Council's AI call assistant has 'room to improve' after struggling to understand local Derbyshire dialect
People living in Derby have been left bewildered after the council's new digital AI assistant struggled to understand their local dialect.
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Council spends almost £160,000 a year on ferrying ONE child with special needs to school - as transport costs spiral to more than £1.5bn
It comes as Labour faces demands to get a grip on the spiralling bill - but also pressure from already militant backbenchers who have vowed to fight any cuts.
3 days ago
Council tells park visitors not to sit under trees amid fears branches could collapse on people below - days after girl, 7, was crushed to death by falling foliage
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Harrow Council in North West London has issued safety notices after branches were reported to have suddenly fallen at parks in Stanmore, Hatch End and Pinner.
4 days ago
Top European Court Rules Russia Committed Rights Abuses in Ukraine, Downing of MH17
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The ruling is largely symbolic, as Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
5 days ago
Berlin summons Chinese ambassador over military use of laser targeting German aircraft – Europe live
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‘The endangerment of German personnel and disruption of the operation are completely unacceptable,’ foreign ministry said
Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen is now giving a major speech in the Eu…
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Armed Forces Day banned from featuring military equipment by Labour council 'over fears of protests from pro-Palestine demonstrators'
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York City Council ignited fury over its 'absolutely bonkers' decision to bar one of its local army units from attending its Armed Forces Day celebration with its Jackal vehicle amid protest fears.
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The moment desperate drivers realise they've been snared by London's most-hated low traffic neighbourhood that pulls in £16,500 in fines a day
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Greenwich Council are raking in £16,500 a day from fines dished out to locals who drive through camera enforced LTN roads in East Greenwich, south-east London.
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Council to make four-day week permanent for staff despite fury from locals who claim services have plummeted
South Cambridgeshire district council carried out a two-year pilot to test the controversial plan and concluded it saved money without harming services.
Council faces £100,000 tax bill as its ban on second home owners makes its new flats in multi-million-pound seafront development unsellable
Bosses have been forced to lift the restriction on the flats in Hunstanton which were intended to go on the market - for local people only - in December 2023.
Why you could be given £1,000 fly-tipping fine for giving to charity - as council insists it is in the right to chase bag-droppers
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Slough Council came under fire for accusing the quartet of dumping their rubbish next to charity containers at Everett's Corner between Bath Road and Elmshott Lane.