The Latest Breaking News from Council

East Ayrshire Council has agreed on new 10 year Capital Investment Programme, that will see continued investment of almost half a billion pounds for future improvements across the region.

Iranian Foreign Ministry welcomed the statement issued at the 155th GCC Ministerial Council on the resumption of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Spokesman Nasser Kanaani expressed his country's aspirations for the agreement to be influential in promoting peace and stability in the region. Saudi Arabia and Iran announced earlier…

Some changes are planned for Lexington’s Community and Resident Services program. Lexington Council members got briefed this week.

The organisation also confirmed Russian and Belarusian athletes remain banned for the foreseeable future.

Although Auckland Council’s big cleanup following this year’s extreme weather events continues, “things are getting more difficult at this point”.

Four high school swimming pools remain under threat but Grangemouth proposal will see it close first

Pollution levels have halved in Broxburn since 2011 ending the need for an air quality monitoring prorgamme which costs the council thousands each year

Lexington City Council members got a briefing on plans for the central Kentucky community’s next regional park. Cardinal Run North Park, with 137 acres, will be developed where New Circle and Versailles Roads intersect.

With the release of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 25th annual as concern of hate crimes rise through social media and blogs

"We need to be doing some serious fact finding, there are alternatives being used across the water."

Councillors pay is set by Holyrood but pay for senior members who chair committees is agreed by the council. Councillors rejected a proposal by the SNP that all but the Provost and Leader take only the minimum