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Top stories in this issue (1651):

CROYDON
Nearly five years after they first declared effective bankruptcy and following government bailouts of more than £300m, council execs are up for a gong.

SUTTON
Having binned rubbish contractor Veolia in 2022 for poor performance and spent £500,000 on procurement, the Lib Dems appointed... Veolia!

PLYMOUTH
More than two years after the controversial felling of 110 city centre trees under cover of darkness, a review concludes the fiasco cost a staggering £3,323,251.

SHETLAND
Who is feeling the benefit as SSE's new Viking wind farm hands £2.2m per year to local community benefit funds?

WEST NORTHANTS
Reform UK councillor Adam Smith is already sitting as an independent having been suspended from the party less than a month after being elected.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Dursley voters have elected the Green party's Dr Richard Dean despite Eye 1648 reporting how he twice fell foul of the General Medical Council.


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