Traffic warden in Leicester issued £180,000 in fines over 18 months – an average of £10,000 every four weeks – figures show Leicester traffic warden handed out an average of £10,000 in fines every month Over 18 months from April 2019 he dished out more than £180,000 in tickets Figures from Leicester City Council show … Read more
As the Police Chiefs responsible for the North West we have seen first-hand the misery the pandemic has caused, but we have also seen great support from the majority of our communities. We have tried to ensure we have maintained the principle of policing with consent, that sets apart policing in this country from other … Read more
Almost 500 people have been fined in London for not wearing face coverings on public transport. Passengers in Lambeth – which includes Waterloo Station – were the most common rulebreakers as 127 were caught between July and September. Westminster was a distant second place with 83 Fixed Penalty Notices in the same time frame, while Croydon had 61. … Read more
Dyfed-Powys Police 1,731, 3.34 Cumbria Constabulary 727, 1.46 North Yorkshire Police 1,151, 1.4 Dorset Police 843, 1.09 North Wales Police 476, 0.68 Devon & Cornwall Police 1,010, 0.57 Lancashire Constabulary 828, 0.55 Cleveland Police 298, 0.52 Sussex Police 868, 0.51 Northamptonshire Police 371, 0.5 Norfolk Constabulary 410, 0.45 Surrey Police 512, 0.43 Bedfordshire Police 280, … Read more
Motorists are hit with £3m a DAY in fines from number plate-scanning cameras in car parks, study shows In two years, number of planning applications to install ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) systems in private car parks has risen by 61% More than 10million motorists a year are given fines generated by the cameras ANPR … Read more
Has Boris cancelled Halloween? No10 warns thousands of families in lockdown areas not to mix and suggests parents letting children trick-or-treat in large groups elsewhere face FINES – as London braces for new shutdown No10 warned that families under local lockdowns in England should not mix And those not in lockdown areas must obey Rule … Read more
American military employee, 26, is facing huge fines in Germany after she sparked a COVID cluster in the Alps when she went on a pub crawl while infected Unnamed woman returned from Greece vacation and reported symptoms She took a COVID-19 test on September 7 and was told to quarantine Instead, officials in Garmisch-Partenkirchen say … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Toxic mix of financial penalties handed out to drivers make me want to ditch my car By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 12 September 2020 Driving a car is a necessity for most of us, either as a result of where … Read more
There are calls today for the Extinction Rebellion protesters that blockaded the newspaper printworks to be slapped with £10,000 fines for holding an ‘illegal gathering’. More than 100 protesters targeted Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, on Friday night, blocking newspapers from leaving the depots. And now, Toby Young, General Secretary … Read more
The AA has criticised an affluent London council that is fining drivers for using public roads, accusing it of ‘just trying to raise revenues’. Hammersmith and Fulham council, nestled in the fashionable west of the capital, is slapping motorists who drive down five residential roads in a neighbourhood adjoining the river Thames with a £130 … Read more