Local government warns councils that adopting a four-day work could risk being declared failing authority, raising operational and compliance concerns.
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The UK plans to ban trail hunting in England and Wales under a new animal welfare strategy, citing concerns it is used to mask illegal hunting.
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A photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with women has surfaced in newly released Epstein files published by the US Department of Justice.