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The new names for ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council’s fleet of bin collecting lorries have been confirmed.Sir David Attenborough, Vin Diesel and comedian Romesh Ranganathan are among the celebrities to have their names recycled for the lorry monikers.They were selected by a combination of personnel from Biffa, the council’s…

Seven organisations have benefited from a share of £12,693 from ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council’s small grants pot.The recipients are:Melting Pot Project – £2,496 for English language support to groups in needMenshare Listening Group – £2,316 for listening circlesºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Town Lifesaving Club – £2,000 towards pool hireGatwick…

Fourteen not-for-profit organisations have been awarded new strategic grants totalling more than £255,000 from ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council.A range of community grants have been awarded for new and existing activity that will benefit ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ residents and visitors.These grants include:£50,000 for ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Open House’s…

Many more people in ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ will be able to benefit from a change to eligibility rules for the Home ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Grant which provides funding for solar panels, insulation and air source heat pumps.The maximum annual income threshold for receiving a grant is now £36,000, previously £31,000, increasing the eligible pool of…

ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council is supporting more than 1,100 students from five ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ schools as part of Love Local Jobs Foundation’s Dare to Dream programme.Dare to Dream is an inspirational programme created by the Love Local Jobs Foundation, a charity which supports the self-awareness, resilience, employability skills…

The Queens Square fountains were switched back on at the Spring Fun event on Saturday (16 March), bringing joy to hundreds of children.The fountains were switched back on by the Mayor of ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾, Councillor Jilly Hart, following a countdown, which was joined in by hundreds of visitors.Within seconds of the fountains…

All year 8 students in ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ have attended a Safer Schools event, which aims to raise awareness of drug and knife crime and involvement in gangs and county lines.The event, which is organised by the ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Schools Pastoral Network Group with support from ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council’s Community Development Team, was…

A £128,000 fund has been created to support independent and small shops across the borough and to pay for town centre improvement works.Eligible businesses in ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ town centre and the neighbourhood parades will be able to bid for grants of up to £5,000 toward significant visual improvements to their frontage, or…

Owners of long-term empty properties in ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ could have to pay double Council Tax a year sooner from April 2025.At its meeting last night (Wednesday 13 March), ºÚÁÏÍøÕ¾ Borough Council’s Cabinet recommended that a premium of 100 per cent is added to Council Tax bills for homes that are unoccupied and substantially…

The Leader of the Council has written to six government departments to urge them to take decisive action to address ºÚÁÏÍøվ’s housing emergency.Councillor Michael Jones and Councillor Ian Irvine, Cabinet Member for Housing, have written to Secretaries of State and Ministers at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing…