The Conversation

why local media is crucial to democracy

The proposed reorganisation of council boundaries was probably not the issue which prompted British voters to elect hundreds of Reform councillors at May’s local elections. Nigel Farage’s surging party won 677 seats and gained control of ten councils, including Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands. There, a choice about whether the districts of Gedling or Rushcliffe…

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Gaza hospital strike that killed 20 'a tragic mishap': Israel PM Netanyahu | World News

Gaza hospital strike that killed 20 ‘a tragic mishap’: Israel PM Netanyahu | World News

Updated on: Aug 25, 2025 11:08 pm IST Netanyahu says Israel “values the work of journalists, medical staff and all civilians”; military is investigating the strike Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country’s twin airstrikes on a hospital in Gaza that killed 20 people, including five journalists, was a “tragic mishap” and that…

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