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Disability Accessibility Planning and Infrastructure

Wheelchair user to object to multi-million-pound Kent footpath diversion over inaccessible stepped bridge

A wheelchair user is preparing to formally object to Kent County Council’s decision to approve the diversion of two public footpaths over a proposed railway bridge that will be inaccessible to disabled people.

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Ofcom Sexual abuse

Ofcom faces judicial review over alleged failure to act on intimate image abuse location-based forums

Ofcom has been warned it could face a judicial review over its alleged failure to act against platforms hosting non-consensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

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Environment International PFAS Forever chemicals

Seven homes identified as “high risk” due to PFAS contaminated soil in Thornton-Cleveleys

Investigations into the presence of ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS in soil near an industrial site in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, has identified seven nearby homes as “high risk”.

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