Exc: A development rejected by a council three times and dismissed by the High Court will now be built on a Hertfordshire field after a Government planning inspector used Labour’s ‘grey belt’ rules to approve it.
The field had been green belt but is now set to host 195 homes.
EXC: Developers have made a third attempt to build 195 houses on Hertfordshire green belt using Labour’s grey belt policy
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A police force previously dubbed the ‘Traffic Taliban’ issued more than 150 speeding fines a day at the start of this year.
North Wales Police gave out almost as many fines as Dyfed-Powys, Gwent and South Wales combined.
EXC: More than a quarter of Police and Crime Commissioners have written to the Policing Minister calling for cannabis to be upgraded to a Class A substance.
They said the harms of cannabis to society could be ‘worse than heroin’.
West Yorkshire’s mayor said she has been given “no guarantees” that £1bn of government funding will be given to a Leeds-Bradford tram, which would pass through Rachel Reeves’s constituency, in June’s Spending Review
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One week on… Incredible to be in Bilbao to see Tottenham win their first trophy in 17 years and contribute to @Daily_Express reporting from the Spurs fan park.
Same again next year?
A man has been arrested after a woman, said by a neighbour to have been pregnant, died with her three children in a Brent house fire.
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The owner of Britain's "first Reform pub" in a former Conservative club says he hopes Nigel Farage will be prime minister.
"Starmer reads about 20,000 books before he makes a decision whereas Farage just gets on with it."
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EXC: An NHS hospital displayed posters outside the public canteen calling Reform UK "a danger to us all".
The "shameless" posters were hung in a locked noticeboard at Homerton Hospital in Hackney.
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Pleased to have a first splash in @Daily_Express on the state of London’s pie and mash shops.
Visited Harrington’s in Tooting as it prepared to close after 116 years of being run by the same family, with queues running round the block.
A disgruntled traveller predicted train delays to claim full refunds on all of his train tickets for a year, saving over £1,000 in the process.
✍🏼 @Daily_Express
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Musician ‘torn apart’ after 284-year-old violin stolen
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Spurs fans protest Daniel Levy’s ownership as the club sinks to 15th in the Premier League.
Change for Tottenham printed 1,000 ‘Levy Out’ balloons for festive fixtures.
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Colindale Station has reopened after six months of construction.
It comes after ‘dangerous’ overcrowding on bus routes provided during the closure.
✍🏼 @NWLondoner_ @LondonersNews
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An American lottery player has won the 5th largest jackpot in US history, worth $1.22 billion.
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ULEZ revenue rose £70m, or 35%, in the first year after its expansion in August 2023.
Ford Transit vans were most likely to be fined for non-payment of daily charges, while Enfield incurred the most PCNs of any borough.
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