Tag: council

Giant attraction for the granite city

Deadline News Journalist - June 30, 2009

By Cara Sulieman THE GRANITE city is to get a new giant tourist attraction that will allow visitors to gaze over the rooftops. Planning permission has...

Finger trapping costs councils thousands

Deadline News Journalist - June 4, 2009

By Cara Sulieman COUNCILS across the UK are paying out hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation to people who get their fingers trapped in...

Council bans home baking from school fairs

Deadline News Journalist - June 2, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A COUNCIL has banned home baking from school fun days – branding it a health and safety risk. Dundee City Council has told...

SKODA BECOMES THE POSH CAR OF CHOICE

Deadline News Journalist - April 7, 2009

By Cara Sulieman IT WAS once the butt of a generation of jokes. But now a Scots council has given the humble Skoda their official seal...

FEMALE TAXI RANKS: Girlguiding Scotland calls for girls-only ranks

Deadline News Journalist - April 6, 2009

By Cara Sulieman A YOUTH organisation is campaigning for female-only taxi ranks to be introduced in Scotland's biggest cities. Girlguiding Scotland are asking local authorities to...