On one occasion, a council officer “inadvertently” used the council card to pay £90 for their haircut. The council said: “At the time, both cards were very similar in appearance and colour, and they mistakenly selected the wrong card when making the payment. The cardholder has repaid the £90.00 to the Council.” Source link
The closure follows a routine inspection by Hounslow Council officers on May 25 Source link
A publican has hit back at Hounslow Council after being told he must pay a ‘ridiculous’ fee to put an advertising board in his own beer garden. Scott Illman, who runs the Magpie and Crown on Brentford High Street, will need to cough up £260 annually under current legislation – despite the pub sitting on land owned by developer Ballymore. The 51-year-old believes the request is unjust as his income has been significantly affected by the adjacent authority-backed Brentford Project. He told MyLondon: “I’ve had hoardings around me since 2020 and at no point did anyone say ‘You know what, here’s a discount on your business rates.’ “They’ve taken away rear access to the pub, and we still can’t use one of the paths leading to us because of works on the left-hand side. We were surrounded in shadow all the time and the beer garden was so noisy. I was fuming when I read the letter.” Artist’s impression of how regenerated Brentford High Street will look -Credit:Ballymore A notice issued by Hounslow Council on …
The agreement was reached with the Duke of Northumberland’s estate to finally secure the future of the plots Source link
The High Court has ruled that a west London council acted unlawfully and failed an orphaned child by leaving him in “squalid conditions” in order to avoid the financial burden of taking him on as “looked after.” While the child lived with his sister, who was also a child, the case was bought on behalf of only one of them. Source link
