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Councillors have unanimously voted to reject a Black Lives Matter-inspired bid to relocate a 116-year-old statue of a Victoria Cross-winning war hero. The monument of General Sir Redvers Buller has been in place outside Exeter College for more than 100 years, but its future was in doubt after the city council announced a review in response … Read more
Councillors have voted to move the statue of a British war hero after officials said it ‘impacts anybody who does not define themselves in binary gender terms’. A council review into the continued appropriateness of the Grade 11 listed bronze statue, which depicts General Sir Redvers Buller, in Exeter, Devon, recommended it was relocated due … Read more
Nigel Farage vows to field candidates against EVERY local councillor who backs Boris Johnson’s ‘ridiculous’ push for ‘green roads’ By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 13:37 GMT, 6 December 2020 | Updated: 13:38 GMT, 6 December 2020 Nigel Farage today vowed to field candidates against every councillor who backs Boris Johnson’s ‘green roads’ … Read more
The Shetland Islands vote to pursue independence from Scotland – so can Nicola Sturgeon turn them down without torpedoing her own bid for referendum? Council members argued decision-making had become increasingly centralised They said public funding for the islands had been cut under SNP Government Voted in favour of exploring options of ‘financial and political self-determination’ … Read more
Shropshire councillors are set to debate the removal of a statue of 18th Century profiteer Clive of India. More than 20,000 people have signed two online petitions calling for the statue in Shrewsbury to be torn down due to Robert Clive’s role in establishing British power in India with the East India Company. One titled ‘bring down … Read more
Tory party co-chairman urges all its MPs and councillors to join litter-picking drive to help clean up Britain The Mail and Keep Britain Tidy are encouraging the public to pick up litter Party leaders, big businesses and conservationists have all backed the scheme Conservative party co-chairman Amanda Milling pledged her support yesterday By Claire Ellicot … Read more
The Mayor of Luton and two councillors were pictured breaking lockdown rules by attending a party, just days before Luton was designated an ‘area of intervention’ by government health officials because of rising coronavirus cases. Mayor Tahir Malik was pictured at the outdoor gathering for 12 people in a back garden on July 21, along with councillors Waheed … Read more
SNP councillor’s scorned wife hacks his Facebook account to brand him a ‘cheat’ and ‘adulterer’ after ‘he left her for a colleague’ Glasgow Cardonald councillor Alex Wilson allegedly cheated on wife Pamela She said on Facebook he had left her to be with colleague Mandy Morgan Underneath a picture of him Pamela wrote that she … Read more
Fake drastic trees: £170,000 plan for 10 artificial carbon-filtering green benches that double as Wi-Fi hotspots is rejected after council opts to plant 275 real ones Opposition councillors on Slough Council wanted to install 10 £17,000 trees They have air filters to reduce CO2 and produce oxygen as a well as Wi-Fi points But plans … Read more