Caroline Robinson BBC News, Devon BBC Councillors backed proposals to trial areas where all potholes would be filled, rather than just dealing with safety defects A council has agreed to trial changes to the way it fixes potholes in parts of Devon. Devon County Council backed proposals to trial areas where all potholes would be...
A plan for up to 100 homes to be built on land near a historic house has been approved. The proposals for Tidcombe Hall in Tiverton were rejected for a second time by Mid Devon District Council’s planning committee last year, with the plan attracting some 170 letters of objection. Opponents at the time expressed...
Elizabeth Glinka Political Editor, BBC Midlands BBC Rob Howard said health issues were the reason for his resignation The recently elected leader of Warwickshire County Council has resigned, leaving his 18-year-old deputy in charge. Reform UK councillor Rob Howard released a short statement in which he said he had made the decision with “much regret”....
A person who threatened a Devon council leader has been issued with a community resolution, police have said. An investigation was launched after Tudor Evans, leader of Plymouth City Council, said he had received a “serious threat of violence” from a member of the public on 16 June. The Labour councillor said the threat was...
Exeter City Council is set to seal the fate of Northbrook swimming pool at a meeting of its executive committee tomorrow evening, when it is expected to decide to close the pool, for the second time, on the basis of a report produced by council director Ian Collinson. The council is apparently intent on ignoring...
Paul Seddon Political reporter Getty Images Ministers say the changes will help areas with cheaper property values Councils in more deprived areas of England are set to receive a greater share of government cash, under a planned overhaul of funding rules. The shake-up will see formulas that affect how billions of pounds are allocated to...
Paul Moseley BBC political reporter, Norfolk Qays Najim/BBC Kay Mason Billig said her personal post had been taken out of context A council leader apologised “unreservedly” for posting a picture of a steak dinner on Facebook with the words: “Wonder what all the poor people are doing?” Norfolk County Council’s Conservative leader Kay Mason Billig...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter George Thorpe BBC News, Devon BBC Tudor Evans said he received the threat from a member of the public The leader of Plymouth City Council has reported a “serious threat of violence” to police. Labour leader Tudor Evans said the threat was made by a member of the public...
Rob Flett and Adam Harcus BBC Scotland News Getty Images Options for greater autonomy were found to be too expensive or too difficult Orkney Islands Council has accepted it must remain part of the UK – after spending two years exploring opportunities for greater autonomy. Officials looked into various models for “alternative governance”. These included...
Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service Red Earth The developer said the construction would cost more than £30m and was expected to take three years A Devon council has amended plans for the regeneration of a derelict riverside site in Bideford. Torridge District Council’s planning committee agreed the apartment balconies in the plans for Brunswick...
Exeter City Council has renewed its Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), extending the measure introduced to curb anti-social behaviour in 2017 to June 2028. The order, which was made under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, covers the city centre and extends to include Exeter St David’s, Cowick Street, Exeter Quay and Belmont...
Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent IDF/Reuters/EPA Clockwise from top left: Late Hamas leaders Mohammed Sinwar, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Marwan Issa With the confirmed killing of Hamas’s top military commander Mohammad Sinwar in an Israeli strike, a chapter has closed on the elite leadership group in Gaza that orchestrated the events of 7 October, 2023....
Getty Images Council tax is expected to rise by 5% a year to pay for local services including policing, documents in the Spending Review suggest. Local authorities have the power to raise the tax by up to 5% every year, without central government approval, although some choose lower increases. However, Wednesday’s Spending Review assumes councils...
A warning against fly-tipping has been issued by North Devon Council after a woman was ordered to pay a total of £2,200. The council said dumping waste could result in fines up to £50,000 at Magistrates Court, an unlimited fine at higher courts and up to five years in prison. It comes after Roxanne Pitteway,...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter Reuters Reform UK’s success in the recent local elections has propelled many councillors with limited or no political experience into council chambers across England. While Reform UK’s rise was the big story of those elections, almost half of the councils up for grabs were not won outright by any single party....