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Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Residents of Machynlleth will have to go without Christmas lights along the town’s high street this year due to a dispute over installation costs. Machynlleth Rotary Club, which has long been responsible for putting up the festive lights, said Powys County Council’s fees had become too high and that several lights failed to work last year. David...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Scotland has seen a surge in the number of towns, with 33 former villages reclassified over the past 11 years due to population growth and new housing developments. Data from Understanding Scottish Places (USP) shows that Scotland now has 509 towns, up from 479 in 2014, reflecting shifts in demographics and community expansion. Aberdeenshire leads the growth...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online People suffering from fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition, are facing serious challenges accessing timely and effective care through the NHS, according to new research led by Aberdeen University. Patients report waiting years for a diagnosis, undergoing unnecessary tests, and being prescribed medications that may be harmful or only marginally effective. The condition, which affects roughly one in...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A five-year-old girl tragically died after experiencing a very rare complication following a routine tonsillectomy, a coroner has confirmed. Amber Milnes, who suffered from cyclical vomiting syndrome (CVS), passed away at the Royal Cornwall Hospital on 9 April 2023 after an artery ruptured during recovery from the surgery. Amber's parents, Sereta and Lewis Milnes, described their daughter...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A 31-year-old man has been arrested at Manchester Airport on suspicion of terror offences in connection with the synagogue attack in the city earlier this year, police confirmed. The arrest brings the total number of people detained over the incident to seven. The attack, which occurred on 2 October at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, claimed...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Labour government has announced a U-turn on its manifesto pledge to provide workers with unfair dismissal protection from day one of employment. Instead, the right will now take effect after six months, following pressure from business groups and concerns that immediate protection could deter hiring. Other day-one rights, including sick pay and paternity leave, remain on...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online David Coburn, a former Brexit Party MEP and one-time leader of UKIP Scotland, has strongly denied taking any money linked to a pro-Russian influence effort in the European Parliament. His name appears in WhatsApp exchanges between disgraced ex-MEP Nathan Gill and Oleg Voloshyn, a Ukrainian politician sanctioned by the UK and US for alleged ties to Russian...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Prime Minister Mark Carney’s newly announced agreement with Alberta to advance a long-debated oil pipeline to Canada’s Pacific coast has already ignited significant controversy across the country. The deal, presented as a historic reset of relations between Alberta and Ottawa, marks the federal government’s strongest endorsement yet of a major energy project aimed at expanding access to...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Trump administration has announced a sweeping plan to re-examine green cards issued to immigrants from 19 countries, citing national security concerns and renewed scrutiny following a violent attack involving an Afghan national in Washington DC. The decision marks one of the most extensive immigration reviews under President Donald Trump’s current term and has reignited fierce debate...

Published: 28 November 2025 Friday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Mr Chung still hears the last words his wife said to him: “Hang in there.” Those words, spoken in panic as flames engulfed their 31-storey public housing block in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, have echoed in his mind as the agonising hours have stretched into days. What began as a desperate phone call has turned into...