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Killjoy council chiefs were embroiled in a storm in a Royal teacup yesterday when a parish chairman faced the sack – after he bought 60 Diamond Jubilee MUGS

A CITY council has undertaken a CSI-style operation to forensically tag drain covers to deter metal thieves. Gully covers - the grates over drains - in Birmingham will be

A KILLJOY council has left two young girls devastated after it ordered a climbing frame in their grandparents back garden to be taken down. Carolyn and Gerry English moved

A COUNCIL have been accused of a 'gross invasion of privacy' after it was revealed they are sending photographers out with refuse collectors to take pictures of people's

The Royal British Legion has been banned from selling poppies in a city centre in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday because of council red-tape. The charity are forbidden from

A CASH-STRAPPED council have been criticised for 'wasting' GBP1 million on an 'eyesore' sculpture which has been likened to a cow's spine and a 'massive slinky spring'. Shropshire Council

A WOMAN was given thousands of pounds of council funding to help people clear their homes of JUNK. Heather Matuozzo, 52, helps hoarders overcome what experts claim is a

BLUNDERING council workers have been left red-faced after making a glaring mistake when painting these new road markings. For it seems a road painter was particularly careless after a

A COUNCIL has left motorists baffled with a bizarre series of red route parking bays which cover the road AND the pavement. The parking spaces, in Tipton, West Midlands,