Articles Tagged: council

Health and Safety gone mad

By Liz Stansfield, Mar 10, 2012

The silly health and safety rules that make family life and parenting young children unnecessarily difficult

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Seven-year-old boy told he cannot fly pirate flag in garden

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Mar 1, 2012

A little boy has been told by council officials that he cannot fly his pirate ship flag in his back garden because it breaches advertising regulations and could be seen as promoting piracy.

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Council spends £100,000 on 'Mcpath' from school to McDonald's

By parentdish.co.uk, Jul 4, 2011

A council is spending £100,000 on a footpath to ensure children can reach the nearest McDonald's safely from the school gates.

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The end of our lollipop ladies?

By Ursula Hirschkorn, Apr 3, 2011

If local councils get their way the lollipop lady (or man) will soon become a thing of past, relegated to a bygone era along ...

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Council to warn parents of terror threat on school trips to London

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Oct 13, 2010

Northamptonshire County Council is to warn parents of more than 100,000 children that they are at risk of terror attacks ...

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Police send riot van to give parking tickets at disabled school

By Katy Holland, Sep 24, 2010

Parents at a school for disabled children were left stunned and angry when a police riot van pulled up at the school gates ...

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Council threatens parents with legal action - because seven-year-old walks on her own to the bus stop

By Katy Holland, Sep 14, 2010

It's a 45 yard walk from Isabelle McCullough's front door to the school bus stop. Her parents were confident she could handle ...

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Family of 12 gets £95,000 a year in benefits - and still 'wrecked' their £1000 a week house

By parentdish.co.uk, Sep 6, 2010

A family of 12 which receives around £95,000 a year in benefits have come under fire from a taxpayers' rights ...

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