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Council spent £85,000 a week on single child's social care placement in 'broken' system
Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoCouncils in the UK spend much of their budgets on child social care. (Getty Images) SeventyFour via...
Council puts flower beds in front of cash machines to protect against ram raids
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSouth Cambridgeshire first installed a concrete planter outside a Tesco cash machine in Huntingdon...
Council to be prosecuted after three people killed on same busway
Yahoo News UK· 1 year agoGuided busways involve taking the steering of the bus away from the driver. (Getty) Chris Radburn -...
Residents blooming outraged by hanging basket rule
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoSue Unwin, a founding member and president of Chatteris in Bloom, said "bureaucracy was going to kill community spirit" [John Devine/BBC] Residents in a...
Why would Chatteris basket hangers need a safety course?
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIn recent years Chatteris in Bloom has won gold at Britain in Bloom and Anglia in Bloom [Chatteris...
Urgent need for foster carers across East of England
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAcross the region more than 7,000 children are in the care of their local authority [Getty Images] A new initiative has brought 11 local authorities to...
Road safety concerns over new housing development
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHighways officials asked for safety improvements to the design of the access road to the site [Local Democracy Reporting Service] A developer has been...
River footbridge to reopen after locks issues
BBC via AOL· 2 weeks agoThe council acknowledged the closure would be "disappointing" for residents [ Dave Webster/BBC] A river footbridge has reopened after it was closed over...
Reward offered in search for stolen Bronze Age torc
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe torc is larger than usual examples and is made of 730g (1lb 10oz) of almost pure gold [Trustees of the British Museum] The charity Crimestoppers is...
Council staff join ‘working from the beach’ culture of logging in from exotic locations worldwide
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe culture of working from the beach has spread to local councils as increasing numbers of staff...