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Residents will be seeking legal advice after a council approved controversial plans for a chicken farm in a village. West Suffolk councillors backed the proposal to build four poultry breeder sheds, with enough capacity for 39,999 chickens, at Cross Green Farm, in Hopton Road, Thelnetham, near Diss. Thelnetham residents protesting outside West Suffolk House. Picture: Joao Santos/LDRSAhead of the meeting, 1,056 objections were submitted to the authority, both from individual residents and in two separate petitions. Darren Lewitt, a Thelnetham resident of 15 years, said the decision had been disappointing.

Democrats on Capitol Hill offered apologies and promises of accountability on Tuesday amid often harrowing testimony from people who had experienced violent encounters with federal agents engaged in Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. 2:25 Renee Good's brothers call violent ICE operations 'beyond explanation' – video“The deep distress our family feels at Renee’s loss in such a violent and unnecessary way is complicated by feelings of disbelief, distress and desperation,” he said. “In the last few weeks, our family took some consolation, thinking that perhaps [Renee’s] death would bring about change in our country. These encounters with federal agents are changing the community and changing many lives, including ours. The agent then accused her of assaulting a federal agent and of ramming his vehicle with her car, resulting in criminal charges that were subsequently dismissed.

A quick look at Alameda properties that sold between January 20 and February 2, 2026:For Sale: 63 (up from 45 two weeks ago). Highest Sales Price : $3,500,0001400 San Jose Avenue. : $3,500,000 1400 San Jose Avenue. 1400 San Jose Avenue. 1400 San Jose Avenue.

Jesurun Rak-Sakyi reveals Celtic ally sealed his transfer exit as secret 'agent' namedThe Crystal Palace wide man was back with the Premier League side last month before adviceView Image (Image: Getty Images)Winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi has revealed he was convinced to join Stoke City by a former Celtic player - amid interest from the Hoops. ‌The Crystal Palace wide man was back with the Premier League side last month after his loan at Çaykur Rizespor was cut short in January. He explains former Celtic kid Bosun Lawal - now with The Potters - played a role in the move. I’m very excited to be here and I can’t wait to get started. ‌“I’ve spoken with the manager and he’s given me good motivation, and I trust him, he’s given me that trust, he’s told me how the system is and I feel the connection is really strong.

A MUM-OF-FIVE who was prescribed the new “Ozempic pill” after being priced out of taking fat jabs has told how she wants to keep taking it forever. She said: “At day five of taking the pills, it shut out food noise completely. “The cheapest I could get was $500 for the month, and with five kids, I could not afford that.”‘Blessed’Before starting the Wegovy pill, Sharon weighed 188lbs and is hoping to slim down to 170lbs. It has completely cut out all the food noise for me. “I could lose 10-15lbs but what happens if the food noise returns and I gain the weight back.

Making the UK less attractive to international students has consequences on 11:22 - Feb 4 by J2BLUEThat sounds like a yes? I just think it's too easy to keep calling it the racist vote and suggesting the government should ignore it but if they do it drives people to Reform. No one with any sense wants Reform in government. "No one with any sense wants Reform in government". Core to this is probably tackling disinformation in the press an online, better regulation of political lobbying, tackling dark money, all the things that are undermining democracy.

Why all EFL kick-off times have been shifted in this weekend’s fixture listThe EFL have changed the kick-off times for all 36 matches up and down the country this weekend. Fixtures in the Championship, League One and League Two will now kick-off a minute later than previously scheduled. The changes are part of a campaign ran by Sky Bet and the British Heart Foundation, with the support of the EFL. As well as QPR's trip to Charlton, a further 35 matches across the EFL will kick-off one minute later. Every Minute Matters is a campaign set up by Sky Bet and the British Heart Foundation in May 2024.

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The Sunday Times appoints Camilla Long to restaurant critic roleCamilla Long, currently television critic for The Sunday Times, will move into restaurant reviews for The Sunday Times Magazine. Long is also a Sunday Times columnist, interviewer, and award-winning writer. Ben Taylor, editor of The Sunday Times, said:“Camilla Long is unique as a writer: piercingly honest, funny and original. The Times and The Sunday Times reach 14.7M people a month and have 640K digital subscribers. In 2025, they became the only news organisation to simultaneously win the leading accolades at the Media Freedom Awards, the Press Awards and the London Press Club.

More than 300 children from schools across Windsor took part in this year’s Young Voices concert at the O2 Arena, performing as part of the world’s largest children’s choir. The pupils joined over 8,000 schoolchildren from across the UK in the record-breaking event, organised by Young Voices, which brings together schools nationwide to create a mass choral performance. Their events give children the chance to perform in world-class arenas alongside professional musicians, vocal coaches, dancers and live bands. James Manwaring, director of music at the Trust, said: “It was an absolute privilege to lead our students at Young Voices this year. Choir leaders across the schools worked together to ensure every child felt prepared and confident to take part in the landmark event.

Starting Feb 17, 2026, IndiGo will suspend its operations to and from Copenhagen till further notice. From Feb 7, IndiGo will reduce its Delhi – Manchester services from five to four flights per week, and further reduce to three from Feb 19. It is reducing its total connectivity to & from Manchester from nine weekly to seven weekly services. However, it is being executed earlier to ensure reliability to the rest of IndiGo’s long-haul operations,” the airline says. From Feb 9, IndiGo’s Delhi – London Heathrow services will be adjusted from five times weekly to four weekly flights, for the current winter scheduleNEW DELHI: After its narrow body operations, IndiGo will now cut its Europe & UK flights mounted on wide body aircraft too.

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A frustrating 1-1 draw with Preston was followed up by a confusing and disappointing transfer deadline day, which saw a former Championship Golden Boot winner replaced with, well, nobody! It arguably leaves Ipswich Town weaker in the attacking areas than when the window first opened. Suffolk News' Ipswich Town columnist Joey SadlerWe’re in a bit of a rut at the moment. It’s Derby away next, which is a tough place to go, but a victory could really kick us into life. But it’s a chance for the group to answer a lot of the questions being thrown at them – come on Ipswich.

New York is creating a team of legal observers that will don purple vests to monitor and record the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement officers as they seek to detain and deport migrants, the state’s attorney general said on Tuesday. The New York attorney general, Letitia James, said the state’s new legal observers would be volunteer employees from her office, trained to observe, without interfering, whether Trump’s immigration enforcement “remains within the bounds of the law”. Trump, a Republican, has reserved his most aggressive surges in immigration enforcement for states governed by his political opponents, particularly California, Illinois and Minnesota. Show moreIn New York, small groups of legal observers are common at street protests, sometimes wearing the bright green hats of the National Lawyers Guild, focused on whether local police are violating rights or laws that protect freedom of speech. But a formal state-organized effort to deploy legal observers to monitor federal law enforcement appears to be new.