A report drawn out for the paper for the council’s scrutiny committee has been published highlighting the challenges facing Scottish Borders Council is maintaining more than 1,100 bridges, many of which are ‘ageing and in need of repair’.

A council report has revealed that Milton Keynes has seen a a tripling of the use of electric vehicles across the region.

The construction of a 22 turbine wind farm in the Highlands, that will generate enough power for 36,000 homes, has gained the green light.

The first ever recipients of the Scottish Government’s Good Food Nation funding have been announced.

Cambridge City Council is to buy all of its electricity from 100 per cent renewable sources for the first time.

A new consultation has been launched on how best to introduce Clean Air Zones in key cities as part of plans to improve air quality.

Councils are being encouraged to bid for government funding to boost the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs).

Research by the RAC Foundation has found that motorists made over 30,000 claims for vehicle damage as a result of poor roads in the last financial year.

Manchester is set to be over-run with giant coffee cup bins as environment charity Hubbub launches its recycling awareness campaign.

Local authorities could save £300 million each year in litter clean up costs, says a new report.

Too many households in flood risk areas do not have basic protection against rising waters installed, the ABI has warned.

Liverpool’s green spaces could be maintained and preserved by a Parks Trust in the future if new recommendations are pursued.

A new initiative by Devon County Council wants to encourage an army of volunteers to fix potholes the council cannot afford to fix themselves.

The government has overruled Lancashire County Council’s decision to refuse permission for a fracking site.

The British Lung Foundation (BLF) has claimed that councils are failing to monitor schools in Britain for dangerous air pollution, despite government advice to do so.

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