Last month’s local elections saw the rise of smaller parties, with a warning to larger parties about holding on to their traditional safe seats. For Politics Live, John Owen spoke to newly-elected councillors Sarah Madigan and Melanie Darrington, and Ashfield Independents leader Jason Zadrozny. The group now holds 30 of the 35 seats on Ashfield […]
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GREGORIO DE LAFERRERE, Argentina — The turquoise paint is peeling from the walls of Claudia Veronica Genovesi’s modest home. Her roof leaks, but she and her husband — both office cleaners — cannot afford to patch it. On the ragged streets of the shantytown across the road, where stinking outhouses sit alongside shacks fashioned from
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionOscar Mingay began to lose weight as a 15 year old A Wales Academy cyclist, who is managing an eating disorder while training, has warned about the dangers of body image in the sport. Oscar Mingay, 19, from Cardiff spoke of coaches and parents “pinching” riders, calling
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Image caption BBC Sounds launched last year as a replacement for the iPlayer Radio app The BBC wants to “pop your bubble” with unexpected and challenging content on its streaming service, BBC Sounds. The broadcaster is developing a “public service algorithm” that’s “built to surprise you,” said the BBC’s director of radio and education James
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Image caption Metro Bank chair Vernon Hill, pictured with dog Duffy, founded the bank in 2010 Metro Bank’s share price has fallen another 4% in early trading as concerns persist over its financial health. The bank’s shares have lost three-quarters of their value since January, when it announced it needed money to plug a funding
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In the coastal city of Lima, street art is plastered on many of the weathered colonial buildings in the bohemian barrio of Barranco, the neighborhood where the celebrated chef Virgilio Martínez reopened his world-famous Central restaurant last June. [How coveted is a table at Central? Some people build their trips around a reservation there.] “It
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand will attempt this week to use the terrorist attack that killed 51 Muslim worshipers in Christchurch mosques in March to demand that the biggest internet platforms do more to stamp out violent and extremist content. Ms. Ardern will be in France with President Emmanuel
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Logan Couture got San Jose started in the opener of the Western Conference final against St. Louis by finishing off a 2-on-1 rush. He sealed the win with an empty-net goal, and in between, he did everything else the Sharks needed on both ends of the ice. Just another typical standout performance from Couture, who
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[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] UTICA, N.Y. — Over the past few decades, as a manufacturing decline left homes vacant and storefronts dark, New York’s upstate cities opened their doors to refugees. The influx, while modest, gave new life to neighborhoods, helped alleviate labor
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U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has picked up his barbeque tongs to convey his message to Japan: Buy more American beef. Perdue said Monday that as a top consumer of U.S. beef, Japan should treat the U.S. fairly. He said he hoped President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will strike a trade
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