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Housing secretary is set to announce initiative modelled on Clement Attlee’s postwar ‘housing boom’The government is expected to announce on Sunday a programme to build 12 new towns across England in a bid to address the country’s housing crisis.The housing secretary, Steve Reed, will unveil the initiative at Labour’s annual conference as it begins in Liverpool. The prime minister, Keir Starmer, described the proposals as “national renewal in action”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/27/plan-to-build-12-new-towns-in-england-to-be-unveiled-at-labour-conference Author : Geraldine McKelvie Publish date : 2025-09-27 21:30:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Victims include eight children at election campaign gathering in Tamil Nadu led by popular actor and politician At least 36 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a stampede at a rally for a popular actor and politician in India.The health minister in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Ma Subramanian, told the Associated Press late on Saturday that the victims, including eight children, were dead by the time they arrived at hospital. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/27/dead-and-injured-in-stampede-at-vijay-rally-in-india Author : Reuters and Associated Press Publish date : 2025-09-27 18:56:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Officials name Robert Eugene Brashers in brutal deaths of Amy Ayers, Eliza Thomas and Jennifer and Sarah HarbisonAfter more than three decades, police have identified a dead suspect in an infamous 1991 murder case in which four girls were slain at a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas.Austin police revealed Friday that Robert Eugene Brashers had been identified as a suspect in the murders through “a wide range of DNA testing”. Brashers, who had a lengthy criminal history, died by suicide in 1999 at age 40 during a standoff with police in Missouri. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/27/yogurt-shop-murders-austin-texas Author :

Foysol Choudhury, who represents Lothian, will sit as an independent while an investigation takes placeA Scottish Labour MSP has been suspended from the party over an allegation of inappropriate conduct.Foysol Choudhury, who has served as an MSP for Lothian since 2021, will sit as an independent while the party carries out an investigation. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/27/foysol-choudhury-scottish-labour-msp-suspended-inappropriate-conduct-allegation Author : Kyriakos Petrakos Publish date : 2025-09-27 14:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.