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DERBYSHIRE
After a standoff lasting 20 years, a mothballed project for a waste treatment plant has sputtered to an end, with no investigation into the £147m costs .

LEEDS
The Greens’ latest recruit has previously represented Ukip, Labour, the Workers Party of Britain and the Tories, who suspended him for antisemitic comments.

ISLE OF WIGHT
Mayor of Ryde Karen Lucioni has been flashing her regalia in unlikely circumstances, donning her official chain for a snifter in a local Wetherspoons.

SUNDERLAND
The cash-strapped city council anticipates a £43m funding gap over the next four years, but still has money to squander on schmoozing by lobbying firms.

BRISTOL
The chair of the committee that banned flight ads on council-owned sites jetted off to mayoral summit in New York, despite Bristol voting to abolish the office.

DEVON
Torridge council’s commitment to involving locals in planning decisions seems to have been overlooked in hush-hush talks to develop a new data centre.


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