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Over the last month and a half, 11 people from Blackburn with Darwen have been taken to court and fined for environmental damage, fly-tipping and pest control offences. The offences included failing to remove waste under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act as well as failing to remove waste under the Environmental Protection Act, after being served with a 14 or 28 day notice by the council. After being taken to court, the 11 litter louts were fined a combined total of £4,627, but inclu...

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Royal visit: Charles pays tribute to NI cross-community efforts By Mark Simpson image captionPrince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, began their visit at Belfast City Hall The Prince of Wales paid tribute to everyone involved in cross-community work in Northern Ireland during a visit to Belfast on Tuesday. The prince and the Duchess of Cornwall visited Belfast City Hall before speaking about youth services at the Education Authoritys headquarters. He said he was always "profou...

Brandon Lewis says British government ‘truly sorry for Ballymurphy deaths as family repeats call for apology from Boris Johnson Ian Knox cartoon 12/5/21  Jonathan McCambridge, PA The Ballymurphy families after hearing Tuesdays inquest inquest verdict. Picture by Hugh Russell The British government is “truly sorry” for the events in Ballymurphy 50 years ago in which 10 innocent people were killed, Secretary of State Brandon Lewis has said. On Tuesday, c...

BBC News By Mark Simpson media captionI have chosen Belfast as my home The next lord mayor of Belfast is to be the Alliance Party councillor Kate Nicholl, who was born in Zimbabwe. She is the first person in recent times to hold the position who was not born in the UK or Ireland. Ms Nicholl, 33, grew up in Marondera, in Zimbabwe, but when violence broke out in 2000, her family left the country and moved to Belfast. She said her rise to the position of lord mayor in the city was a "positive mess...

UK airline stocks cushioned by hopes for big June travel restart Reuters 5 days ago © Reuters/TOBY MELVILLE FILE PHOTO: Aircraft takes off at Heathrow Airport amid COVID-19 pandemic in London LONDON (Reuters) - British airline stocks lost ground on Monday after the government set out a limited reopening of travel, but losses were cushioned by hopes that a bigger take-off would be on the cards for June. British Airways-owner IAG, easyJet, Jet2 and TUI were all down between 2-3% as they t...

3 Min Read LONDON (Reuters) -British Airways owner IAG is confident travel will recover from July onwards after forecasting only a minimal increase in its capacity to 25% for the April to June quarter. IAG, which also owns Iberia and Vueling in Spain and Aer Lingus in Ireland, declined to forecast how much it would fly from July but said the recovery would be properly underway by then after more than a year of pandemic restrictions. “We consider in the second half that we are going to be flyi...

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British Airways owner IAG expects travel recovery from July By Sarah Young Reuters LONDON (Reuters) -British Airways owner IAG is confident travel will recover from July onwards after forecasting only a minimal increase in its capacity to 25% for the April to June quarter. IAG, which also owns Iberia and Vueling in Spain and Aer Lingus in Ireland, declined to forecast how much it would fly from July but said the recovery would be properly underway by then after more than a year of pandemic res...

Manchester student, 17, named BBC Young Musician of the year Percussionist Fang Zhang, a student at the citys Chethams School of Music, was named as the winner of the illustrious competition The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for ...