内容摘要：Three months later, a local authority report outlined how council teams had sought to customise the system rather than accept it as it stood, in a bid to fit the existing way teams conducted business.

Three months later, a local authority report outlined how council teams had sought to customise the system rather than accept it as it stood, in a bid to fit the existing way teams conducted business.

The pair said they would be watching the show with family, and were "a little bit nervous, but very excited to watch it unfold".Council workers in Birmingham have voted to take industrial action as a row over equal pay claims escalates.

Schools are set to be the first area affected by strikes this spring with exact dates yet to be agreed but other services across the council are also expected to eventually face disruption.Members of the GMB Union voted 87% in favour of industrial action, the union said, as members pursue equal pay claims against the council.The city council said it remained "committed to resolving historic equal pay issues, and settling all legitimate claims".

The union, the council’s largest staff union,, currently estimated to be more than £867m.

The council is set to sign off its budget on Tuesday as it

, including the need to make £300m of savings over the next two years.She said: "I’m happy for Olly to retire in good health after giving eight-and-a-half years of service to Northamptonshire.

"He deserves to put his paws up and enjoy his senior years as a pet dog."Visitors to the Eden Project this spring are being greeted by vibrant plant displays, thanks to sunny weather conditions.

, with the driest conditions in England and Wales since 1961."Spring is a particularly special time to visit the Eden Project, with every corner of the site full of rich colours and amazing scents," said Catherine Cutler, head of horticulture at the Eden Project.