5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (508+ words) An unusual scene unfolded in the San Jose City Council chambers on Tuesday as a man approached the dais and served District 5 Councilmember Peter Ortiz with legal documents. The incident, which has raised eyebrows online and in City Hall, is…...

11+ hour, 52+ min ago   (371+ words) Elgan Hearn Local Democracy Reporter Why has nothing been done to curb speeding through a small village, over a year after a Welsh council decided that a solution is needed, a councillor has asked. In July 2025, residents from the village…...

9+ hour, 16+ min ago   (244+ words) The first chief executive has been appointed to lead the new West Surrey Council as it prepares to replace six local authorities in 2027. Susan Halliwell, who currently leads Bracknell Forest Council, was selected following a national recruitment campaign and will…...

12+ hour, 2+ min ago   (364+ words) A former councillor, described as having made an "enormous contribution to public life", has been nominated to receive one of the local authority's highest civic honours. Sunderland City Council's cabinet recommended Harry Trueman be appointed an Honorary Alderman of the…...

12+ hour, 47+ min ago   (193+ words) Long queues, congestion and traffic delays have prompted the introduction of a booking system at a recycling depot in Worcestershire. Bilford Road Household Recycling Centre, in Worcester, now requires users to book an appointment for visits at the weekend or…...

18+ hour, 6+ min ago   (400+ words) Plans for Llanfairfechan promenade car park will be discussed at the meeting on 16 September Councillors are being advised to refuse their own council's planning application for extra seafront parking spaces over concerns about flooding. Conwy council applied for permission to…...

14+ hour, 37+ min ago   (231+ words) Council bosses are set to spend up to £600,000 on improvements to a key operational depot. Knutton Lane Depot, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, is used as a base for the borough council's waste, recycling and Streetscene services, with about 150 staff working at the…...

19+ hour, 37+ min ago   (578+ words) A BELOVED Scottish bakery’s £11 million plans to expand its operating base as part of a bid to double its number of outlets have been approved. Fife Council green-lit Baynes the Family Bakers' extension plans at its Lochore base earlier this…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (754+ words) An ex-employee of Leeds Beckett University has been ordered to pay the university £20,000 in costs after taking her former employer to employment tribunal. Amanda Barrow, who had been employed as a learning technologist at the university, claimed Leeds Beckett had…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (774+ words) Noel Gallagher is facing a lengthy period of construction work at his new £11.5million mansion after being given the green light by council chiefs to overhaul the rundown Grade II-listed building. The historic London property, built in the mid-19th century, needs…...