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What have Reform achieved in Wakefield in their first three months?
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Karl Johnson became the leader of Wakefield Council and its majority party, Reform UK, after May's elections Karl Johnson has had a whirlwind three months. After standing for Reform UK in the local elections, the keen musician found himself the leader of Wakefield Council after his party won 58 of the 63 seats on offer and ended decades of Labour majority rule.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) had first reported the event as a magnitude 4.4 earthquake on Wednesday, but later confirmed the incident "was instead a glacial collapse and debris flow" that "caused subsequent catastrophic impacts downstream".
Among these are 260 foreign nationals, CCTV said, adding that the death toll remained at three. "Additional analysis of nearby seismic stations, long period seismic waves, and satellite imagery led to the determination that the seismic event was instead a glacial collapse and debris flow, and that no earthquake had occurred," USGS said on Thursday.
Scientist will be looking at satellite images of exactly where the landslide occurred, whether any glacial lakes suddenly drained, and where the river might have become blocked, as well as data on recent rainfall. At the time, Labour's deputy leader Jack Hemmingway said the government was providing £17.9m towards redeveloping the area, describing it as "a once in a generation opportunity to transform the city centre".
Johnson points out the new markings and road surfaces around us, claiming to have found the money from "waste" under the last administration, enabling him to increase the budget from £41,000 to £82,000. In an update on Thursday morning, Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said 826 people are still missing, including more than 529 tourists, with 466 foreigners among them.
Nepal's foreign minister initially said an earthquake was reported on the Tibet-Nepal border shortly before the landslide, suggesting it may have triggered the disaster. Simon Cook, senior lecturer in energy environment and security at the University of Dundee who specialises in glaciology, said "climate change could have an impact".
Meanwhile, China's state broadcaster CCTV said on Thursday that the number of people missing in the mudslide disaster in Tibet's Gyirong county had risen to 558. It is now 100 days since the Annual General Meeting when the party were sworn in - but are they delivering the change they promised and that people voted for?
Nepal's prime minister said "the entire nation has been left shocked and deeply distressed" and that officials would coordinate with China on the response. In neighbouring India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government was "prepared to provide Nepal with all possible types of humanitarian assistance".
What's confirmed
- Karl Johnson became the leader of Wakefield Council and its majority party, Reform UK, after May's elections Karl Johnson has had a whirlwind three months.
- The United States Geological Survey (USGS) had first reported the event as a magnitude 4.4 earthquake on Wednesday, but later confirmed the incident "was instead a glacial collapse and debris flow" that "caused subsequen
- Among these are 260 foreign nationals, CCTV said, adding that the death toll remained at three.
- Scientist will be looking at satellite images of exactly where the landslide occurred, whether any glacial lakes suddenly drained, and where the river might have become blocked, as well as data on recent rainfall.
- Johnson points out the new markings and road surfaces around us, claiming to have found the money from "waste" under the last administration, enabling him to increase the budget from £41,000 to £82,000.
- Nepal's foreign minister initially said an earthquake was reported on the Tibet-Nepal border shortly before the landslide, suggesting it may have triggered the disaster.
What's still developing
- Karl Johnson became the leader of Wakefield Council and its majority party, Reform UK, after May's elections Karl Johnson has had a whirlwind three months.
- After standing for Reform UK in the local elections, the keen musician found himself the leader of Wakefield Council after his party won 58 of the 63 seats on offer and ended decades of Labour majority rule.
- It is now 100 days since the Annual General Meeting when the party were sworn in - but are they delivering the change they promised and that people voted for?
- Johnson points out the new markings and road surfaces around us, claiming to have found the money from "waste" under the last administration, enabling him to increase the budget from £41,000 to £82,000.
- At the time, Labour's deputy leader Jack Hemmingway said the government was providing £17.9m towards redeveloping the area, describing it as "a once in a generation opportunity to transform the city centre".
- Since May, the authority has said it will carry out further consultations on the proposals with residents.
- Chinese state media has said there are significant casualties, while Nepalese officials anticipate "huge scale loss".
- Nepal's foreign minister initially said an earthquake was reported on the Tibet-Nepal border shortly before the landslide, suggesting it may have triggered the disaster.