Arbroath councillor Jim Millar is facing calls to stand down after he uploaded a video to the internet which portrayed first minister Alex Salmond as Hitler. The clip, which was made by Mr Millar, uses the 2004 German film Downfall but changes the subtitles to imply that Mr Salmond was the first minister. In the clip Hitler makes references to the recent cash-for-access row involving Mr Salmond and complains about Scottish cabinet ministers.

The Lord charged in the expenses scandal has stepped down from his role of leader of the Essex County Counil. Lord Hanningfield was charged on Friday with six charges of false accounting and now faces legal prosecution. He announced his immediate decision to step down, a decision that has been welcomed by local councillors.

Councillors in Blackburn have been heavily criticised by a local hairdresser after telling him he cannot keep his customers’ hair. Jeff Stone has been using the used hair from his clients to fuel his compost heap for 40 years but has now been told his is breaking the law. Mr Stone said “a man from the council came in and threatened me with legal action – I was astounded.”

An allotment keeper in Swansea has revealed her anger at being told by two separate councils that she will no longer be able to keep her allotment. For the second time in two years Christine Ford has been told that she is to be turfed from her plot – but this time by a different council. In 2008 Hextable Parish Council told Mrs Ford to move, a battle which she then won. But changes in the boundaries mean that she now falls under the jurisdiction of Swansea Town Council who are now attempting to evict her.