Under the legislation, if parents or other parties object to a council executive's decision to close or merge a school, their only recourse will be to new Independent Local Determination Panels, set up in each council.

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Villagers in Leighton said the dairy would be too close to their homes and a primary school, and there have been objections about noise, smell, flies, increased traffic and the size of the development.

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The Welsh government said she was trying to encourage a debate and there were no specific proposals on how close takeaways should be allowed to school gates.

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Whitney Kropp, a self-described outcast with just a handful of close friends at Ogemaw Heights High School, was picked to be the female representative of the sophomore class royalty.

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The race has been a massive success and the odds for a New Yorker of getting in through the lottery must be close to getting your kid into an Ivy League school.

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