The regional court of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia has ruled that the authorities must put a diesel ban in place by January 2019 to bring illegal levels of pollution in the city down, the result of legal action by Deutsche Umwelthilfe and ClientEarth.
The Local Government Agency has warned that severe child obesity rates, which have been published for the first time, are contributing to a multi-billion pound ill-health time bomb.
A report by Pulse Magazine suggests that nine out of 10 councils have reduced spending on sexual health, alcohol misuse and weight management services this year.
The Local Givernment Association has responded to the Office for National Statistics report on the characteristics and circumstances of loneliness in England.