Angela Rayner grants planning approval for asylum centre in Piddington despite local opposition | Immigration and asylum

Angela Rayner grants planning approval for asylum centre in Piddington despite local opposition | Immigration and asylum

The communities secretary, Angela Rayner, has approved full planning permission for an asylum centre at a Ministry of Defence site near the village of Piddington in Oxfordshire. The decision approves plans to go ahead with the refurbishment and redevelopment of the former barracks. The Home Office insists that final approval is still to be determined….

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Fashion for a Passion

Oklahoma City Chi Omega Alumnae Association hosts Fashion for a Passion at CK & Co., benefiting Hearts for Hearing. Over the years, Fashion for a Passion has raised over $3.5 million to support Oklahoma children with hearing loss. The event included a reception, a style show and discounts on shopping.   …

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Widespread outage hits Microsoft email and other apps

The Microsoft Visitor Centre at the company’s Washington headquarters. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) CHICAGO (AP) — A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant’s suite of apps. Nearly 130,000 users on outage tracker Downdetector reported problems accessing Outlook just after…

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Members of the Chief Medical Examiners Office wheel a gurney with the body of a man who fatally shot himself while holed up in his penthouse apartment, where he had been speaking by phone with police negotiators following reports of an active shooting, in Washington, on Thursday. (AP)

Suspect among 2 dead in Washington shooting

Washington: A shooter killed one person and injured several others before turning the gun on himself in America’s capital, a short distance from the White House. According to law enforcement, another shooting victim is in critical condition while three others have suffered non-life threatening injuries. Members of the Chief Medical Examiners Office wheel a gurney…

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