内容摘要：Tameside Council has apologised for its failures and set out a plan to "stabilise and improve" its services.

Tameside Council has apologised for its failures and set out a plan to "stabilise and improve" its services.

In December 2024, the Court of Appeals in Bucharest ruled that an original indictment - the first case - which was issued in June 2023 could not proceed to trial in its current form.In August, Romanian authorities began a second investigation over new allegations of trafficking of minors, sexual intercourse with a minor and money laundering.

When both cases have been submitted to the court, they will become live."It's actually a sort of lull in the two cases against them," Ms Tabusca explained."A big question mark hangs over whether they will ever return there to face trial, what the US government would do in such a situation, and what pressure the UK government is putting on the US to extradite them to the UK to face trial on another set of charges there."

Romania's justice minister said the Tate brothers "risk pre-trial detention" if they fail to return to Romania to face continued investigation in the cases against them."There are legal mechanisms in place to resolve this situation," Marinescu said, which could be a reference to the extradition treaty between the US and Romania.

Calls for a public explanation of why their travel ban was lifted comes as many Romanians express concern that there appears to be one law for the rich and influential, and another for ordinary citizens.

A project to restore a large section of a River Tyne tributary has been completed.In 2023 the overspend on staffing in total was £1.8m, according to Mr Smith.

He said "we will do what we can to try to manage ahead to find small efficiencies, which will hopefully save hundreds of thousands of pounds".The cost of agency staff was the main driver behind the overspend, it was revealed.

Bin lorry drivers in Birmingham could have their pay cut by up to £8,000 under new proposals, their union said, asenters its eighth week.