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Payment machines within the public toilets in Bourton and Moreton, in the Cotswolds, were targeted by raiders over the weekend, the perpetrators forcing open some of the cash boxes.

According to a news report in the local media, three payment machines at the toilets on the High Street in Moreton were forced open, with a total of more than £60 being stolen. Two more machines were attacked, raiders were not able to gain entry to them.

In a bid to help keep more public toilets open and free to use, Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall, Dan Rogerson, called on the UK Government to actually scrap the charging of business rates for public toilets.

The Loch in Lanark, one of the biggest tourist attractions in the area, is in serious danger of losing its only public toilet, a news report in the local media has revealed.

A local councillor from Bath has decided to go against her community by saying that the public toilets they are trying to save should be closed, due to the very large number of problems they bring on.

According to a report in the local media, councillor Sarah Bevan describes the toilets as a source of distress, given their overall abused state. This comes despite the fact that campaigners have been fighting to keep the public toilets open for residents.

The closure of around 40% of the UK’s public toilets might actually have some negative effects on people’s health, and even increase the risks of strokes and heart attacks, multiple health experts claim.

The public toilets in Ammanford Park, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, are going through a refurbishment process, with access doors set to be reinforced in a bid to deter vandals, town councillors have been told.

It seems that, while more and more cash-strapped borough councils close their public toilets in order to save money for other services, numerous town councils decide to step in and do what’s best for their citizens, be re-opening the aforementioned facilities.

That was also the case in Ripley, Derbyshire, where the toilets, set in the town’s market place, have been reinstated by the town council after the borough council closed all public toilets across the region.

The Anchor Yard toilets in New Road, Basingstoke, might be closed by October, following the issuing of a proposal by the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.

With budget cuts affecting public toilet operation across the width and breadth of UK, seeing a local council that actually strives to do its best in order to keep these public conveniences running is a quite a welcome exception.

That’s now the case with the new independent-led Isle of Wight Council, who will apparently look at re-opening both toilets and Tourist Information Centres, closed under the previous, Conservative-led council.

Members of the Friends of Lilford Park (FOLP) are hoping to help reopen the public toilets at Lilford Park, in Lancashire, and they’re currently searching for some funding sources to help their project.