A council worker at Streatham housing office, Larry Awobayiku, has been attacked whilst out and about making plans for an upcoming clean-up of the area. Awobayiku had a large bite taken out of his leg by a Staffordshire bull-terrior. Councillor Julian Heather, a witness to the event, said: “It highlights the growing problem we are seeing with people not being able to control their dogs. As we have seen here dogs can be dangerous and we need to do more to stop this kind of attack occurring.”

Moray Council is causing a furore with its proposal to scrap free school milk for children. There are questions over the legality of the move, arguably in contravention of the 2003 School Meals (Scotland) Act, which obliges local authorities to take some responsibility for schoolchildren’s nutrition. If approved the move would save £50,000 annually.

Steve Richards, a Burney council park ranger, has been named Public Servant of the Year at the Guardian Public Services Awards. Jeremy Vine, who presented the award last night, said: “A Park Ranger for 31 years, Steve has dealt with all kinds of situations, from recapturing pet snakes to dealing with missing toddlers.”

A row has erupted on a Sheffield estate over the council’s refusal to give a popular local butcher’s van a license to trade there. A council spokesman said Glenn Kitchen’s license had been refused in response to “objections from traders” about litter. But residents on the estate are angry, with one mother-of-three saying: “The government is supposed to be encouraging us all to eat healthy and to do this most people need good food at reasonable prices."