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Reform council’s Nottingham Post ban a ‘massive attack on local democracy’

Nottinghamshire council’s administration says it will no longer deal with local paper, in unprecedented move

A Reform council leader’s decision to ban his councillors from engaging with a prominent local newspaper is a “massive attack on local democracy” and a sign of things to come should the party form the next government, the outlet’s editor has warned.

In an unprecedented move, Nottinghamshire county council’s four-month-old Reform administration has said it will no longer deal with the Nottingham Post, its online edition and a team of BBC-funded local democracy journalists that it manages.

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Cracker Barrel takes down pride page on website amid rebrand fiasco

Cracker Barrel faced criticism over modernist redesign and support for LGBT causes before stock rebound.
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Alabama death row inmate receives new trial from judge after 31 years

Chief U.S. District Judge Emily C. Marks last week ruled that Christopher Barbour must get a new trial.
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ABC’s Robin Roberts retraces her post-Hurricane Katrina journey back to hometown

ABC’s Robin Roberts retraces her post-Hurricane Katrina journey back to hometown [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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Pope St Paul VI on Theology and Magisterium

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Missing noverbal New Orleans boy, 12, found dead after apparent alligator attack

The body Bryan Vasquez was tragically discovered on Tuesday with the grim injuries in a lagoon in the city’s Michoud neighborhood.
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Putin and Kim to join Xi at Chinese military parade in show of defiance to the west

The Victory Day parade in Beijing on 3 September will mark the formal surrender of Japan during the second world war. No western leaders will attend

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are among the world leaders who will attend a military parade with President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week, in a show of collective defiance amid western pressure.

No western leaders will be among the 26 foreign heads of state and government attending the parade next week – with the exception of Robert Fico, prime minister of Slovakia, a member of the European Union – according to the Chinese foreign ministry.

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Powerball jackpot nears $1 billion mark at estimated $950 million

Saturday’s Powerball jackpot has an estimated cash value of $428.9 million.
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Suns, Mat Ishbia getting sued by team’s minority owners over internal records dispute

The suit was filed in Delaware last week.
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Oregon father dies on flight home from birthday trip in South America after he ‘suddenly stopped breathing’

A 39-year-old Oregon father suffered a fatal heart attack as he sat next to his wife during a flight home from a birthday trip down in South America.