Tag: Local Authority

Residents of block next to new Banksy mural slam council, claim authority cares more about artwork than human life

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Douglas Simpson - April 11, 2024

RESIDENTS of the block next to the latest Banksy work have slammed their local council, claiming the authority cares more about the artwork than...

Residents use Facebook to start grit campaign

Deadline News Journalist - January 6, 2010

By Cara Sulieman SCOTS fed up with treacherous road conditions are taking to the internet to vent their anger. Hundreds of Facebook groups have been set...

Scot who left legacy to places that shared his name a “misunderstanding”

Deadline News Journalist - December 8, 2009

By Cara Sulieman HE HIT headlines across the world when it was revealed he left his legacy to places across the globe that shared his...

Edinburgh city chiefs want help with 100 dead bodies a year

Deadline News Journalist - August 27, 2009

By Oliver Farrimond THE HOME of infamous Scots murderers Burke and Hare is advertising for help in dealing with the unburied bodies of around 100...

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...

Lord Steele’s Daughter In E-Mail Fiasco

Deadline News Journalist - February 9, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie A BORDERS councillor has blasted Lord David Steel’s daughter after she wrongly copied him into an e-mail in which she labelled him...