Scarborough votes to fly the Union Flag on top of council offices every day

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

Walsall Council is blasted for blowing taxpayers’ money on ‘Super Mario Brothers’ green plant pots

A council has been blasted for blowing taxpayers’ cash on ‘garish’ giant green plant pots that left the town centre ‘looking like something from Super Mario Brothers’. Walsall Council forked out thousands of pounds on around 15 massive planters to ‘promote a feeling of wellbeing and safety’ in the Black Country town.  But residents have … Read more

Walsall Council is blasted for blowing taxpayers’ money on ‘Super Mario Brothers’ green plant pots

A council has been blasted for blowing taxpayers’ cash on ‘garish’ giant green plant pots that left the town centre ‘looking like something from Super Mario Brothers’. Walsall Council forked out thousands of pounds on around 15 massive planters to ‘promote a feeling of wellbeing and safety’ in the Black Country town.  But residents have … Read more

Council orders family to tear down illegal ‘eco-friendly’ bike shed

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

Police and council must pay Nation of Islam £90,000 damages after High Court judge ruling

Police were wrong to block preacher Louis Farrakhan who once called Jews ‘termites’ from giving speech at London park because they breached his human rights, High Court rules Nation of Islam was planning to hold an event in August 2017 in south London Organisers had arranged for Louis Farrakhan to make a broadcast from the … Read more

Police and council must pay Nation of Islam £90,000 damages after High Court judge ruling

Police were wrong to block preacher Louis Farrakhan who once called Jews ‘termites’ from giving speech at London park because they breached his human rights, High Court rules Nation of Islam was planning to hold an event in August 2017 in south London Organisers had arranged for Louis Farrakhan to make a broadcast from the … Read more

Lib Dems and Greens enjoy resurgence after picking up string of Labour and Tory council seats 

Lib Dems and Greens enjoy resurgence after picking up string of Labour and Tory council seats The Lib Dems made gains across the country, including one Brexit stronghold Welcome news to leader Sir Ed Davey after party’s previous poor performance  Lib Dems deprived Tories of overall control of Cambridgeshire County Council  By Claire Ellicott Political … Read more

Lib Dems and Greens enjoy resurgence after picking up string of Labour and Tory council seats 

Lib Dems and Greens enjoy resurgence after picking up string of Labour and Tory council seats The Lib Dems made gains across the country, including one Brexit stronghold Welcome news to leader Sir Ed Davey after party’s previous poor performance  Lib Dems deprived Tories of overall control of Cambridgeshire County Council  By Claire Ellicott Political … Read more

Labour suffers crushing defeats in early results from local council wards

Labour suffered a series of crushing defeats in early results from council wards in the North East – with local party officials saying the ‘warning signs’ were there for the rest of the country. The Tories won several previously Labour seats while severely cutting the gap in other seats with strong Labour majorities. In Ryhope … Read more

Labour suffers crushing defeats in early results from local council wards

Labour suffered a series of crushing defeats in early results from council wards in the North East – with local party officials saying the ‘warning signs’ were there for the rest of the country. The Tories won several previously Labour seats while severely cutting the gap in other seats with strong Labour majorities. In Ryhope … Read more