Category: News

Concerned residents and members of the business community from Fairbourne have grilled Gwynedd Council representatives over the future of public toilets in the area, a news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

Both of Fairbourne’s public toilets – at Station Road and Penrhyn Drive South – are under threat, but Arthog Community Council cannot afford the £6,000 required to keep both public toilets open.

Two public toilets have been closed indefinitely in a Suffolk town following acts of ‘mindless vandalism’, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

Lavatories in Elmhurst Park and Theatre Street were rendered unusable after being smashed up and stripped of pipework.

Two public toilets in Godalming and Farncombe are set for closure due to budget constraints, Waverley Borough Council has recently announced.

The lavatory’s at Crown Court Car Park in Godalming and North Street in Farncombe will be shut, but the council says it will work with local businesses so that residents and visitors can use toilets elsewhere.

Councillor Jim Edwards, Portfolio Holder for Environment at Waverley Borough Council, said: “We understand this may not be a popular decision, however, public toilets incur high maintenance and running costs.

Public toilets across Bournemouth were forced to close amid a spate of vandalism and antisocial behaviour, a recent news report in the local media has revealed.

The public toilets at East Road carpark in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland, will close at the end of March, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

The Public toilets in Motherwell Shopping Centre are to close as North Lanarkshire Council seeks to save £50,000, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

Patrons caught short in several locations across Peeblesshire will have to spend 30p in order to be granted access to the local public toilets, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. 

Patrons caught short in the Borders’s area could soon have to cough up more in order to use the available public toilets, as proposals are to be considered to introduce a charge for using the 40 council-run public conveniences across the Borders, four of them in Hawick.