Driver shares bizarre council fail with two signs showing COMPLETELY different speed limits on the one road – but is everything as it seems? Man’s TikTok shows speed signs of 100km/h and 80km/h in the same place The video by Halfy Originals was filmed on the Nimbin Road in northern NSW He wondered how the … Read more
A council has been accused of ‘acting like communist China’ for suspending a loyal librarian of 34 years. Maureen O’Bern, 58, says she has been punished by Wigan council, Greater Manchester, after raising concerns about the £130million redevelopment of The Galleries shopping centre. In social media posts, Ms O’Bern, who worked at Leigh Library, south … Read more
Scarborough votes to fly the Union Flag on top of council offices every day of the year Union Flag will fly over Scarborough council-owned building every single day Cllr Neil Heritage brought forward the motion to a council meeting on Friday The flag will fly over Scarborough Spa and Whitby Pavilion among other places It will fly … Read more
Council orders family to tear down illegal ‘eco-friendly’ bike shed in front garden after it was built without permission and is ‘not in keeping with Victorian character of the area’ Kavi and Mita Pujara are in a ‘David vs Goliath’ battle with Leicester City Council Over wooden shed they erected outside their Stoneygate Road home … Read more
Council orders family to tear down illegal ‘eco-friendly’ bike shed in front garden after it was built without permission and is ‘not in keeping with Victorian character of the area’ Kavi and Mita Pujara are in a ‘David vs Goliath’ battle with Leicester City Council Over wooden shed they erected outside their Stoneygate Road home … Read more
Alzheimer’s Society: Play fair on council tax discounts for households where family member has dementia By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2021 Charity Alzheimer’s Society is urging local authorities to stop playing hard ball over paying council tax discounts to households where … Read more
Local authorities increase council tax bills by up to 5%, but some households can mitigate impact by challenging them or applying for discounts By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 24 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 24 April 2021 Cash-strapped local authorities have just increased council tax bills for the year … Read more
Butcher wins battle with council to overturn more than 50 parking fines worth £20,000 after proving road with double yellows near his shop is private Gareth Sell parked on double yellow lines outside his shop and received fines But the 36-year-old contested the tickets as he claimed the road was private The Surrey council accepted … Read more
Butcher wins battle with council to overturn more than 50 parking fines worth £20,000 after proving road with double yellows near his shop is private Gareth Sell parked on double yellow lines outside his shop and received fines But the 36-year-old contested the tickets as he claimed the road was private The Surrey council accepted … Read more
‘Uneducated’ British grandfather, 63, sells bee business for £100MILLION to a US company after starting it from the kitchen table of his council house Steve Ryan, 63, has sold bee business he started at home for more than £100m Grandfather can now ‘afford an island in Bahamas and a Falcon private jet’ He started his bee … Read more