CROYDON
The Tory mayor paid £500,000 "hush money" to a property firm so Croydon could repossess three blocks of flats after the firm defaulted on a £22m deal.
NEWRY, MOURNE & DOWN
A citizens' revolt follows a string of controversies, as residents and community groups demand an independent inquiry and the resignation of council bosses.
SHETLAND
A £5,000 wildflower planting project is apparently the first time the council's £421,000 nature restoration funding has actually funded nature restoration.
LEWES
The Green council leader is also a "certified pleasure coach" whose private enterprise promises "transformational coaching in its deepest feminine form".
NEWHAM
Sir Robin Wales, notorious for his 23 years as the London borough's Labour leader and then mayor, is now Reform's London local government director.
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