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Council fined £16k after school technician lost finger while operating machine
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Council fined £200k after man injured installing town’s Christmas tree
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Council fined £27k after guilty plea over its Legionella management systems
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Council fined £28k after construction worker suffers serious injuries to right arm
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Council fined £300k after dog walker hit by tree on public footpath
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Council fined £500k after first prosecution by CQC over failure to provide safe care
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Council forced to apply for retrospective planning permission for ground source heat pumps after thinking it was unnecessary
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Council forced to go down judicial review route after planning permissions issued in error during software testing
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Council forced to rerun entire parish council election after administrative error
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