Council car park with coloured zones

We have received a parking fine from a multi storey car park at a train station for parking in the wrong coloured zone. The black zones were for private users with permits, the green zones for users of...

Parking fine

We parked our car on a free car park, for 2hrs 15 mins, only to get a fine from parking eye a week later. I was told by a policeman to ignore it as only council wardens or police officers can issue parking...

Perk scratchings

My wife and I had a good chuckle over one of your readers experience with a tipsy council official. We attended an official council event once, and were quite staggered by the volume of expensive wines...

Can I claim from the local council for damage caused to my car by a pothole?

Three days ago I suffered a blowout of my nearside rear tyre that resulted in a replacement at a cost of £96.60. This was caused by a 6-inch pothole adjacent to a drainage grid that I have photographed...

Do you know about Nottinghamshire County Council's pothole reporting system?

For once I have to write in praise of Nottinghamshire County Council. If you Google Nottinghamshire Potholes you'll find a map-based reporting system. You identify where the hole is and leave your contact...

How should I proceed with my local council regarding potholes causing damage to my house?

My house is very close, (just over three metres at the closest point), to a busy A-road that carries a lot of HGV traffic. Just over three months ago a depression and potholes appeared in the road just...

Did you know that Swindon Borough Council are to install speed controlled lights?

If you don't already know you'll be interested to learn that Swindon Borough Council are to install speed controlled lights which will be operational in the autumn. They will not operate in rush hours...

Why can't the DVLA take over the management of the Blue Badge scheme?

The Blue Badge Scheme, a much-valued facility, is sadly abused by some. It is mal-administered with varying degrees of inefficiency and bumbledom by County Councils throughout the country. I wrote to my...

Our local council is to write to all local residents regarding their plans for speed hump installation.

You may remember that I wrote to you some time ago about the difficulties my invalid partner and I experience locally with speed humps. I write to inform you that all is not lost. After months of complaining...

Damage due to potholes

I was travelling in Cumbria down the Kirkstone Pass out of Winderemere and hit a large pothole (3/4 foot long and up to 3 inches deep). There was an enourmous noise in the cabin of my Jaguar XF that...