内容摘要：The damage to the plaques and graves at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Hertfordshire is being treated by police

The damage to the plaques and graves at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Hertfordshire is being treated by police

The first new council homes are set to be built in Skipton for decades, councillors have agreed.North Yorkshire Council is set to spend £840,000 buying 12 new houses that are part of a 53-home development on Airedale Avenue.

The properties will be allocated to families on the council's housing waiting list with priority given to those with a local connection to the market town, before being offered to those elsewhere in North Yorkshire.The new housing is expected to be completed in phases between March 2026 and December 2026.Council officials said there was a high level of housing need within the former Craven district, with almost 700 applicants on the register.

Of these, Skipton has the highest concentration of people on the waiting list, according to theThe new housing has been welcomed by councillor Simon Myers, who said: "I would think they're the first new council homes in Skipton for 40 years.

"It's only a drop in the ocean compared to the hundreds on the register, but it does mean that 12 families get on the waiting list and into a new, good home."

As well as the 12 houses bought for rent by the council, four other homes will be acquired by Bracewell Homes, the authority's separate shared ownership housing company.The first pontiff to use the name Leo, whose papacy ended in 461, met Attila the Hun and persuaded him not to attack Rome.

The last Pope Leo led the Church from 1878 to 1903 and wrote an influential treatise on workers' rights.Former Archbishop of Boston Seán Patrick O'Malley wrote on his blog that the new pontiff "has chosen a name widely associated with the social justice legacy of Pope Leo XIII, who was pontiff at a time of epic upheaval in the world, the time of the industrial revolution, the beginning of Marxism, and widespread immigration".

The new Pope's LGBT views are unclear, but some groups, including the conservative College of Cardinals, believe he may be less supportive than Francis.Leo XIV has shown support for a declaration from Francis to permit blessings for same-sex couples and others in "irregular situations", although he has added that bishops must interpret such directives in accordance with local contexts and cultures.