Tarah Welsh Housing Reporter, BBC London BBC Patricia Brown says she can’t wait to have her own home Patricia has been living in a hotel for eight months. She says she’s had enough and just wants a permanent home. “I so want my own key, I am fed up with being here,” she says. Patricia...
A major incident has been declared by Birmingham City Council over the ongoing bin strikes, which has left 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets . Council leader John Cotton said the action had been taken in response to rising concerns about public health as the authority struggles to clear the rubbish. Read full article...
A council has planted a dozen Christmas trees in preparation for future festive celebrations. Dudley Council said it had put the trees in locations across the borough this week as part of a springtime planting project. The authority said the new trees would improve public spaces and be a permanent and sustainable feature of future...
When Exeter City Council leader Phil Bialyk announced last month that he would be cutting £3.5 million from the council’s 2025-26 budget, he didn’t mention Northbrook leisure centre in Beacon Lane, home to an established swimming school and nineteen metre pool. Five days later, despite saying that next year’s budget aimed to “protect the services...
Street lights in parts of Devon will be dimmed for one year in a bid to save money. The 12-month trial is to be rolled out in April and involves altering about 80% of the county’s 80,000 street lights, said Devon County Council. The council said the trial could save about £300,000 per year, on...
Bradley Gerrard Local Democracy Reporter Google Mid Devon District Council overcharged and undercharged thousands of social housing tenants due to wrongly applying a rent formula About 70 council tenant evictions could be reviewed in Mid Devon as council officials grapple with social housing rent errors dating back to 2002. There are cases where rent arrears...
At an Oxford City Council meeting on Monday 24 March, councillors unanimously voted for an “ethical investment and procurement” process, specifically in connection to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. And the motion’s proponent, Cllr Barbara Coyne, said in a press release: I hope this motion will be thoroughly implemented, and that its passage may pave...
Jake Wallace BBC News, South West BBC Torbay Council want people to plan their events for the Monday before VE Day Torbay residents wanting to hold street parties to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day have been urged to start planning commemorations and submit them to the council. VE Day on...
Several of Friday’s front pages cover plans for a future military deployment in Ukraine. “Starmer threatens Putin” is the i Paper’s headline, after the prime minister warned of “severe consequences” for the Russian president if UK troops were attacked, the paper reports. It comes as Sir Keir “steps up plans” for a “31-nation military force”...
The Special – Urgent, Extraordinary Meeting of the Council – Thursday 20th March 25 can now be viewed below. Attendance details Agenda frontsheet PDF 140 KB Agenda reports pack Report – Local Government Reorganisation – Interim Submission PDF 2 MB Source link...
Bradley Gerrard Local Democracy Reporting Service Google Maps Nick Spence, a member of Feniton Parish Council, said the district council should have turned the application down A proposal to build up to 86 homes in a Devon village is due to be decided at appeal after planners failed to make a decision. Developer Taylor Wimpey’s...
Google Daniel Cunningham was involved in four fly-tipping incidents, Plymouth Magistrates’ Court heard A council says it will “come down hard” on fly-tipping after a man who owned a van involved in four separate incidents of illegal waste dumping was jailed. Daniel Cunningham, of no fixed abode, appeared at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court earlier in March...
A council in Devon is investing a further £300,000 to tackle antisocial behaviour in town centres. Torbay Council said it was investing in Operation Town Centres – its plan to make the bay’s towns safer and more welcoming. The money, along with the £300,000 already committed, would build on the work that began last May...
Huddersfield Giants owner Ken Davy’s proposed purchase of Halifax Panthers and FC Halifax Town’s The Shay home has been approved by Calderdale Council. Davy expressed an interest in the ground in order to move the Giants there temporarily from 2026 while a new stadium is built in Huddersfield. He previously said the stadium, which is...
An annual rough sleeper count conducted by Exeter City Council for the government “consistently underestimates” the true levels of rough sleeping in the city, according to homelessness charity St Petrock’s, which is calling on the council to change its approach. The snapshot count, which is supposed to capture the number of rough sleepers on a...