But quarry operators say the proposal is contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework

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SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn believes Labour is failing to deliver Scottish promises

Bridget Phillipson was quizzed this morning over her own acceptance of donations from Lord Waheed Alli.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to be in New York this week for the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future amid increasing geopolitical instability around the world.

Hezbollah targeted the Ramat David Airbase in northern Israel at dawn on Sunday with surface-to-surface missiles for the first time in response to Israeli attacks on areas in Lebanon.

Floods and landslides killed one person and left at least 11 missing in central Japan, with recovery teams at work on Sunday in a remote peninsula already devastated by a major earthquake this year.

Germans in the state of Brandenburg are voting in a regional election with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) expected to finish first, building on successes in other eastern states and beating Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in one of their traditional strongholds.

Six members of a cult known as 'The United Nation of Islam and the Value Creators' were convicted of conspiracy to commit forced labor earlier this week after a 26-day jury trial.

The Education Secretary has hinted at a possible rise in university tuition fees, while admitting it would be an "unpalatable" decision.

Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets into northern Israel, targeting areas deeper than before. Israel has also launched airstrikes on Lebanon as the conflict escalates.

The demise of Aqil has left only two surviving members from the original seven-person jihad council, Hezbollah’s supreme military authority.

The Israeli military says it struck about 290 targets, as the conflict sharply escalates.

The Scottish Secretary tells the BBC his party inherted the "worst economic and public service finances situation since the Second World War".

'Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have called his MLAs and ministers and said 'this should not happen in India. Manipur is not a part of any banana republic, I will not allow this to happen, talk it out, what is the problem'

This will bring the Kenyan contingent helping Haitian police fight gangs up to 1,000.

Israel and terrorist organisation Hezbollah have exchanged a volley of rockets following amid the ongoing war in Gaza where tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians have been killed

Gateshead Council's Labour group "condemns" austerity in a council motion following the removal of the winter fuel allowance for millions

The German chancellor's hopes of a second term could be in doubt as polls open in Brandenburg.

Amid the lingering crisis in Manipur, Congress MP A Bimol Akoijam raises pointed questions over the Centre’s “inaction”, suggesting that such a situation would not have been left unaddressed if it happened in States such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Israeli president Isaac Herzog said he "rejects out of hand any connection" to the operation against Hezbollah on Tuesday and his nation has an "inherent right" to defend itself

Hezbollah knows that the IDF can pinpoint any launch the moment it is fired, and plant a bomb, a missile, or a shell there.

India clinches maiden Chess Olympiad gold; Sri Lanka presidential election goes to second round and more in The Hindu’s top news of September 22, 2024

Accused of fanning anti-Islam sentiment, the "National Review" drawing also drew attention to the alleged pro-terrorist actions of radical Democrats.

Two Free State men will now use their wives' surnames after their spouses successfully challenging a section of the constitution which they say is, among other things, archaic and patriarchal.