A council has defended taking more than £11,000 from the public purse to remove national flags as “money well spent”. Medway Cllr Alex Paterson (Lab) says that the Union and St George’s flags were put ...

A council says it has spent over £11,000 taking down almost 750 St George's and union jack flags.

Noting the “population in general is getting heavier”, he said there are about 2,500 people employed offshore who are above the limit and “who will definitely have to lose weight”.

If Reform members at County Hall are falling out with each other after just six months, what will they be like after a couple ...