The Latest Breaking News from Council

Newcastle grandmother's delight after Gateshead Council backs down on Askew Road bus lane fine

The Dumpling Hall pensioner is glad that "common sense" saved her from a £70 fixed penalty notice from the Askew Road bus lane

Chronicle Live · May 6, 2023

Bid to 'derecognise' new Duke of Edinburgh fails to get enough votes

Green councillors said the title was "illegitimate" and "should not exist" ahead of the coronation weekend.

Edinburgh Live · May 5, 2023

Price hike at Derry carparks needed to fund 'critical services', council insists

Parking costs at all council owned 'pay and display' carparks has gone up

Belfast Live · May 5, 2023

Migrants at Navy Pier or McCormick Place? Alderperson says central facility better than neighborhoods for asylum-seekers

Stop “playing whack-a-mole” and disrupting neighborhoods, Ald. Maria Hadden told the Sun-Times. “We need central locations. We need large spaces,” such as McCormick Place, Navy Pier or shuttered big-box stores.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 4, 2023

Council threatens to knock down man's front garden wall if he doesn't do it first

Magistrates appearance did not go well for homeowner Khan Mahmood Khan after he asked for a 'favour' over fine

Wales Online · May 4, 2023

Dáithí thanks council after six-year-old campaigner granted Freedom of City

The West Belfast lad has become the youngest ever beneficiary of the honour

Belfast Live · May 3, 2023

Landlord who told tenants he was selling refused planning permission for Airbnb

The landlord has also been issued a four-weeks cessation notice after Dublin City Council deemed this as “unauthorised use of the property”

Dublin Live · May 3, 2023

McDonald's fined £475,000 after customer finds mouse droppings in cheeseburger

McDonald's has apologised and been fined £475,000 after a mouse infestation was found at its restaurant in Leytonstone, east London, which was forced to close its doors for several days

Daily Mirror · May 3, 2023

Shock proposals could see Howden Park Centre and three leisure centres closed to save cash

West Lothian Leisure Board of Directors has ratified a proposal to shut Xcite Armadale, Xcite Broxburn Swimming Pool, Xcite Livingston and Howden Park Centre in Livingston

Daily Record · May 3, 2023

Three West Lothian Leisure pools at risk of closing due to cuts with a loss of 75 jobs

A proposal has been submitted to West Lothian Council advising for a full closure of four of West Lothian Leiure’s venues including Xcite Armadale, Xcite Broxburn Swimming Pool, Xcite Livingston and Howden Park Centre in Livingston.

Edinburgh Live · May 3, 2023