Live Leader’s Q&A – Wednesday 6 January at 10am

Cllr Zoe Nicholson will be hosting the first leader’s live Q&A of the year.

Join Zoe at 10am this Wednesday 6 January on the facebook page:

COVID jab appointments for 12 to 15-year-olds accelerate as online booking system ramps up 26th October 2021

More than 80,000 children aged between 12 and 15 have booked to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations in England.

Instagram influencer Gabby Allen's post for Primark banned 26th October 2021

An Instagram influencer's post promoting Primark products has been banned after she failed to make it adequately clear she had a commercial relationship with the brand.

Test and Trace failed in its 'main objective', highly-critical report finds 26th October 2021

NHS Test and Trace has failed to achieve its "main objective" of helping break chains of COVID transmission and allowing people to return to normality despite being given an "eye-watering" amount of money, a highly-critical report from MPs has said.

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney go to first Wrexham game since becoming club's co-owners 26th October 2021

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have gone to their first Wrexham game since they took over the football club in February.

'Bittersweet outcome': Fugitive who stole antiques worth £100,000 sentenced in his absence 26th October 2021

A fugitive has been sentenced for stealing £100,000 in antique coins and artefacts - despite the fact that police are still looking for him.

Government U-turn over water firms dumping raw sewage after fierce backlash 26th October 2021

The government has U-turned by deciding to put legal controls on water firms dumping raw sewage in the sea and rivers across the country despite recently forcing Tory MPs to vote down similar proposals.

What we know, expect - and could be missing from Sunak's budget 26th October 2021

Rishi Sunak will deliver his Autumn Budget and Spending Review to MPs in the Commons today, setting out the government's spending and financial strategy.

Climate change promises fall short and risk 'destabilised world and endless suffering', UN says 26th October 2021

The latest global climate promises to cut emissions are not yet enough to stay under the dangerous threshold of global heating that would trigger severe climate breakdown, UN scientists have warned.

Ex-Tory minister faces suspension after lobbying on behalf of two companies 26th October 2021

A former Conservative minister should be suspended from the Commons for lobbying on behalf of two companies, a standards body has ruled.

UK's $1bn support for Mozambique gas project assessed pollution against 2°C warming - not 1.5°C 22nd October 2021

The emissions from an overseas fossil fuel project the UK is funding to the tune of $1.15bn was assessed against 2°C of warming, not the 1.5°C limit broadly accepted as a safer threshold to avoid the worst effects of climate change, Sky News can reveal.