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October 5 2011, 3.00PM Caerphilly Observer
Caerphilly County Borough to tweet about its ‘typical’ day
Caerphilly County Borough Council has announced it will use social networking site Twitter to capture a ‘typical’ day in the life of th...
September 20 2011, 2.36PM Caerphilly Observer
Survey shows residents happy with services from Caerphilly County Borough Council
More than three quarters of residents living in Caerphilly County Borough are satisfied with the services provided by the council, according to a r...
April 16 2011, 12.19PM Eastleigh News
Technophobia?
At a recent council meeting, Eastleigh Borough Councils new Head of Communications, announced that as part of a revamp of the way the council commu...
March 11 2011, 1.58AM Eastleigh News
ELAC splash the cash
The impact of cuts in funding from County Council made itself felt on Monday night’s short, though slightly confused, meeting of the Eastleig...
March 3 2011, 1.14AM Eastleigh News
Labour’s Plan B
Eastleigh’s Labour councillor Brian Norgate has urged the council to make savings by cutting the subsidy to the Point and the annual Music festiv...
March 2 2011, 12.34AM Eastleigh News
Priorities and Choices
“It’s about priorities and choices†said Council Leader Keith House as he delivered his blueprint for dealing with a £800k shortfall in gove...
February 3 2011, 11.30AM Caerphilly Observer
Caerphilly Council welcomes positive report
Caerphilly County Borough Council has welcomed the publication of a report into its services by the Wales Audit Office. In the Annual Improvement R...
January 5 2011, 7.42PM Eastleigh News
Recycle your Christmas tree
Now Twelth Night is here Christmas decorations will be coming down in homes throughout the Borough. The council have issued a reminder to househo...
January 1 2011, 11.40AM Eastleigh News
Parking Permit Chaos
Many residents in parking permit zones in Eastleigh have been unable to renew their annual permit after the council telephone system collapsed unde...
October 18 2010, 9.41PM Rossendale News
[Council Services] Introducing …. STAN – Services to A Neighbourhood
A new service, based on board a specially converted van, aims to make it easier for people in Rossendale to get information, advice and access to s...
October 16 2010, 11.38PM Eastleigh News
Local Councils Waste £370k a Year on ‘Non Jobs’
Up to £166,555 a year of Eastleigh Council Tax payer’s money could be saved by axing council ‘non jobs’ it has been claimed. The Tax Payers ...
October 3 2010, 12.44AM Eastleigh News
New Hotel for Town Centre
Eastleigh is to get a new Hotel on the site of an older one. The site of the former Crown Inn on Station Hill which last traded as the Earth Bar be...
October 1 2010, 8.05PM Eastleigh News
County drive to keep oldies on the road
With UK Older People’s Day being celebrated today, 1 October, Hampshire County Council is keen to encourage mature, more experienced drivers to e...
September 23 2010, 11.59PM Eastleigh News
County prepares to axe jobs
County Council Chiefs are preparing to swing the axe in anticipation of government public sector spending cuts to be announced in October and are a...
July 16 2010, 5.28PM Pits n Pots
Leader Of The City Council To Hit The Streets Of Stoke-on-Trent For Residents’ Views
Residents will have the chance to air their views about how Stoke-on-Trent City Council should save money over the coming year with a week of consu...
July 5 2010, 11.56PM Eastleigh News
Hooray! Stinky bins here to stay!
Louise Bloom, Eastleigh Council’s recycling Tsar, has rubbished an edict from Tory minster Eric Pickles which recommends that councils should rev...
July 3 2010, 1.27AM Eastleigh News
Low income OAPs forced to remortgage homes to pay for repairs
Elderly and vulnerable people who need vital repairs to their homes but lack the cash to fix things could end up paying thousands of pounds in Inte...
June 21 2010, 1.29AM Eastleigh News
Bus Pass Balls Up
The Local Government Ombudsman has slammed Eastleigh Borough Council for the unfair way they scrapped bus tokens and may have discriminated against...
June 1 2010, 2.49AM Eastleigh News
Parish Council Election Round Up
In the elections on the 27th May for the new parish councils of Chandlers Ford and Allbrook – and for the Hiltingbury wards – both the ...
May 18 2010, 11.11PM Eastleigh News
Keith is still our Leader
The leader of Eastleigh Liberal Democrats Keith House has been re-elected in his absence -as leader of the Eastleigh Borough Council – in a u...
May 18 2010, 6.16PM Eastleigh News
Roundabout repairs put locals in a Spin
Repairs to potholes on a Hedge End roundabout has driven residents round the bend when work was abandoned leaving the road surface in a worse state...
May 16 2010, 12.19AM Eastleigh News
Eastleigh’s new Mayor Installed
Thursday night saw the annual Mayor making ceremony take place at the Towns Civic Offices as the outgoing Mayoress Pamela Holden- Brown made way fo...
