While the rangers are normally seen tending to the flora and fauna, as of next Sunday (November 18) they will be handing out £100 penalties to motorists who have not paid to park on the Heath.
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Monday, 12 November 2012
Hampstead Heath rangers to double up as parking wardens
While the rangers are normally seen tending to the flora and fauna, as of next Sunday (November 18) they will be handing out £100 penalties to motorists who have not paid to park on the Heath.
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Worcester car parking income ‘set to fall £250,000 short’
CAR parking revenue in Worcester is forecast to be £250,000 below budget by the spring, it has emerged.
More and more drivers have been counting the pennies and leaving their vehicles in residential streets rather than fork out.
The worst reduction is at St Martin’s Gate car park, which has seen income fall25 per cent year-on-year since the opening of Asda.
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Tolls proposed to part-fund new East London river crossings
Tolls could be introduced on the Blackwall Tunnel in East London as a way of part-funding two new crossings of the Thames.
Transport for London has launched a consultation on providing additional river crossings in East London at two locations:
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a £600m Silvertown road tunnel, close to the
Blackwall Tunnel, connecting the Greenwich
peninsula with Silvertown
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a £150m ferry at Gallions Reach, linking
Thamesmead and Beckton, or a new tunnel or
bridge at the same location (also estimated to
cost about £600m)
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Man wins appeal against parking ticket as signs were unclear in chippenham
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| The blue sign hidden by the pillar in a picture Mr Samuels, took at the time of his ticket |
Motorist John Samuels has won an appeal against a parking ticket he received at Emery Gate Car Park, Chippenham, after an independent adjudicator ruled the signage was inadequate.
Mr Samuels said his battle to get the ticket overturned cost him more than the £50 fine but he wanted to prove Wiltshire Council was wrong.
Mr Samuels, a freelance cameraman who lives near Glastonbury, got the parking ticket when he parked in Emery Gate car park on April 18.
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Fraudulent Westminster Council parking charge email sent
Richard Loraine-Smith from Pewsey, in Wiltshire, said he was emailed by an address claiming to be firm PayByPhone saying that he owed the council £33.30
"How dare they get my details and send me spurious emails. I have never been to that street in my life."
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Friday, 9 November 2012
PARKING FINE? IT’S A JOKE SAYS CARLISLE PENSIONER
Tommy Salkeld, 66, visited the Asda store on St Nicholas Gate Retail Park twice on October 13.
The rules state that cars are only allowed to park at the complex – which is home to Burger King, Halfords, Asda and Toys ‘R’ Us – for two hours.
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Parking charges NHS patients' biggest concern
Parking charges not healthcare is the biggest concern of NHS hospital patients, according to a survey.
The Saga study found that paying for parking topped worries about the quality of healthcare, cleanliness and standard of hospital food.
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