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Concerns raised about council appointments, including 19-year-old overseeing children and family servicesReform UK’s local election wins have seen teenagers left in charge of vital public services, including a 19-year-old who is overseeing children and family services while still at university.Two months on from the elections in which Nigel Farage’s party took overall control of 10 councils, concerns have been raised about the experience of candidates who have been appointed to roles with wide-ranging responsibility. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/05/nigel-farage-reform-uk-teenage-councillors-vital-public-services Author : Ben Quinn Publish date : 2025-07-05 12:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

At least 24 people have died amid torrential rains and dozens of people at an all-girls summer camp are among those still missingAt least 24 people have died and up to 25 girls are missing after torrential rain caused flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday.Rescue teams are searching for the girls who were attending the Christian all-girls Camp Mystic summer camp just outside the town of Kerrville 104km (64 miles) north-west of San Antonio.As of Friday night, emergency personnel had rescued or evacuated 237 people, including 167 by helicopter, Reuters reports.The Texas Division of Emergency Management

British music critics unite in five-star praise of Gallagher brothers’ return as the ‘kings of rock’n’roll’Even the most optimistic fans had begun to suspect Oasis would never go on stage again, given that as recently as January 2024, in this newspaper, Liam was pacing around slagging off his brother at considerable length. But the Oasis reunion did indeed come to pass, and the reaction has universally been one of wonderment. You’d expect that from fans – if you ended up spending north of £300 on a dynamically priced ticket, you’d decide you were going to have fun – but critics

Amy Hawkins visits one of the many bars popping up across Chinese cities offering drinks, snacks and a vision of the futureIn the age of self-help, self-improvement and self-obsession, there have never been more places to look to for guidance. Where the anxious and the uncertain might have once consulted a search engine for answers, now we can engage in a seemingly meaningful discussion about our problems with ChatGPT. Or, if you’re in China, DeepSeek.To some, though, it feels as if our ancestors knew more about life than we do. Or at least, they knew how to look for them.