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Parking Fines To Be Refunded Over Sign Height
More than 300 parking fines are to be refunded after it was found that a warning sign was mounted three inches below the legal height.
According to reports 320 tickets have been issued since September to drivers who parked at a loading bay in Burrows Place, near Swansea museum.
Swansea councillor Sybil Crouch challenged the legality of the sign after receiving a £70 fine.
The council apologised and said all penalty notices would be paid back.
Mother Who Claimed Assault While Breastfeeding Charged
A 28-year-old mother who accused a security guard of assaulting her while she was breastfeeding, has been charged with intent to pervert the course of justice.
Caroline Starmer, of Leicester, published a post on a breastfeeding website, claiming that a Primark security guard had physically taken her baby from her to force her to leave the store.
She is now due to appear before Leicester Magistrates' Court on 24 August.
Police Hunt Man Over Longbow Attack On Ducks
Police are hunting for a man believed to have shot two ducks with a longbow in Devon.
It is understood that witnesses reported seeing a man leaving the scene by the River Dart, carrying a mallard duck.
The suspect is described as white, in his early 20s, and slim with collar-length light brown hair, and was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and jeans.
(MH)
More than 300 parking fines are to be refunded after it was found that a warning sign was mounted three inches below the legal height.
According to reports 320 tickets have been issued since September to drivers who parked at a loading bay in Burrows Place, near Swansea museum.
Swansea councillor Sybil Crouch challenged the legality of the sign after receiving a £70 fine.
The council apologised and said all penalty notices would be paid back.
Mother Who Claimed Assault While Breastfeeding Charged
A 28-year-old mother who accused a security guard of assaulting her while she was breastfeeding, has been charged with intent to pervert the course of justice.
Caroline Starmer, of Leicester, published a post on a breastfeeding website, claiming that a Primark security guard had physically taken her baby from her to force her to leave the store.
She is now due to appear before Leicester Magistrates' Court on 24 August.
Police Hunt Man Over Longbow Attack On Ducks
Police are hunting for a man believed to have shot two ducks with a longbow in Devon.
It is understood that witnesses reported seeing a man leaving the scene by the River Dart, carrying a mallard duck.
The suspect is described as white, in his early 20s, and slim with collar-length light brown hair, and was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and jeans.
(MH)
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Ofcom Fines BBC £150k Over Prank Calls
The BBC has been fined £150,000 by Ofcom over prank phone calls made by Russell Brand (pictured) and Jonathan Ross to actor Andrew Sachs. The sum related to the two episodes of the Russell Brand show broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on the 18 and 25 October 2008. In its report, the media regulator found the broadcasts had breached it's Broadcasting Code.
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