Tag: council

Council workers suspended

Deadline News Journalist - August 25, 2009

By Cara Sulieman MORE THAN a dozen workers have been suspended from a Scots council after a racist email was sent round a group of...

Family devastated as they are told their relative’s grave is full

Deadline News Journalist - August 20, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A GRIEF stricken family have lost the plot in a row over where to bury a beloved relative – after being told...

English aristocrat holds Scottish council to “ransom”

Deadline News Journalist - August 20, 2009

By Cara Sulieman AN ENGLISH aristocrat is holding a Scottish council to "ransom" over a derelict school building. The 17th Earl of Buchan is demanding £70,000...

Stressed out teachers took 250 years off

Deadline News Journalist - August 16, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond SCOTLAND’s beleaguered teachers took more almost 250 years’ worth of time off during the last two school years – due to STRESS. New...

Bins too tempting for arsonists

Deadline News Journalist - July 30, 2009

By Cara Sulieman FIRE CHIEFS in Edinburgh fear the city’s bin strike could be putting lives at risk. Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service reports...