The new public toilets in Wyndham Way car park in Portishead were targeted by vandals over the New Year’s Eve, who caused hundreds of pounds of damage, a news report in the local media has recently revealed.
A campaigner managed to get 1,095 people to sign a document calling on the Portsmouth city council to reconsider its decision to close a public toilet located in a very busy area, a news report in the local media has revealed.
The toilet is just one of 12 toilets that have been closed by the local authority as it tries to make £200,000 worth of savings. However, due to its location, it makes it extremely difficult for users to go elsewhere.
Public toilets in Castle Cary, a market town and civil parish in south Somerset, might be reopened in the near future after receiving the provisional backing of the town council, a brand new report in the local media has revealed.
Eight public toilets in Burnley and Pendle, Lancashire, are set for closure after becoming a target for ‘anti-social behaviour’, a news report in the local media has revealed.
Three different public toilets in Burnley will be decommissioned after becoming a target for vagrants and other anti-social elements, who were caught sleeping in the disabled facility. Closing them would also help the local authority recoup £15,500.
Public toilets located at Quay Point and Elphinstone car park, near the Barbican landing stage, will be demolished and replaced with “flexible, relocatable units” (most likely portaloos, by the sound of it), a news report in the local media has revealed.
In fact, it seems that the old loos were in such a poor state that demolition was considered to be the only suitable option.
The North Lincolnshire Council has received multiple appeals from the public regarding the addition of more toilets in Scunthorpe town centre, a news report in the local media has recently revealed.
The future of public toilets in the town of Fowey, in Cornwall, is in doubt, as the town council is unwilling to take them over unless Cornwall Council provides more information on the costs involved, a news report in the local media has revealed.
Public toilets across York are set for a £663,000 upgrade, the local council being ready to vote on a proposal to outsource the service through a 15-year contract covering the refurbishment and maintenance of facilities.
High cleaning bills and poor maintenance were the main factors that prompted Angus councillors to decide the closure of around 25% of all public toilets in the county, a news report in the local media has revealed.
One in seven public (or close to 13.5 per cent) of all council-run toilets have been shut down since 2010 in an attempt to cut costs, figures obtained from a recent survey of 218 district and borough councils in England has revealed.