Rebel councillors block waste collection trial.

After Tuesday nights scrutiny panel meeting, opposition councillors from both Labour and Conservative parties have blocked the scheme citing lack of consultation and the introduction of micro-chipped wheelie bins.

The Lib Dem are said to be furious that the opposition insisted on referring the matter to a full council rather than a special executive meeting that would have given the possibility of the scheme going ahead this year. As it is, it's unlikely to start until June 2008, if at all.

After 16 years of grief, Southwood Drive residents' petition initiates dialog with sewage system owners.

Berrylands mother discovers baked reptile while on school run.

The smell of burned meat and smoke from the engine compartment alerted Mrs. Muir from The Ridings that something wasn't quite right with her Renault Megane. So after dropping off her child she took her car to Berrylands MOT garage where a mechanic discovered the remains of a North American Corn Snake wrapped around the exhaust manifold.

Plans to replace the two existing buildings is getting near to formal application.