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Video grab of a rat infested alleyway off Franciscan Road in Tooting, south London. October 2 2024.

I passed a swarm of rats on the school run...it was disgusting!

West Sussex landscaper Harry Smith-Haggett, 22, has been filling in Horsham's potholes with flowers dubbed 'pretty potholes'.

'I made my roads pretty!' Pothole flowerbed service goes viral

School classroom.

Watch: School absence fines rise details explained

Marshal Craig, one of the last remaining residents on Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow which is almost deserted.

'I'm not moving!' - Man refuses to leave derelict 'Chernobyl' estate

A desperate man claims a council is doing "nothing" after his mould-ridden flat left a relative hospitalised.

Inside our mould-ridden council flat which left a relative in hospital

Muktar Singh, 55

Huge mountain of fly-tipped rubbish attracts 'rats the size of cats'

(Photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Thousands of households to receive £500 summer holidays payment

Rent increases are impacting the saving powers of four in 10 private tenants and now a third of these can't afford to put any cash aside as a result.

62% of UK renters put aside £100 or less each month

Lime trees growing either side of High Street in Henley-in-Arden, Warks., had their tops hacked off without notice leaving locals “devastated”.

Residents left furious after council "butchers" trees to save cash

Thousands of households to receive direct payments of up to £500

1000s of households to get direct payment worth £125 - how to apply Alex Nelson

firefighters tackle blaze at Warbreck Hill Road

Watch: Firefighters tackle huge blaze at former DWP office

Ben Newman The Spudman, who has built an online community of two million people on TikTok selling jacket potatoes at his trailer in Tamworth.

Watch: Tiktok's Spudman gets kicked off his patch by local council

Gas cannister exploded after being incorrectly thrown out with household rubbish

Watch: Gas cannister explodes and is sent flying at binman

Tim Webb, 66, is trying to highlight the pothole issue - by photographing toys at some of the 'greatest' pothole sites in his local area.

Pothole tourist turns road defects into mini works of art

The demolition of Cliff Farm in Trimingham. May 10 2024.

Watch: Farmhouse hanging over cliff edge gets demolished

Rae Boxley, 51, has been trapped in her home by badgers but the council won't help because they are a protected specie

Badgers have kept me prisoner in my mouldy home for 12 years

Michael Perkins is fighting for right to park on his own drive in Warndon, Worcester

Watch: Council ban owner of 'eyesore' motorhome from parking on drive

Destiny Mitchell, 26, is homeless and has turned a bus stop into a temporary home on the Bristol Road, Selly Oak, Birmingham.

Watch: Our home is a disused bus shelter...it's going to be demolished

Protest sign at a roundabout on Eastern Way in Daventry - A series of protest signs highlighting the Daventry pothole problem by the mystery campaigner.

Mystery pothole artist mocks council with funny road signs

The huge pothole on Trinity Close in Stratford-upon-Avon, in front of the Holy Trinity Parish Centre and opposite to the Holy Trinity Church entrance. Local resident Matt Beacham, 57, with his sausage dog Richmond (inset).

Video shows dog going for swim in UK's oldest pothole measuring 9ft

Shocking footage from a bodycam captured the moment a raging van driver threw a traffic warden to the ground after he ticketed his illegally parked van. Picture: Coventry City Council / SWNS

Watch: Raging van driver attacks traffic warden

Children will be off for a full six weeks this summer.

UK summer holidays: When do they start and how long are they?

A builder in Ashton-under-Lyne built a house around a lamppost rather than wait for it to be moved. It will be moved at a later date

House is built around a lamppost

Some of the energy-saving retro-fitted homes in Nottingham. Photo: Nottingham City Council

City gets almost £1m to train workers to fit energy saving measures to homes

Bulwell is to get a slice of a new £150,000 council grant for community groups providing food and cost-of-living support. Photo: Google

Bulwell food and cost of living help groups to get a slice £150,000 grant

Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

Ben Bradley (left), Claire Ward and Matthew Relf are the candidates to be the first East Midlands mayor. Photo: Other

Council signs off £900,000 booklets cost for East Midlands Mayoral elections

Booklets will be sent to every voter in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire for the East Midlands mayoral election at a total cost of £900,000.

