A local council has been urged to keep the public toilets open as a way to keep up the tourist flow into the city, a recent report suggests.
Multiple campaigners have argued that Brighton and Hove City Council should find an alternate way to fund the toilets’ operation, even if that would mean installing coin-operated toilet turnstiles and charging for access.
The future of public toilets in Camborne is still unclear as the Cornwall Council intends to close all public conveniences that it currently operates from April 2016 as part of efforts to make savings of £196 million.
However, the local business community has appealed to the town council to keep open the last surviving conveniences or face potentially catastrophic consequences for the town.
A town council has revealed plans to install ‘vandal-proof’ toilet doors after suffering a spate of anti-social behaviour and drug use, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.
Used syringes and "legal high" packets were found in the public toilets in April, prompting the council to look into installing "vandal-proof" doors and replacing the locks.
The only public toilets in Belper Town, in Derbyshire’s Amber Valley, were recently targeted by vandals who graffitied the inside of the toilets, a news report in the local media has been able to find.
A toilet block from Halstead, in Braintree District, Essex, is set to reopen after undergoing £105,233 worth of refurbishment works, according to a report in the local media covering this topic.
The toilets in Chapel Street were closed in 2005 to save money, but will be revitalised after requests from residents for the facilities to reopen.
Residents in the Scottish town of Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, have stepped up their efforts to keep the public toilets in the town open, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.
In spite of a successful three month reprieve won by Larkhall Community Council, public toilets in the town’s King Street are set to close on June 30.
A petition with over 3000 signatures has been raised in a bid to make South Lanarkshire Council think again.
Cornwall Council has asked for help from Town and Parish Councils and the business community to find the best solution that would enable it to keep public toilets across the county open by funding them in a different way, a local news source can reveal.
A local authority has started to take serious steps to protects its public toilets following a spate of vandalism in recent weeks, a news report in the local media has been able to find.
The Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is working with local police after public toilets in the Dunluce Avenue area of Portrush were targeted by vandals.
A row has erupted between residents of a small village in North Yorkshire and the local authority over the decision to demolish the public toilets in the area, a recent news report on this matter has been able to reveal.
Campaigner Malcolm Dowson has said they are vitally needed for visitors and market traders, while local authorities claim that the public conveniences are an eyesore and need to be removed.
A total of ten public toilets across Edinburgh could be closed down as part of the local council’s efforts to save money, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.
On the list of facilities earmarked for closure are the toilets on London Road, near the top of Easter Road, while other public toilets in the wider North East Edinburgh area that look likely to close include those at Cannonmills, Joppa, and Granton Square.