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Burnham urged to drop ‘flawed’ plans that may let developers bypass environment laws for £1
More than 100 conservationists, scientists, public figures and businesses have urged Andy Burnham to stop new planning rules they say would let developers avoid environmental protections by paying into a national levy instead. Critics argue the environmental delivery plans, introduced through the Planning and Infrastructure Act, could weaken long-standing biodiversity safeguards at a time when…
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Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C
The startup has reached a $120 million annualized revenue run rate and more than 200,000 paying customers.
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Italy’s Meloni suffers surprise setback in close vote on electoral reform
The defeat triggered opposition calls for Meloni to resign ahead of next year’s general election.
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Rural speed limit should be cut to 20mph, Government says as it tells councils to narrow roads and install bollards to protect cyclists
The article reports that the Government wants lower speed limits on rural roads and is encouraging councils to redesign streets to better protect cyclists. According to the piece, this could include cutting some limits to 20mph and using physical measures such as narrower roads and bollards. The significance is that it signals a stronger push…
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Alan Cumming Urges UK Industry To Help Bring Down Paramount-Warner Merger, As Government Poised To Make Intervention
EXCLUSIVE: The UK film and TV industry is being urged to help block the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) merger by a coalition including Alan Cumming, with a government decision on whether to intervene expected imminently. The Traitors host Cumming posted a video as part of a coalition calling itself Block the Merger UK, which urges…
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JOHN CORABI Exits THE DEAD DAISIES Once Again; Band Issues Statement
Former MÖTLEY CRÜE frontman John Corabi, who released his latest solo album, “New Day”, in April via Frontiers Music Srl, has left THE DEAD DAISIES after his latest three-year run with the band. Tuesday night (July 14), THE DEAD DAISIES released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: “It has c…
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Trump AG pick Todd Blanche faces Senate test and more top headlines
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SWFC News: Signs there on Wednesday captaincy confirmation heading into new campaign – thestar.co.uk
SWFC News: Signs there on Wednesday captaincy confirmation heading into new campaign thestar.co.uk
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Thomas Meunier ‘hugely excited’ about joining Sunderland on a free transfer
Sunderland have signed the experienced Belgium right-back Thomas Meunier on a free transfer, with the 34-year-old agreeing a two-year deal as the club prepares for another Premier League season and a Europa League campaign. The move matters because it adds proven top-level and European experience to Régis Le Bris’s squad, strengthening a side balancing domestic…
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Iran threatens to block more trade routes as US launches fresh strikes
Iran has threatened to widen disruption to regional trade routes as the United States carried out a new wave of strikes on Iranian military targets, marking a further escalation in tensions between the two countries. The threat matters because the Strait of Hormuz and nearby export channels are vital for global oil and gas shipments,…