orleans’s archbishop, Gregory Aymond, told the area’s Catholic churches, schools and other ministries that they will now have to share some of the costs of resolving hundreds of clergy abuse claims. Aymond’s notice came in a letter on Friday, at the end of a particularly bad news…
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