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The scrapping of council tax discount for beach huts in Mudeford has been approved by BCP Council’s Cabinet. BCP Council announced on January 6 that it would be charging the full council tax rate for ...

Enraged beach hut owners have threatened legal action after their local authority decided to class their cabins as second homes and charge them full council tax. The huts in Mudeford Spit fell into ...

Proposals to increase charges for car parks by 10p for two hours and beach hut rental by 3.8% have been revealed by East Suffolk Council. The council, led by a Green, Liberal Democrat and Independent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beach huts on Mudeford Spit have sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds [Getty Images] Beach hut owners will have to pay full ...

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — BROOKLYN DISTRICT ATTORNEY Eric Gonzalez announced that a Brighton Beach mother and daughter were arraigned on Wednesday before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Adam Perlmutter on a ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Delray Beach is now down a commissioner after former Commissioner Rob Long was elected to the Florida House during Tuesday’s special election in Palm Beach County. Long captured ...

PACIFIC BEACH, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — A lawsuit was filed Monday against Mellow Massage by a woman being referred to as Jane Doe, alleging that a therapist at the Pacific Beach massage parlor committed ...

Bright, neon signs advertising massage services cast a green glow on the streets of Morro Bay. On Tuesday night, the Morro Bay City Council considered new ways to regulate those businesses. The Morro ...

Taxpayer protections are under attack in California, but they’re not dead yet. Under Proposition 13 (1978) and Proposition 218 (1996), voters have the right to vote on local taxes. Last week, the city ...

DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Several residents in Deerfield Beach are disappointed and picking up the pieces after the drainage project the city promised would mitigate flooding in their ...

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — Fernandina Beach city commissioners took no action Tuesday night when faced with a vote to stop the process of implementing paid parking so that the program could be decided ...