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Council spent £85,000 a week on single child's social care placement in 'broken' system
Yahoo News UK· 6 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· 2 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· 1 week 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· 6 days agoIn recent years Chatteris in Bloom has won gold at Britain in Bloom and Anglia in Bloom [Chatteris...
Sinkhole investigators assess possible pipe damage
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoPolice were sent to "look into" the latest sinkhole in Wisbech [Cambridgeshire Constabulary ] Engineers are investigating potential damage to pipework...
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...
Dozens of councils in England see sharp rise in homeschooling since pandemic
Press Association News via AOL· 3 months agoDozens of councils in England have seen a sharp rise in the number of children being removed from...
Full list of average council tax in England in 2024/25, by local authority
Press Association News via AOL· 2 months agoHere is a full list of the average level of council tax set by local authorities in England for...
Police release CCTV footage of museum torc theft
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 week agoPolice have released CCTV footage of two people after gold objects dating back 3,000 years were stolen from a museum. The Bronze Age jewellery - a gold...