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Lammy not accepting Iran's claims over enriched uranium
Foreign Secretary David Lammy says he does not accept Iran's claims that the country is enriching uranium for academic purposes. Representatives from the United Kingdom, Germany and France held talks with Iran last week to try to break the deadlock over the country's nuclear programme. Advertisement Tehran maintains it is open to diplomacy, though it recently suspended cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). A central concern for western powers was highlighted when the IAEA reported in May that Iran's stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% – just below weapons-grade level – had grown to more than 400kg. In a wide-ranging interview with The Guardian, Mr Lammy said: 'Its leaders cannot explain to me – and I've had many conversations with them – why they need 60% enriched uranium. 'If I went to Sellafield or Urenco in Cheshire, they haven't got anything more than 6%. The Iranians claim it's for academic use, but I don't accept that.' Advertisement Mr Lammy warned that Iran developing nuclear weapons could lead to an escalation of tensions in the Middle East. Israel and the United States carried our strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in June. 'Many of your readers will have watched Oppenheimer and seen the fallout of (the US building an atomic bomb),' he said. 'So it's what (a nuclear Iran) might mean in terms of other countries in the neighbourhood who would desire one, too. And we would be very suddenly handing over to our children and grandchildren a world that had many more nuclear weapons in it than it has today.' Advertisement The Foreign Secretary said he had heard Israeli arguments in favour of regime change in Tehran, but did not believe that was behind the US decision to strike. The Tottenham MP added any decision to topple the government was one for the Iranian people, with his focus 'on what the UK can do to stop Iran becoming a nuclear power'. Last month, Mr Lammy suggested that Britain, France and Germany could 'snap back' on sanctions against Iran unless the country gets 'serious' about stepping back from its nuclear ambitions. He told the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee: 'Iran face even more pressure in the coming weeks because the E3 can snap back on our sanctions, and it's not just our sanctions, it's actually a UN mechanism that would impose dramatic sanctions on Iran across nearly every single front in its economy. Advertisement 'So they have a choice to make. It's a choice for them to make. 'I'm very clear about the choice they should make, but I'm also clear that the UK has a decision to make that could lead to far greater pain for the Iranian regime unless they get serious about the international desire to see them step back from their nuclear ambitions at this time.'
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Derbyshire council continues to face losses over leisure centre
A parish council is continuing to face financial losses due to a heritage and leisure centre, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act. Elmton with Creswell Parish Council has faced criticism for a "multitude of failures" in its governance due to the losses it has made on the heritage and leisure centre in centre operated at a loss of more than £230,000 last year and is on course to make losses of over £1m over the next three years, according to documents obtained by residents, which have been seen by the parish council said the overall deficit has reduced in real terms. The parish council took out loans of almost £3m from the government and Bolsover District Council to build the centre. But the cost of running the facility soon became a cause for concern and the council ordered an external investigation into its finances, which was published earlier this year. It said there were "large and systemic failure to follow basic legal obligations" that left councillors potentially liable to prosecution. A further investigation was then carried out by the National Association of Local Councils (NALC).It did not find any evidence that warranted prosecutions, but estimated the running the centre and repaying the loans were costing the council £10,400 per week. The centre's income was just over £100,000 in the last financial year, which is roughly the same as its salary costs alone, according to documents released to residents under the Freedom of Information Act, which have been seen by the BBC. The documents also show the council's total spending on the centre was £200,000 in the last financial year and it needed to subsidise the facility to the tune of £70,000 each financial quarter.A repayment plan is also now in place to keep the council from defaulting on its debts. The problems with the leisure centre led the council to increase its council tax precept by 323% over the last two years, taking its charge to a Band D home from £172.05 in 2023/24 to £557.09 in 2025/ say the council has no choice but to increase its share of council tax bills because the leisure centre's income does not cover its running costs. The charitable trust set up to run the centre will soon be dissolved after officers concluded it was not "able to carry out the functions it was set up to perform". Day-to-day running is expected to be taken over by Bolsover District Council, which is expected to make a number of structural changes in an effort to bring down costs. There are currently no discussions between the two councils on offloading the centre to a third party operator, after NALC warned the move could incur costs for the parish elsewhere. A spokesperson for Bolsover District Council said: "Bolsover District Council and Elmton with Creswell Parish Council are currently discussing detail around day-to-day management of the Heritage and Wellbeing Centre. "The prime intention is to sustain facility access to the general public, with operating costs being met by the Parish Council." The chair of a local residents' group, Cris Carr, said that there is increasing anger among residents that they are being asked to "pay more and more with no meaningful way to challenge what's happening".He added: "The latest report suggests costs are continuing to spiral, and many now fear another rise in the precept is inevitable — even as living costs bite hard."Residents are struggling to understand how a Parish Council — traditionally responsible for Christmas lights and hanging baskets — could commit an entire village to millions of pounds in future liabilities without any form of democratic safeguard or community consent."Yet not a single Parish Councillor believes they've done anything wrong." The parish council said in a statement it "understands and shares residents' concerns" and is addressing them through "greater transparency, financial discipline, and community engagement"."For Quarter 1 of the 2025/26 financial year, the Heritage and Wellbeing Centre received a subsidy of £70,253.12, coming in under the budgeted figure of £80,485.00", it said."This marks the second year running in which the overall deficit has reduced in real terms, as part of the Council's active work to bring costs down."Our focus is on bringing down the precept and reducing the impact on council tax bills."
