Exclusive: Survey finds 78% of councillors feel at risk in their roles, with 52% saying intimidation has risen in past year Heather Williams has been shouted at in the street, received death threats, threats of sexual violence, and had dog faeces left on her doorstep. At one point, she didn’t leave her home alone for more than three months. It was not how she expected her life to be when she first ran to be a Conservative district councillor in South Cambridgeshire nine years ago. Continue reading...