
Moth Club Saved as Hackney Refuses Second Flats Plan
London's Moth Club says it is "out of the woods" after the council rejected the last of two applications for flats beside the venue.
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London's Moth Club says it is "out of the woods" after the council rejected the last of two applications for flats beside the venue.

Swansea Council called off the Magic Men Australia show over concerns it was too raunchy. Ticket holders will get refunds.

Campaigners welcome plans to move the Historic Railways Estate away from National Highways. The timeline is still undecided.

Treasury officials have reportedly told Ben Houchen that mayors can hand tax revenue to residents and firms as grants, at the cost of other local priorities.

Plans including the former 20th Century Fox home won committee approval. The Soho Society opposes a new archway onto the square.

Higher refining margins during the Middle East war nearly quadrupled BP's underlying profit to $8.46bn. Campaigners criticised the result.

The health and social care select committee says the 10-year pledge to end the obesity epidemic needs a new plan led by the prime minister. Ministers are urged to report to parliament within three months.

More than £3bn was cut from the energy budget to help fund defence. Experts warn the heat pump goal is now hard to reach.

Prosecutors say fraudsters used stolen identities to enrol fictitious students in US colleges and send aid money to Kenya.

The KX100 kiosk at Dunsop Bridge in Lancashire, the 100,000th installed in the country, now has heritage protection.

The developer says the Liverpool regeneration is still going ahead, even though Twickenham Studios has left, and welcomes a £20m Budget boost.

Ministry of Justice figures show 52,716 people were sent back to prison in the year to June, up 27%, despite early release measures.

Sara fled the Taliban and won a place on a University of Glasgow gateway course. Home Office refusals gave contradictory reasons.
The theatre's Macbeth at Liquid and Envy has been cut short, and the council says it wants to understand the "unforeseen circumstances".

A joint regulators' report rated most water companies in England as poor or requiring improvement. The environment secretary summoned industry bosses to Whitehall.