You might not have thought a local English council meeting would be your essential viewing this week, but here we are. On Thursday, footage of a chaotic Zoom call from Handforth Parish Council's ...

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Hello and welcome to today's edition of news I never expected to write... featuring a local parish council Zoom meeting going viral for all the right reasons (turns out they're not the snoozy affairs ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The unlikely internet star of a viral parish council meeting did not "have the authority" to mute and virtually eject councillors, new reports say. Jackie Weaver trended on social media after a Zoom ...

Thousands of people watched as the country's most famous parish council got back to business - and back to its old antics. Handforth Parish Council became an internet sensation after a chaotic Zoom ...

Was the Zoom meeting of the century called illegally? Had all participants read and understood the standing orders? And, most importantly, did Jackie Weaver have the authority to kick Handforth parish ...

An investigation into a parish council which went viral due to a chaotic Zoom meeting has cost taxpayers more than £85,000, it has emerged. Clips from a meeting at Handforth Parish Council, now ...

Handforth Parish Council shot to fame when footage showing clerk Jackie Weaver removing disruptive people was viewed millions of times Want the latest political news and analysis delivered straight to ...

More than 3,000 people tuned in to the first Handforth Parish Council meeting since the local authority went viral – and viewers were gripped by more chaos. A planning meeting held on Zoom on December ...

When members of an English town’s local government committee met to discuss planning matters before Christmas, they had little idea that their Zoom call would become the cinematic event of the decade.