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Drivers keen to avoid parking fines

Drivers keen to avoid parking fines

Press Assoc. - 39 mins ago

Councils wishing to fill budget deficits with cash from parking fines may be disappointed - because drivers are determined to avoid them, a motoring organisation has said. More »

  • Council plans to use crematorium to heat pool

    Council plans to use crematorium to heat pool

    AFP - 10 hours 42 mins ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Critics have slammed a local authority's plans to use excess energy from a crematorium incinerator to heat one of its swimming pools as "sick". More »

  • 'Crematorium to heat pool' defended

    'Crematorium to heat pool' defended

    Press Assoc. - Monday, January 24 06:10 pm

    A council has defended "insulting and insensitive" plans to heat a swimming pool with a crematorium incinerator. More »

  • Graffiti from Beatles fans covers the road sign for Penny Lane in Liverpool, northern England February 14, 2008. REUTERS/Phil Noble

    Liverpool lures investors with London Embassy 

    Reuters - Monday, January 24 02:54 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - As councils across the country face wide-scale cuts in government funding, the northern English city of Liverpool is opening an "embassy" in London to woo investors to help beat the squeeze. More »

  • Potholes warning over funding cuts

    Potholes warning over funding cuts

    Press Assoc. - Saturday, January 22 12:04 am

    Councils in England will struggle to repair potholes caused by extreme winter weather because of a £165 million shortfall in funding, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned. More »

  • 'Bloodgate' rugby physio appeal win

    'Bloodgate' rugby physio appeal win

    Press Assoc. - Friday, January 21 11:40 am

    Former Harlequins physiotherapist Steph Brennan has won a High Court battle over the decision to strike him off for his part in the "Bloodgate" rugby controversy. More »

  • Blair disregarded Iraq legal advice

    Blair disregarded Iraq legal advice

    Press Assoc. - Friday, January 21 10:08 am

    Tony Blair has said he disregarded his top legal adviser's warning that attacking Iraq would be illegal without further United Nations (UN) backing because the guidance was "provisional". More »

  • Gross mortgage lending down 18 percent in December

    Reuters - Friday, January 21 09:51 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - Gross mortgage lending fell by 18 percent on the year to 11 billion pounds in December, the lowest figure for a month of December since 2000, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said on Friday. More »

  • Cameron's sympathy for disabled girl's family

    Cameron's sympathy for disabled girl's family

    ITN - Thursday, January 20 05:44 pm

    The PM is to write to the mother of a severely disabled girl after she accused him of not doing enough to help those in need of respite. More »

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