Jamie Waller

Homes and gardens across Nottinghamshire were submerged as Storm Babet brought devastiting flooding to the county. Photo: Jacob Lock

Flood-hit Nottinghamshire residents could be out of homes for months

An Ashfield housing officer, council leader Coun Jason Zadrozny and Coun Andy Meakin welcome another new tenant to their council home. Photo: ADC

Ashfield nominated for Council of the Year honours at Affordable Housing Awards

Nottinghamshire Council is offering support grants to flood-hit homes and businesses

County council offering grants to help homes and businesses hit by flooding

The 11 dogs campaigners believe the council had euthanised (Lost Souls/Facebook)

Council seizes 82 dogs from sanctuary, sparking controversy as 11 put down

The unit at Symmetry Park

Butternut Box shows commitment to Doncaster with 133,606 sq ft expansion

Ellis Anthony Gibbs dropping litter out of his car window in a car park in Hull. The teenager was fined £250.

Teenager fined £250 after throwing McDonald’s bag out of car window

Leen Mills Primary School is to have £80,000 spent on it, replacing mobile classrooms. (Photo by: Brian Eyre/nationalworld.com)

Council’s £9.2m school repairs will ensure schools are ‘up to standard’

Young mum, 22 horrified as Norwich council flat floods with ‘thick brown’ human waste

Mum horrified as council flat floods with ‘thick brown’ human waste

Hannah Ingram-Moore and her late father Captain Tom Moore (Photo: Getty Images)

Daughter of Sir Captain Tom Moore ordered to tear down home spa

Coun Tom Smith on board a 141 service. Picture: Coun Tom Smith

Council to look at all options before deciding future for 141 bus service

Jeremy Clarkson has won his battle with West Oxfordshire District council as permission to provide more parking at his Diddly Squat farm has been granted.

Jeremy Clarkson given green light for changes at Diddly Squat farm

Paul O’Grady: Comedian given freedom of the borough in posthumous honour from Wirral Council

Paul O’Grady given ‘highest honour’ in tribute after his death

All boat operations suspended from Bournemouth Pier

A Martin Lewis fan revealed how a tip from the consumer champion helped her secure a £8,500 refund from her local council.

Martin Lewis fan shares how they got £8,500 council refund

Council apologises for ‘error’ and ‘upset’ after entire car park of vehicles wrongfully ticketed

Entire car park of vehicles ticketed after council error

Local elections 2023: Where are they taking place in May 2023 and why isn’t my council having them?

Where are local elections taking place & is my council holding them?

Tactical voting could be pivotal at the next General Election

Local elections 2023: what will be voted on

The local elections are coming up fast - here’s what will be voted on at polling stations across England.

Patrick Hollis

Voters will be required to show photo ID to vote in the May elections

Government introduces new rule to vote in elections this spring

Ben Thornbury demonstrating 'crazy pothole golf' in Malmesbury

Man sets up pothole crazy golf course to ‘make a point’ to council

Millie used ChatGPT to help write an email to York City Council

Student uses ChatGPT to appeal wrongly issued parking fine

President Joe Biden has welcomed the arrest warrant issued for Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: Getty)

US President Joe Biden welcomes Vladimir Putin ICC arrest warrant

Coun John Wilmott , Ashfield Council executive lead member for licensing, environmental health and regulatory services.

Ashfield Council increases rents by more than £200 a year

Full list of places that will see a council tax increase in April 2023

Nicola Bulley went missing on January 27

Nicola Bulley: Councillors remove contact details over harassment

MI6 forced to close top-secret spy school after London location is accidentally leaked by local council

MI6 closes secret spy school after council leaks location

Jeremy Clarkson could be axed from Amazon Prime (Pic:Getty Images)

Jeremy Clarkson barred from selling his book at Diddly Squat Farm

Councillors in the chamber.

Fracking to be banned on Nottinghamshire Council land