The Latest Breaking News from Borough Council

VE Day parade to go ahead after councillor suggested it would be ‘elitist’

Dacorum Borough Council cabinet member Caroline Smith-Wright had told a meeting on April 2 that there were no plans for a parade.

The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025

Gove warns councils not to cancel Hanukkah celebration over Middle East conflict

Havering Borough Council in east London had planned not to light Hanukkah candles from December 7 over concerns they could be vandalised

Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2023

A shadowy figure, gunshots and a dead politician: Who killed New Jersey councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour?

Eunice Dwumfour was shot more than a dozen times as she sat in her car outside her home on 1 February. Months later a suspect has finally been arrested and charged with the slaying. Graig Graziosi reports

The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2023