内容摘要：Devon County Council and Cornwall Council said the rules meant fewer recycling centres would be able to accept upholstered furniture due to a lack of space with extra costs in Devon of about £110,000 every year.

Devon County Council and Cornwall Council said the rules meant fewer recycling centres would be able to accept upholstered furniture due to a lack of space with extra costs in Devon of about £110,000 every year.

The removal of the AQMAs follows a recent consultation carried out by the city council into ways to improve further the city's air quality as well as its air quality action plan.The plan includes key proposals such as encouraging developers to include electric vehicle charging points in all new homes and expanding cycling infrastructure and one-way systems.

The council said it is also looking at expanding the city's smoke control area to limit harmful emissions from chimney fires.Reform UK has chosen the next leader of Kent County Council (KCC).Maidstone South East representative Linden Kemkaran was picked by the party's councillors on Thursday from six potential candidates.

Kemkaran said she would be looking at ways to save money at the authority, calling council tax "a massive bill".She also said she saw having a Ukrainian flag in the council chamber as a "distraction".

"We need to get our backyard in order before we look at foreign wars in countries thousands of miles away," she told the BBC.

"If I need to remove a flag to refocus our council on what it's there to do then that's what I will do."Two of Gemma Nelson's daughters have attended Little Stars and another daughter, Nancy, was due to start in September.

"As we stand she has potentially no place and nowhere to go," Ms Nelson said."This is going to have a massive impact on her."

Ms Nelson is from Killyleagh and said pre-school was "massively important" to the town."Normally they have a waiting list to get into Little Stars, its reputation is so high," she said.