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Council driver accused of using mobile while driving

A COUNCIL lorry driver has been caught on camera driving in a narrow residential street with what appears to be a mobile phone pressed...

Wheel of fortune: why rich homeowners are installing car turntables

PLANNERS are insisting that new homes next to busy roads install “car turntables” costing up to £15,000. The devices allow a car to be driven...

Taxpayers fork out £4 a time for council’s toe curling soap operas

A CASH-strapped council has been condemned for squandering £10,000 on toe-curling soap operas.   Only 2,500 people have watched the East Lothian Council mini-dramas on YouTube...

Bungling council workers left lampposts in the middle of a footpath

BUNGLING council workers left  lampposts in the middle of a footpath right next to a community centre used by parents with pushchairs. A new path...

Motorists face parking price hikes in Scotland’s Capital

MOTORISTS are facing parking price hikes at the meter and outside their own homes as cash-strapped finance chiefs aim to squeeze an extra £2...

OAP “left to rot” in bed

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after an elderly man was left “bleeding to death” in the home he shared with his dementia sufferer sister. John...

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