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Landlords in Scunthorpe 'may sell up' due to tougher rules
After a council announced a date when it would introduce tougher rules for private landlords, aimed at improving housing standards and cracking down on antisocial behaviour, BBC reporter Naj Modak took a walk through the affected through the rows of terraced houses and back alleys of the vibrant and diverse Crosby and Park and Town wards in Scunthorpe on a Wednesday evening, it did not take long before I had to step around household waste and other litter. As I bent down to take a picture of some rubbish, a resident who was initially concerned I may be littering told me the council had recently cleared some of it. However, he said: "Just you wait until the weekend" for more rubbish to appear. Over the past few years, I have attended public meetings where residents and landlords had asked the local authority and the police to do more to tackle antisocial behaviour and then, North Lincolnshire Council introduced measures including Public Space Protection Orders to help with enforcement through fines, supported by Humberside authority said it intended to introduce a Selective Licensing scheme on 6 means landlords of 1,230 privately rented homes in the Crosby and Park and Town wards will have to pay a minimum of £955 to obtain a some local people supported the scheme, there was also concern a "sledgehammer approach" targeting landlords was not the Singh, chair of the Scunthorpe Landlords Association (SLA), said it was "frustrating" that a "poorly justified" scheme would go councillor Richard Hannigan, deputy leader of the council, described the scheme as a "fundamental intervention in delivering a safe and healthy place to flourish". The council was unable to introduce the scheme as planned in March, due to a legal challenge by SLA which to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, under Selective Licensing, private renting landlords in an area covered by the scheme have to get a licence from the council to be able to rent out a property. The licence involves a fee payable to the council and compliance with a number of housing standards council said, where it has concerns about non-compliance, management of the property or the behaviour of the licence holder, it may choose to apply an additional annual fee of £ legal challenge was dismissed on 29 May and it was ordered to pay £10,000 in legal Singh said, by using a "sledgehammer approach to target landlords, it failed to address root problems" linked to antisocial behaviour due to an area of low rent and low property values, landlords would now have to absorb the additional cost, he said."It will reduce the properties available and push rental prices up," he added. He said, instead, the council should focus on tackling antisocial behaviour. Hannigan said the council talked about introducing Selective Licensing in 2017, but instead introduced a voluntary scheme to encourage landlords to raise standards. "Sadly, there's not been an improvement. In fact, if anything, the housing stock has deteriorated," he licence scheme gained cross-party councillor for Crosby and Park ward Christine O'Sullivan said her family roots in the area dated back to the 1850s. She supported the scheme and said although landlords "can't be there 24/7," they could keep a watch on their tenants and educate them."We all need to work together to improve things for everyone," she said. If the scheme is a success it could be rolled it out across part of the nearby Frodingham ward, the council said. Resident Brian Bennett said he complained to letting agents about rental properties on his street but did not get a good said: "That's why I felt very strongly that this Selective Licensing should go ahead."Landlords should be taking responsibility for their tenants and properties."Mr Bennett added: "Let's look at the bigger picture and work out as to why the area has become a dump with all the constant fly-tipping."Bob Riach, director of Riach Financial based in the Town ward, said: "The area needs cleaning up and properties bringing up to standard, but not all landlords are the same. There are some very good landlords."He said the scheme assumes a landlord has lots of money but many cannot afford the registration fees because they are not all making "big profits".Mr Riach said: "I believe that several landlords will sell and the new licences will put off new landlords."He said landlords provide a service when there is a shortage of social I walked through the ward to get back to my car, I saw people socialising on the street and children playing in the alleys not far from the litter.I wonder when I visit again, after the new rules have come into effect, whether the area will be tidier. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices
