Birmingham’s bankruptcy is only the tip of the iceberg – local authorities across England are at risk: The city of Birmingham has issued what is known as a section 114 notice. This signals that the council is unable to balance its budget, due to lack of financial resources. That the largest local authority in Europe …
Unravelling the Windrush myth: the confidential government communications that reveal authorities did not want Caribbean migrants to come to Britain: In the twilight hours of June 21 1948, a weathered five-deck troopship transporting 1,027 passengers moored off Gravesend on the south bank of the river Thames. That evening, immigration officials would begin carefully processing those …
Seoul crowd crush: history suggests authorities may try to blame the victims: South Korean Citizens hold a Candlelight tribute to the victims of the Itaewon disaster during the Halloween Festival in Seoul Sipa US / Alamy Stock Photo The tragedy in South Korea on Halloween, in which at least 154 people were crushed to death …
Mental health and terrorism: more people flagged to authorities have ‘mixed, unstable, unclear’ views than Islamist ideologies: Shutterstock It is often difficult to make sense of violence, particularly in the wake of a terrorist attack. So it’s perhaps understandable that we reach for labels such as “far-right extremist” or “Islamist” when a person commits an …
Low trust in authorities affects vaccine uptake: evidence from 22 African countries: A health worker administers an injection to a child below the age of one year during a routine immunisation at a health center in Kampala, Uganda. Xinhua/Nicholas Kajoba via Getty Images In a time when the world is focusing on COVID-19 vaccines, the …
COVID vaccine weekly: AstraZeneca rollout paused in several countries as authorities investigate blood clotting: It’s been another turbulent week for AstraZeneca in Europe. Following a dispute earlier in the year between the company and the EU over vaccine supplies, the bloc introduced regulations to allow member states to stop manufacturers exporting vaccines if they weren’t …
Carillion: move to disqualify directors signals UK authorities getting tougher on ‘corporate wrongdoing’: Dead and buried. Joe Giddens/PA Archive It was a dramatic end for government super-contractor Carillion when it crashed into insolvent liquidation in January 2018. Part-completed road projects, unfinished hospital buildings and disruption to hospital cleaning and catering heralded the end of this …
Coronavirus: the three types of vaccine hesitancy authorities need to combat: There are high hopes that one or, with any luck, several of the COVID-19 vaccines in development will bring an end to the pandemic. The most promising are often invoked in government briefings and by the media, with their progress closely followed. Optimism is …
How Igbo women used petitions to influence British authorities during colonial rule: Leaders of the Aba women's protest against a tyranical warrant chief in Nigeria in 1929. National Museum of Unity, Nigeria Selected petitions and written correspondence between Igbo women and British officials between 1892 and 1960 shed fresh light on how women navigated male-dominated …
Lockdown: crimes in the home are on the up – new measures are needed to alert the authorities: Kamira/Shutterstock.com Crimes in the home are hard to detect unless victims or family members report them. Both domestic violence and child maltreatment are widely under-reported. This means they tend not to be investigated by the authorities, and …
Authorities probe mansion fire that killed 4 family members: Firefighters carry a stretcher to the scene of a fatal fire at 15 Willow Brook Rd. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in Colts Neck,N.J. Authorities say two adults and two children were found dead at the scene of a burning mansion near the New Jersey shore. Monmouth …
Authorities pull globe, not honey pot, from bear cub’s head updated: A bear cub in Wisconsin had a Winnie the Pooh moment, but it wasn't a honey pot that got stuck on its head. : Weird News Video of rare ‘fire whirl’ snatching hose from firefighters gives …: In the video posted to Instagram, three …
South Africa in the news: South African authorities ordered to pay million over death of 144 patients: JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A judge ordered a provincial government in South Africa to pay $ 15 million in damages to families of at least 144 psychiatric patients who he said died of negligence after being moved to unregistered …
Man hides from authorities in dumpster, gets trapped in garbage truck: A Pennsylvania man who escaped from a halfway house and hid in a dumpster eventually had to be rescued from a garbage truck, reports WCAU. A Pennsylvania man who escaped from a halfway house and hid in a dumpster eventually had to be rescued …
Authorities: Dog fighting ring busted; 36 pit bulls rescued: This poster provided by the New York Attorney General's Office shows a pit-bull puppy after it was rescued in an investigation, dubbed “Operation Bloodline,” along with more than 30 other dogs from a dog fighting ring operating in Suffolk County on New York's Long Island. New …
A social psychologist explains how authorities can regain survivors’ trust after Grenfell Tower fire: garryknight/Flickr In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, survivors and their supporters were outraged about the perceived lack of care and compassion shown by government bodies, and the agencies which act on their behalf. Since then, UK authorities have started …
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Authorities: Man grew pot plants at Vermont cemetery: The Rutland Herald reports that Adam Mahoney pleaded not guilty Monday in Rutland to a felony marijuana cultivation charge. Authorities say Rutland County deputies found five grow sites while patrolling the Chippenhook Cemetery in Clarendon in August. : Weird News GALLERY | More than 5,600 pot plants …