Historic Scotland and Dundee City Council officials are to meet after it was discovered work on the city’s category A-listed Caird Hall was started before listed building consent was issued. While it had been in discussions with the council and welcomed the replacement of steps and disabled ramp prior to it starting at the beginning of April, Historic Scotland did not formally approve the plans until April 15, with planning permission only granted on April Read more [...]

An intelligence report of April 10 said that the April 15 Boston Marathon could be the site of a terrorist attack, the Los Angeles Times reports. The report, prepared by the Boston Regional Intelligence Center, said that the marathon finish line was "an area of increased vulnerability." The report also said, "The possibility exists that [homegrown violent extremists] could attempt an attack by using simple improvised explosive devices or small-arms tactics against easily accessible low-security targets," Read more [...]

Forest Green Road has been listed as one of the worst roads to be affected by potholes in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the last year. Figures obtained from a Freedom of Information request show the number of pothole repairs undertaken by the council almost doubled in the last financial year as harsh weather took its toll. It had to carry out 4,087 carriageway repairs to defects which could be described as potholes, up from 2,575 last year. The figure makes 2012/2013 the worst year Read more [...]