A 61-year-old man has been convicted of wrongfully claiming £60,000 in disability benefits. Leslie Webb claimed it took him 10 minutes to walk 50 yards but at the same time he carried coffins and drove a taxi for a living as well as playing bowls in his spare time.
policeman has been reprimanded for illegally parking a police van in a disabled bay at a supermarket car park.
Dundee LibDems today (Thursday 24th April) backed calls by Scottish LibDem Leader, Nicol Stephen MSP, for action to protect motorists from any "rip-off" reaction to the likely closure of the oil refinery in Grangemouth.
A 100-year-old evergreen oak tree sited on The Leas promenade in Folkestone has been cut down illegally. The 50ft (15.2m) oak was one of the largest trees on the Leas and had been in a conservation area.
There is a rumour going round, fuelled by the right wing press, that the reason why Post Offices are closing down is that it is all the fault of the European Parliament.
Developers are still pressing for planning permission to knock down the two houses on the corner of Rainsford Avenue. This time they want to replace them with six flats and three town houses.