The overzealous littering team at Trafford Council have issued a fixed penalty notice to the Refuse Collection Team that covers Sale and Altrincham after one of their authorised members of staff noticed that some litter fell from the back of the lorr...
Anti-library closure activists fear civil war on English streets following Brent Council's 'cowardly' dead-of-night raid in Kensal Rise today.
The council hit the library to remove books, photographs and comemmorative plaques at 2am, under the gua...
A London council's plans to ban spitting are a breach of human rights says a national pressure group.
Enfield Council has collected 3,700 signatures on a petition calling for the ban and now is asking local government minister Eric Pickles to appr...
As the weather in Britain worsens and turns freezing, the gritters are out in force. In one borough of East Manchester the gritters have been asked not to take short cuts this year.
"We're not talking about only half filling the bucket, or failure...
Money strapped Britain: In the austerity streets of Britain where the local libraries are closing down, cuts of 20% to the Police planned, reductions in hospital care, so much so that a recent Government report has slammed the care of the elderly in...
Nottingham Councillor Mr I. Likexpences, was interviewed last night by our ancient political reporter Inchcock Chambers.
He asked the Councillor his opinions on the following topics:
Inchock asked: "Your views on the rioting and attacks on 14 police stations in Nottingham?"
Likepences replied: "Not all bad news you know, we have the highest unemployment rate in the country here in Notting...
The chair of the Nottingham City Council Education Committee, Irma Dunce, has declared her intention of reintroducing 'Spotting' as a hobby and pastime for those children not in borstal.
She explained: "I realise that Train Spotting is out of the question nowadays, due to the dangers of electrification, and collisions with the few trains still running. Twish.. twich..twatc... Bird Watching is a...
Government Ministers are saying they will consider bringing in a new law to stop councils from fining people heavily when leaving their rubbish bins out too long. The warning to councils comes following a report that one of Britain's councils is thre...
The summer holidays are just around the corner, and the Island's tourist attractions are girding their loins for yet another bumper season, writes Tourism, Philately, Lacrosse, Bingo, Psychiatry, Indo-Chinese Drama and Phrenology correspondent, Herbert Ffountaine.
I spoke to Eric Ladle, General Manager of the Island's Tourist Information Centres, yesterday. We had a jolly interesting conversati...
In a move that has angered local citizens the length and breadth of the country, government ministers have put forward plans to revamp over thirty dogging sites across the UK.
Whilst thousands of healthcare, childcare and other high profile servic...
In a move guaranteed to inconvenience and infuriate dog walkers, ramblers, off-road cyclists, joggers, and horse riders alike, Cornwall County Council has today announced plans to restrict the use of all footpaths and BOAT's (Byeways Open to All Traf...
The Local Council has revealed the winner of their 'Design an Anti-Suicide Sign' competition after a tense judging process that has taken over three days.
It came down to the final three candidates - Claire Luxford's creative picture of a man eat...
The Local County Council have removed the trampoline at the base of Beachy Head after it was revealed it was having little impact on the suicide rates at the popular jumping point.
Council bigwig Barry Miller revealed his disappointment in a tell...
Councils the length and breadth of the country are steeling themselves for soaring absence levels as a direct result of savage cuts in expenditure.
In the wake of the Coalition Government's instructions to town halls to reduce spending in all aspe...
Councils all over the UK have been warned that the swingeing cuts they will have to make over the coming years will affect the quality of catering they provide at training courses.
Chief Executive of Lambeth Council, Seth Goldstein, announced that...
A survey commissioned by the Taxpayers Alliance has revealed major variations in the amount of recycling councils are undertaking in the U.K.
While the survey indicates that the average number of containers councils ask their residents to sort the...
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles has intensified his campaign against local councils by introducing yet another controversial new measure.
Hot on the heels of last week's bombshell that , from April 1st, 201...
A scathing attack on local government bodies and their employees has been launched by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles.
In a speech made last night at the Guild Hall in London, Pickles warned that sweeping...