Local Councils
- PoliticsAOL
AA president calls for councils to spend parking windfall on road maintenance
The AA has demanded that English authorities put more money back into maintaining their highways using increased parking income. A survey by the motoring organisation found that 62 per cent of English authorities have cut their budgets for the
- NewsAOL
Nearly half of all parking tickets could have been issued incorrectly
Close to half of all parking tickets distributed in the UK last year could have been issued incorrectly, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. An investigation by The Sun found that Brits won 44 per cent of their parking fine appeals
- EntertainmentAOL
Overzealous parking attendant tickets wheelie bin
Mike Jones/Athena Pictures Local authorities in Carmarthenshire, south west Wales, have launched an investigation after a traffic warden placed a penalty charge notice on a wheelie
- NewsAOL
Police resort to empty cop car to deter criminals
DC Thomson Police in Dundee have come up with an unusually lazy way of fighting crime, by parking an empty police car on a street for a day in the hope that it would deter
- NewsAOL
Vicar gets her own back on parking wardens
A vicar who claimed over-zealous parking wardens were targeting her congregation each Sunday has taken pictures of the council workers themselves flouting traffic
- LifestyleAOL
Motorist faces £100 fine for parking just eight inches outside space
When you've parked your car in an almost-empty car park do you expect to be fined £100 for parking a few inches out? Sixty-one-year old Peter Barr parked his silver Mercedes for £3 near the set of TV show, Doc Martin in pretty Port Isaac,
- BusinessAOL
Does regenerating an area benefit everyone?
Regeneration of an area usually means more housing, better amenities and a general 'cleaning up' of an area. If regeneration is being talked about it is usually safe to say the area isn't the nicest place. Regeneration is exactly