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Council ordered to pay £150k after wall collapse injures girl
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Council ordered to pay costs after settling judicial review claim over failure to take enforcement action on church conversion
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Council ordered to pay out £150k after tree branch fell and killed driver’s baby
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Council ordered to undertake re-assessment of age of asylum seeker
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Council orders 204-home development to be torn down over significant deviations from planning permission
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