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COMMITTEES are to be restructured following changes to Stoke-on- Trent City Council's party political make-up.
The authority has to review the number of party members on each committee after changes in the overall make-up of the authority following May's elections.
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AHEAD of tomorrow's Europa League final in Dublin, Mark Lawrenson has called for a facelift for the Champions League's dowdy younger sister.
The pairing of Porto and Braga has failed to ignite the imagination of the sporting public -- Braga only took up a fraction of their 12,000 ticket allocation -- and there is the worrying prospect of empty seats at the Aviva Stadium.
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MARTIN Robinson (Letters, October 8) claims the Government is trying to rig future elections by getting rid of 50 seats, the majority of these being Labour or Lib Dem.
But the present allocation of seats is heavily rigged in favour of Labour as it takes far fewer Labour voters to elect an MP.
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PUPILS participating in a charity walk to the Olympic stadium will be among those to be entered into a ballot for free Olympic tickets under plans from one north London secondary school.
Teachers and pupils at Compton School in Finchley have devised the lottery as the fairest way to decide who gets their allocation of 90 seats to the Olympics and Paralympics.
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THOUSANDS of seats at Cardiff City's Wembley FA Cup semi-final match could be left empty - despite massive demand from Bluebirds fans.
The club today expected to learn if the FA will release more tickets for Sunday's clash with Barnsley, after City sold the last of its 33,000 allocation yesterday lunchtime.
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THOUSANDS of seats at Cardiff City's Wembley FA Cup semi-final match could be left empty - despite massive demand from Bluebirds fans.
The club today expected to learn if the FA will release more tickets for Sunday's clash with Barnsley, after City sold the last of its 33,000 allocation yesterday lunchtime.
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Northern Ireland's two largest parties will meet today to discuss the make-up of the new Executive.
Democratic Unionist leader Peter Robinson and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness are expected to consider the appointment of a new justice minister as part of talks about the allocation of ministries, which is based on the number of Assembly seats won.
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The record low turnout for the 28 March general elections enabled smaller parties to make gains at the expense of the main parties. Kadima, formed late last year by the now-incapacitated Ariel Sharon, became the largest party with 29 seats but failed to live up to opinion poll expectations. The Labour Party did well in winning 20 seats and the main loser was Likud, the former ruling party that was split so badly over Sharon's decision to withdraw settlers from Gaza, which has fallen to joint-third place with the ultra-orthodox Shas party with 12 seats in the Knesset. Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu now faces a very difficult period as his party reassesses its position. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is now almost certain to become the new premier and his task over the next few weeks ...
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Northern Ireland's two largest parties will meet today to discuss the make-up of the new Executive.
Democratic Unionist leader Peter Robinson and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness are expected to consider the appointment of a new justice minister as part of talks about the allocation of ministries, which is based on the number of Assembly seats won.
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DAVID MOYES has accused the Football Association of being "disrespectful" over the allocation of FA Cup final tickets.
The Everton boss believes the 25,109 seats the Blues have been given for the Wembley showdown with Chelsea on May 30 is woefully inadequate.