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Gaza recovers 112 bodies after painstaking recovery effort

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:6 August 2026
Post last modified:6 August 2026

After 136 hours of painstaking search and recovery efforts, Gaza’s Civil Defense recovered the remains of 112 civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes. A mass funeral was held for the victims on 4 August 2026. The victims were found beneath the rubble of a residential block in Gaza City’s al-Sabra neighbourhood, which was heavily bombarded by Israeli airstrikes. Among those recovered were 40 children, 38 women and seven people with disabilities. https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/fea-first-firsr.mp4 Gaza: 112 recovered, 196 still missing The building was home to members of the extended Abu Sharia and Al-Husayna families before it was targeted in an Israeli airstrike on 23…

Community Barometer sets out blueprint for high street recovery

Post author:The Canary
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:16 July 2026

The 2026 Community Barometer report is the first major report into the health of the high street that focuses on putting place first. The Association of Convenience Stores launched the report, which highlights the use of the ‘Makerfield Test’ as a means to deliver good growth on high streets. The ‘Makerfield Test’ is the idea that a policy must work for somewhere like Makerfield or the government ditches it. There is a stark contrast in the report between the high streets that people feel are getting better and those that are getting worse. Across the UK, only Greater London emerged as…