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Council denies it planned to light up war memorial to mark anniversary of George Floyd's death The tweet was later deleted due to a ‘high number of inflammatory’ and ‘racist’ comments. Tweet by Rochdale council showing the war memorial lit up for Census Day in March. (Image: Rochdale council) For the latest Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter hereInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe 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. ...

Jenny Beavan: How I got Cruella de Vil dressed to kill The Oscar-winning costume designer on working on the biggest project of her career Thu, May 27, 2021, 05:00   When, in 2016, Jenny Beavan received her 10th Academy Award nomination – which was swiftly converted into her second Oscar win – the media might reasonably have marvelled at how the costume designer, a Merchant Ivory veteran, had proved just as adept at fashioning the post-apocalyptic fetish clobber of Mad Max: Fury Road as she had with rustling up Austen-era empire lines. Instead, Beavan found herself at the centre of one ...

Council denies it planned to light up cenotaph to mark anniversary of George Floyd’s death Date published: 27 May 2021 Rochdale Cenotaph Rochdale Council has denied it planned to light up the town’s war memorial for the anniversary of George Floyd’s death after coming under fire on social media. It comes after the council tweeted a picture on Monday evening (24 May) of the cenotaph bathed in purple light with the message ‘#Rochdale landmarks will be lit purple tomorrow eve commemorating the 1st anniversary of the death of #George Floyd’. George Floyd was an African-American man ...

SIR – As a youngster I was taught that I would be innocent until proved guilty. Some years ago, the then Director of Public Prosecutions told the Crown Prosecution Service that those alleging crime should be called victims and believed by the police. This resulted in senior members of the public being charged on the word of a fantasist. We now have progressed to guilty as alleged until proved innocent. The Royal family and our Prime Minister are examples of this reversal of the presumption to guilty until proved innocent. When will we revert to innocent until proved guilty? His Honour Lord...

Transportation Security Administration officers at the Des Moines International Airport found a loaded .45-caliber handgun Sunday in an Ankeny man's carry-on luggage. Des Moines police officers confiscated the gun, which was loaded with five rounds, and cited the man on a weapons charge, according to a news release from the TSA. The man was not identified. “Let me say it very simply. Do not bring your gun to an airport security checkpoint,” John Bright, TSA’s Federal Security director for Iowa, said in the release. “Even if you have a concealed carry permit, you are not permitted to c...