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Hitting the fan: London council angers residents with removal of 700 dog-waste bins

Conservative-run Hillingdon aims to save £100,000 but local people fear dog poo will ‘be dumped everywhere’

People in a west London borough fear it will become covered in dog poo after their cash-strapped council decided to remove 700 dog-waste bins to save money.

“People are worried there’s going to be dog shit everywhere,” said Daniel O’Neill, the chief road steward at Ruislip Residents’ Association.

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© Photograph: Daniel O'Neill

© Photograph: Daniel O'Neill

© Photograph: Daniel O'Neill

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Marchas silenciosas que mantienen el recuerdo vivo de la dana: "Continúa el dolor"

Familiares de las 233 víctimas, arropados por centenares de vecinos, recuerdan a sus seres queridos en el segundo aniversario de la tragedia reclamando "verdad, justicia y garantía de no repetición". La responsabilidad política la siguen poniendo en Mazón y su aforamiento Leer

Familiares de las 233 víctimas, arropados por centenares de vecinos, recuerdan a sus seres queridos en el segundo aniversario de la tragedia reclamando "verdad, justicia y garantía de no repetición". La responsabilidad política la siguen poniendo en Mazón y su aforamiento
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Met refers itself to police watchdog over Meghan warning letter

Move comes as Philippines police investigate alleged child sexual abuse images reportedly found at Thomas Markle Sr’s former home

The Metropolitan police has referred itself to the police watchdog over potential errors in its handling of a 2019 letter warning of dangers to the security of the Duchess of Sussex posed by her father.

The letter made allegations about Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan, who is facing claims of child sexual abuse images offending linked to the Philippines, which he denies.

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© Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA/AP

© Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA/AP

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La Audiencia de Alicante condena al ex presidente de las Cortes Julio de España por agredir sexualmente a una paciente

El tribunal le impone una pena de año y medio de prisión al considerar delito que este médico, especialista en aparato digestivo, palpara su zona genital tras pedirle que se pusiera "a cuatro patas, mirando a la pared". Leer

El tribunal le impone una pena de año y medio de prisión al considerar delito que este médico, especialista en aparato digestivo, palpara su zona genital tras pedirle que se pusiera "a cuatro patas, mirando a la pared".
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Neighbour of new Montenegro embassy in London sues council over impact on mental health

Case in Pimlico is latest instance of tensions between small countries seeking a space in capital and residents

It is not a classic neighbour-from-hell dispute, what with the protagonist inviting everyone over for evening drinks and canapés. But the sudden conversion of a five-bedroom family home in Pimlico, central London, into the embassy of Montenegro has triggered a neighbourhood row that has gone all the way to the desk of a high court judge.

The first stirrings of trouble came when one resident argued in a submission to the council this spring that the new embassy’s “flagpole and rather tacky-looking flag stick out like a sore thumb” among Cambridge Street’s Grade II-listed homes.

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© Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

© Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

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‘I earn £126,000 – but nothing’s left at the end of the month’: readers react to the budget

From a young chef and a single father to business owners and a pensioner, Guardian readers reveal how John Healey’s measures will affect them

Louie, 24, a chef living in London, says a lot of people have “written off the idea of even considering getting a property” in their 20s.

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© Photograph: Graham Robinson

© Photograph: Graham Robinson

© Photograph: Graham Robinson

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