Tag: council

Red Flag lowered as the UK’s last elected Communist retires

Politics

Deadline News Journalist - June 2, 2016

BRITAIN'S last elected Communist has retired after more than 40 years of flying the red flag for Karl Marx. Willie Clarke, 80, was first elected...

Scotland’s first privatised dog poo patrol starts this month

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - May 20, 2016

SCOTLAND'S first privatised dog poo patrollers start work this month - and they will be allowed to keep the fines they dish out. Scottish Borders...

Bungling council agrees to remove red lights that point the wrong way in one-way street

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - May 20, 2016

A BUNGLING council has agreed to remove a baffling set of traffic lights that point the wrong way in a one-way street. The lights can...

“Ridiculous” Edinburgh Council shuts new £50K playground after one complaint

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 20, 2016

COUNCIL health and safety officials have been branded “ridiculous” after they shut a brand new £50,000 school playground following a single complaint from a...

“SNP puppet” Cone Tsar scraps 2014 and 2015 reports because there was no Cone Tsar

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - February 26, 2016

SCOTLAND’S £300,000-a-year Cone Tsar has abandoned individual reports for 2014 and 2015 - because there was no Cone Tsar for part of the time. The...

Glasgow provost’s car “uninsured” for at least three weeks

Court & Crime

Deadline News Journalist - February 23, 2016

ONE of the luxurious private limousines used by Glasgow’s Lord Provost was uninsured for at least three weeks, according to the government’s official database. The...

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