Local Impact

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (667+ words) Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has denied her party's plans to cut housing benefit would make people homeless, but suggested some would have to "move somewhere cheaper". At Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, she had challenged Andy Burnham to commit to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (516+ words) It demonstrates how human rights connect directly to issues people already care about A new national storytelling campaign is aiming to reshape public understanding of human rights by showing how they affect everyday life across Scotland. Launched by JustRight Scotland…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (618+ words) In one message, he said he hoped to kidnap her and take her to dinner. A Kitchener killer will be tried in July for breaking court orders. A man arrested after harassing a former co-worker for two weeks sent her…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (368+ words) The police watchdog will not investigate the events surrounding the arrest of a teenager at a protest in Sheffield, after ruling it did not meet the mandatory referral criteria. The 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of assault following an…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (478+ words) The planned attack prompted the cancellation of three sold-out Vienna shows attended by almost 200,000 fans. For the first time, the French Left is prepared to condemn the state’s failure to act on security and judicial matters. The ultimate responsibility, however,…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1368+ words) The latest event in the series recounted Haiti’s fight for independence and how Haitian immigrants led to Philly’s role as capital of the catering industry. Images like these, depicting the Battle of Vertières, a major battle of the Second War…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (246+ words) The population of Haitian Americans in the NYC metropolitan area is about 200,000 The population of Israeli Americans in the metro area is about 100,000 and Jewish-Americans about 1.4 million. Although General Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed Haiti as an independent and sovereign state on…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (265+ words) The definition of empathy is “The ability to understand and share the feelings of another”. Related words are compassion, understanding, mercy, goodwill, charity and grace. It appears in the modern world of Facebook, Tik Tok and distancing ourselves from others…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (265+ words) CERTAIN clauses in the National Referendum Bill 2025 have been described as open-ended and potentially open to broad interpretation and misuse. This concern was raised by National Federation Party general secretary Kamal Iyer, who highlighted Clause 25 while making submissions to the…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (182+ words) Armed police have descended on a storage unit with a helicopter circling the area, paramedics and fire crews in attendance. Armed cops stormed the lock-up near Oldham this afternoon and have reportedly searched a car at the unit. The event…...