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Residents living next door to Bristol's Fosseway School site say their lives are being severely disrupted by the ongoing construction project, with complaints filed to Bristol City Council, Goram Homes, and Vistry regarding clouds of dust, noise, and disorderly traffic. The site is part of a larger development
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Nottingham City Council is facing a worsening homelessness crisis, with hundreds of families in emergency or temporary accommodation. The council has been granted £3,152,521 by the Government to tackle homelessness, support staff, and help rough sleepers find private rented accommodation. The funds will also be used to reduce
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After nearly two months of negotiations and an eight-week strike, the city of Hamilton has reached a tentative agreement with its water treatment plant workers, ending the labor dispute. The agreement was ratified by the city council 12-0, and workers have been back on the job since July 10. The
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Hundreds of residents in the village of Wavendon have signed a petition to demand that Milton Keynes City Council take action to improve the safety of Walton Road, a small access road that has become a major "rat run" route. The road, with a notorious double bend, is
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Great Places Housing Group Limited hosted Manchester City Council's Housing Lead, Cllr. Gavin White, to celebrate the topping out of their new affordable housing development in Manchester city centre. The nine-storey residential development at Laystall Street is part of a £21 million project that will provide 89 affordable
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Sunderland City Council's planning department has refused plans to convert a residential property into a seven-bedroom HMO (House in Multiple Occupation), citing concerns over overconcentration of HMOs in the area. The plans, submitted earlier this year, aimed to convert the property into a seven-bed HMO with seven bedrooms
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Newcastle City Council is facing challenges in meeting the needs of its council house tenants, with new data revealing a decline in overall resident satisfaction. The fall in satisfaction rates from 50.1% to 48.6% over the past year comes despite improvements in specific measures such as the cleanliness
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The unit, formerly occupied by Brassica, has been vacant since the business's sudden collapse in 2018, despite its prime waterfront location. The restaurant, which had a capacity of 280, features fixtures and fittings left behind by its previous occupant, Brasserie Ecosse. Dundee City Council is seeking a significant
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The Dundee City Council has sparked controversy by asking potential tenants to pay four times the previous rent for a restaurant unit owned by the local authority. The unit, located at 4-5 Shore Terrace, previously housed Brassica, a restaurant venture that collapsed in 2018, and its replacement, Brasserie Ecosse, which
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The city council in Lancaster is planning to convert a former Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB) building in King Street into four self-contained one-bedroom flats for short-term supported housing. The Grade II Listed Building, located in the Lancaster Conservation Area, has been empty for three years and is intended to
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Glasgow City Council's efforts to address homelessness have seen the local authority spend more than £100 million in 2024 on providing temporary housing for over 9,000 individuals. The council's freedom of information request revealed that the local authority spent £106,416,979 to accommodate 9,
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In a bid to revitalize the city, Townsville City Council has introduced a new policy offering incentives to transform heritage buildings, revamp building facades, and create jobs. The 2025/26 City Activation and Housing Incentive Policy aims to make Townsville a "future-ready city" by providing developers with various
