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 ...

A chaotic parish council meeting has become a new spectating sensation - following in the footsteps of Jackie Weaver and Handforth Council. The ferocious bile and simmering aggression of North ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

The return of a parish council which became an internet sensation was watched by thousands on Wednesday night and dogged by repeated interruptions by members of the public. Handforth Parish Council, ...

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LONDON — A local government meeting in England has become an Internet sensation after it descended into chaos, with footage showing members insulting each other, swearing and, as one put it, laughing ...

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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 ...