The city that’s turning itself into a giant allotment with free produce for all (Daily Mail)
The city that’s turning itself into a giant allotment with free produce for all (Daily Mail)
Thousands of fruit trees and bushes are to be planted in a city centre to provide fresh - and free - produce for locals.
Council positive over cash return (BBC News)
Kent County Council says it is “optimistic” about getting back most of the 52m it invested in failed Icelandic banks.
City of London Sinfonia to launch South Norfolk arts festival (EDP24 - Eastern Daily Press)
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, composed in 1914, can be enjoyed in a concert by the City of London Sinfonia at Dunston Hall, south of Norwich, launching the inaugural South Norfolk Council’s Festival of the Arts on Friday May 22.
Runway plan ’should be allowed’ (BBC News)
Experts at Leicestershire County Council recommend that the authority does not object to an airport’s runway extension plans.
Aberdeen City Council Launches Food Waste Collection Service (Energy Business Review)
Aberdeen City Council has launched a new food waste collection service, in correspondence with the opening of a new recycling facility by Keenan Recycling Ltd. (Keenan Recycling) in New Deer. The new recycling facility will treat and turn the food waste into compost. The first delivery of food waste from the city will be delivered to the Keenan Recycling’s recycling plant. The city council …
Council defends six-figure salaries enjoyed by top staff (Aylesbury Today)
THE six-figure salary of a top council worker has been defended by Bucks County Council. (20/04/2009 15:04:08)
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