内容摘要："This has been going on for years, it isn't a one-off situation and it has been a consistent deterioration of the park, to the point where the community had to speak up to protect the park for future generations."

"This has been going on for years, it isn't a one-off situation and it has been a consistent deterioration of the park, to the point where the community had to speak up to protect the park for future generations."

Livingstone was his party's standard bearer again in both 2008 and 2012, on both occasions losing to a young Conservative contender called Boris Johnson.But that's another story.

Members of a town council have been told "to get their their thinking caps on" to try to save their leisure centre.Shropshire Council is consulting on withdrawing the subsidy it provides to open Much Wenlock Leisure Centre to the public.On Thursday, councillors agreed to come up with ideas on how to save the facility.

The council has stressed the consultation is so it can look at ways for it to remain open.The centre, which has a swimming pool, gym, artificial pitch and a multi-use games area, is owned by the William Brookes Academy Trust, part of the 3-18 Education Trust.

When the facility is not in use for educational purposes, it is managed by the council for nearly 57 hours a week.

Shropshire Council said its operational budget for the site for 2024/25 was £280,040, and it is proposing to withdraw that subsidy.While Israel alleges that the buildings are being used by Hamas as "command and control centres", local authorities and aid agencies say there are thousands of civilians sheltering there.

Evacuating these areas would require time, they say, and there could be huge numbers of casualties.It's an ominous sign of Israel's threat to significantly expand its military campaign in Gaza.

The former Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, has been one of very few senior Israelis so far to speak out against expanding the military campaign in Gaza.In an interview with the BBC, Olmert said: "Most Israelis are against what is happening, large numbers of the [army's] commanders are against expanding the military operation and want to end the war right now."