Council leader blasts parties over "waste of time" debate claims

South Ayrshire Council officials recommend councillors give the go-ahead for unaccompanied asylum seeking children to be placed with foster families.

Melanie Sykes has hit out at critics over her six-day fling with a toyboy in Venice. The TV star's whirlwind romance saw her enjoy a brief dalliance with gondolier Riccardo Simionato, 23, during her solo holiday.

Kerry Katona has said she was left 'shaking with sadness' after receiving negative comments following her appearance on the show Tipping Point: Lucky Stars. The former Atomic Kitten star was shocked to see her name trending on Twitter and took to her Instagram to blast trolls for their nasty comments after she starred on the show in a bid to win money for charity.

blog post he says it's estimated shutting businesses such as pubs and gyms would cost the region's economy about £70m a month.

A Portland man has filed a $350,000 racial discrimination lawsuit against a local gas station after claiming that an attendant refused to sell him gas over the summer because of his race. Dominique DeWeese, who is Black, said in the lawsuit filed last week that he went to Jay’s Garage in July to fill up a gas canister for his lawnmower.

to become the second area in England to move to the highest tier of lockdown restrictions, which includes a ban on household mixing indoors and in private outdoors spaces, as well as the closure of pubs - unless they can operate as a restaurant.It was revealed this morning that a £42m support package had been agreed between the government and local leaders in Lancashire.But Blackpool's council leader has claimed leaders were 'bullied' into accepting the deal - amid fears that they may face

The Conservative leader of Bolton council has demanded an immediate apology from the Labour Party after Sir Keir Starmer claimed he backed a national circuit break during Prime Minister’s Questions.Addressing Boris Johnson, the Labour leader said this lunchtime: “He probably hasn’t noticed that this morning, the council leaders in Greater Manchester...including the mayor and including the Conservative leader of Bolton Council, have said in a press statement that they support a circuit-break

Perth and Kinross Council has been nominated for the leader of the year gong at the 2020 Cllr Awards.Murray Lyle will go up against Cllr Jenny Laing from Aberdeen City and Cllr Douglas Reid from East Ayrshire.Cllr Lyle told the Perthshire Advertiser his nomination was “a reflection of all elected members and, in particular, the outstanding officers”.Garden store looking for jolly residents to take on role of Santa this ChristmasAnd he believes how the council dealt with the 2 Sisters food plant

Laurence Gallot and Antoine Banet-Rivet, two of France’s most senior and connected communications honchos, have joined forces to launch Monday Conseil, a PR agency.Paris-based, Monday Conseil will specialize in providing PR services and consultancy to French and international players involved in France’s media and entertainment industry, including tech and digital companies with content production and distribution interests, the partners said in a written statement on Monday.More specifically,

Bolton 's pubs and restaurants could be locked down for a third time this year.

Leaked plans which are reportedly set to close pubs and restaurants in Greater Manchester to curb the spread of coronavirus have plunged the hospitality industry into uncertainty. Boris Johnson is expected to announce the closure of pubs, bars and restaurants in the north of England on Monday.Greater Manchester's night time economy adviser, Sacha Lord and Manchester Hospitality Network founder, Greg Maguire, said the move would be devastating for pub and restaurant operators.

The families of Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King Jr. are blasting Donald Trump and his reelection campaign for a new ad in which images of the two civil rights icons are shown.

Vampire DIaries stars were making waves on social media again! “Alaric” was trending after the Vice Presidential debate and it seems to be because of a Twitter back and forth between Vampire Diaries co-stars Paul Wesley and Matthew Davis (who played Alaric Saltzman on The CW show). It all started when Matthew tweeted, “It’d be nice if the moderator would stop interrupting Pence and let him finish his point.” Paul responded directly, writing, “It would also be nice if pence answered the question

, 34, that she and her singer-songwriter husband had lost their baby boy, named Jack, during pregnancy.Some 261 people had complained about the episode to Ofcom by the end of the week.A spokesperson for the watchdog said it would not be releasing further updates on the number of complaints until it's next weekly report.The complaints will be assessed against broadcasting rules to see whether or not an investigation is necessary, the spokesperson said.Model and TV presenter Teigen shared news of

the version which emerged in January last year.Since that document went out to consultation more than 240 homes for affordable rent have been built in the town centre.Plans are also in the pipeline for hundreds of homes at the flagship Riverside development, former Central Retail Park and a brownfield site in Castleton.Coun Brett added: “We’ve always operated a brownfield preference policy, and we’ve secured millions to repurpose derelict sites since last year, but it’s only been possible to