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 ...

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 ...

Handforth parish council has become an unlikely internet sensation after the town’s Zoom meeting descended into a frenzied shouting match. The online session began with an unseen councillor mumbling ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Clips of a local council meeting descending into chaos went viral this week. The Handforth Parish Council meeting began with an unseen councillor mumbling “f*** off” under their breath and evolved ...

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.

From virtual birthday parties to work meetings that definitely could have been emails, Zoom calls have infiltrated most of our lives in one way or another throughout the Covid-19 crisis. With physical ...

The chairman of a parish council whose meeting went viral has apologised for losing his cool but said he stood by the claims he made in it. Handforth Parish Council's meeting in December spiralled out ...

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