内容摘要：A historic Borders pub is on the verge of moving into community ownership after securing more than £200,000 in grant funding.

A historic Borders pub is on the verge of moving into community ownership after securing more than £200,000 in grant funding.

The group said it welcomed the government's recent announcement of asylum grant funding for boroughs this financial year.The payment will see each local authority accommodating asylum seekers on 30 March 2025 receive a £1,200 payment per asylum seeker in all accommodation types.

However, London Councils has said more funding is needed – especially considering high housing costs in the capital.The group added it "hoped to work with the government" to develop a multi-year funding package for asylum and resettlement.Any solution would have to "take account of London's rising homelessness pressures... in the context of extreme pressures facing London boroughs' finances".

It said it estimated a funding shortfall "of at least £500m this year, across all services".A Home Office spokesperson said: "This government inherited a broken asylum system, with tens of thousands stuck in a backlog and claims not being processed, wasting millions in taxpayer money.

"We are immediately speeding up decisions and increasing returns so we can end the use of hotels and save the taxpayer £4bn by 2026."

Plans to cut the school summer holiday have been shelved until after the next Welsh Parliament election - with teaching groups calling the proposal "a waste of time".Mr Fuller said he also sold catapults designed for target shooting, with a range of 50m (164ft) but would not sell to anyone under 18.

"Maybe an age restriction would be a compromise?" he added.Mr Rogers has until 27 May to raise enough signatures to get a response from the government or have the matter debated in Parliament.

"We speak to anglers and they don't use these types of catapult," he said."Anglers who would use a slingshot are doing it in a private lake, they're not walking round the streets taking random shots."