Hartlepool Council bosses want to ban daytime drinking on beaches this summer to stop anti-social behaviour with fines of up to £1,000 for rule-breakers. The new rules, which were agreed last week, will stop people from drinking booze by the seafront in Seaton Carew, County Durham. Under the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), the regulations will … Read more
Parish council is slammed as ‘the meanest in the country’ after banning a childminder from taking TODDLERS to an allotment Hannah Lovelock, 43, from Stoke Poges, says she has ‘meanest parish in Britain’ Childminder has been told she cannot use allotment if she has children with her Mrs Lovelock used to take daughter, Nora, four, … Read more
Liverpool City Council vows to NEVER let its 100 parks to be sold or built on Liverpool City Council is first council to have made a vow not to build on parks This follows court ruling stopping council building homes on Calderstones Park Such areas have been vital for locked down Britons seeking places to … Read more
Council chiefs rule that hated High Street Kensington cycle lanes will NOT be reinstalled despite Sadiq Khan-led survey claiming more than half of local residents support scheme Temporary lanes installed last year using cash awarded from transport scheme But they were removed in December after some 322 complaints were received This then sparked a huge … Read more
Furloughed joiner, 51, spends two MONTHS clearing mounds of windblown sand from cycle path after woman fell and broke her collar bone – only for council to dump more in its place while clearing the pavement Chris Truett, 51, sprang into action in Southport, Merseyside, after seeing sand He began tidying up 25 tonnes after … Read more
Average council tax bill will top £2k for millions of households next year as payments are set to rise by 4.3% Typical fee in England is set to rise by £78.31 – or 4.3 per cent – next year Average band D property in North East and South West could pass £2,000 a year Major … Read more
Average council tax bill will top £2k for millions of households next year as payments are set to rise by 4.3% Typical fee in England is set to rise by £78.31 – or 4.3 per cent – next year Average band D property in North East and South West could pass £2,000 a year Major … Read more
Council bosses want to charge grieving families £84 to livestream and record funerals if they can’t get to the service Perth and Kinross Council hopes to impose fee after coronavirus lockdown ends It will cost £60 to use the crematorium webcam to stream and £24 to record The move has since been branded as ‘insensitive’ … Read more
We’ll pay more council tax… for WORSE services: Watchdog warns of Covid double whammy as it emerges local authority budgets took a £9.7billion hit from pandemic The National Audit Office said the pandemic had left some councils at risk of ‘financial failure’, creating £6.9billion in additional costs in 2020/21 The Government has announced £9.1billion in … Read more
Council litter officer fined ‘speechless’ 28-year-old mother-of-two £100 when her baby droppped Dairylea cracker in Tesco car park Danielle Botcher was shopping when daughter dropped a cracker at Essex Tesco The 28-year-old said she was confronted by enforcement officers and fined £100 She claims officer told her she had purposefully left the cracker on the … Read more