Tag: north lanarkshire council

Councils demand birth certificates to prove need for bigger wheelie bin

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 4, 2012

SCOTS councils are demanding that families requesting bigger wheelie bins hand over birth certificates to prove they aren’t lying about the number of children...

Apple not healthy for council finances

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - August 18, 2011

By Kirsty Topping A SCOTTISH council splashed out £2,500 on trendy iPads, only to replace them with iPad2s just months later. And another local authority blew...

Scots councils spend £1 million per year on bottled water

Deadline News Journalist - July 23, 2009

By Alexander Lawrie SCOTLAND’S local authorities are pouring £1 million a year down the drain buying in bottled water rather than using supplies from taps. Council...

Nursery worker stole from work to fund shopping spree

Deadline News Journalist - March 18, 2009

By Michael MacLeod A THIEVING nursery worker who stole more than £7000 forcing her work to shut down and two colleagues to lose their jobs...

Councillors give themselves green light for BlackBerrys

Deadline News Journalist - January 16, 2009

By Cara Sulieman COUNCILLORS have been slammed after voting to give themselves BlackBerrys in a move that could cost taxpayers £37,800. North Lanarkshire politicians approved the...

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