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    Potholes: Roads in England and Wales at 'breaking point'

    A new report says the rate of pothole repairs in England and Wales has

  • Community Alert: Wales police investigate home intrusion

    The Wales Police Department issued a community alert Wednesday following a report of an unknown man entering a residence on Haynes Hill Road earlier in the day.

  • Pupils in Wales perform only as well as disadvantaged children in England – IFS

    Improving schools is first challenge for new first minister, Vaughan Gething, as IFS study shows lower attainment is not due to povertyWales’s new first minister, Vaughan Gething, faces a major challenge in improving the country’s schools, after the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that pupils in Wales were performing only as well as disadvantaged children in England.The IFS study follows Wales’s weak performance in the OECD’s most recent Programme for international student assessment (Pisa)...

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    England is limiting gender transitions for youths. US legislators are watching

    By JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision by England’s public health service to restrict puberty blockers for transgender youths as support for their own related proposals. They weren’t the first to turn to Europe for policy and research to support their call for such restrictions.

  • England is limiting gender transitions for youths. US legislators are watching

    Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision by England's public health service to restrict puberty blockers for transgender youths as support for their own related proposals

  • Ruling further erodes climate activists’ right to protest in England and Wales

    Court of appeal’s removal of ‘consent’ defence means defendants on trial for criminal damage can no longer use itIt took a matter of minutes in the court of appeal, where demonstrators were strangely absent, for the dial to shift once more on the rights of protest in England and Wales.The decision taken on Monday by the court of appeal to, in effect, find in favour of the attorney general, the Conservative government’s premier legal officer, has removed a defence for climate protesters that had...

  • Number of abandoned French bulldogs increases sharply in England and Wales

    Exclusive: Number of such dogs that have been dumped rose from eight in 2020 to 582 in 2023, RSPCA saysThey may be lauded in the show ring, adored by celebrities, and feature in myriad adverts, but the number of French bulldogs being abandoned has risen sharply in recent years, data suggests.According to the RSPCA, the number of such dogs in England and Wales that have been dumped rose from eight in 2020 to 582 in 2023 – an increase of more than 7,000% in three years. Continue reading

  • Wintry weather blankets New England and California as thousands lose power

    More than 230,000 people across US north-east without electricity as experts predict storm will move into the midwestIt may officially be spring, but wintry weather blanketed the US starting on Saturday and was slated to continue through Sunday, with New England and California seeing a mix of rain, heavy snow and gusty winds.Hardy souls across New England spent their Sunday shoveling out after a major storm dumped more than 2ft of snow in some areas, causing multiple road accidents, downing...

  • Thousands rally in Slovakia to condemn a government plan to overhaul public broadcasting

    Thousands Slovaks rallied in the capital on Friday to condemn a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to overhaul the country’s public broadcasting during a wave of anti-government protests.

  • Police defend using pepper spray at #WomenWillSpeak rally on Victoria parliament steps

    Footage shared on social media showed protesters tackled to the ground by officers, with a newspaper photographer also knocked overFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice have defended the use of pepper spray at a rally that turned violent outside Victoria’s parliament, with two women arrested.The #WomenWillSpeak event, which took place outside Parliament House about midday on Saturday, was met with a...

  • Akron police looking for Bitcoin scam suspect who swindled elderly person out of thousands

    The Akron Police Department is asking for help to identify the suspect responsible for scamming an elderly person out of thousands of dollars on March 1.

  • Brazil give England food for thought and Wales one step away – Football Weekly

    Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Barney Ronay and Nedum Onuoha to discuss England’s loss to Brazil on Saturday evening and whether anything can or should be learned from the friendlyRate, review, share on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, Acast and Stitcher, and join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and email.On the podcast today; the panel try to find something interesting to say about England’s 1-0 loss to Brazil. Are friendlies worthwhile, who fills that all...