Copies of a Council newspaper that cost thousands of pounds to publish have been left in the stairwells of Council flats in the Windsor Garth area.

The newspaper has apparently been delivered together with  with a “Local Link” advertising magazine  and various other bits of junk mail.

Many haven’t found there way through letterboxes and local residents say that anything left in communal areas is likely to be put straight into recycling containers.

The newspaper has also courted controversy as it fails to include details of the cost of production – something that the Council agreed to print on all its publications more than15 years ago.

If design, printing and delivery costs are included, then a newspaper can cost around £10,000 to distribute to all (80,000) homes in the City

The publication has been described as a “waste of money”.

In the Kingsway area residents point to three Council funded noticeboards which have not had anything displayed on them for over two years.