Public toilets will remain open for now over the winter at a riverside civil parish. The loos are seen by one resident as a vital part of the quay area of the Cornish town of Penryn.
Last link in the chain: some disused toilets could be a youth drop-in centre if submitted plans to change them are approved. The idea is shared between Weymouth councillor Geoff Petherick and a housing group.
Two members of staff were locked in a toilet during a robbery at a ‘bookies’.
A council has asked residents to submit their favourite local features so that it can draw up a list of sites that are not already listed but are very highly rated in the area.
Bill Gates is feeling flushed with success after siphoning some of his extensive fortune down the toilet.
An Independent councillor has voiced concern about the loss of public toilets. Councillor Carol Taylor pointed out that the toilets are included in this sale of the Assembly Rooms in Boston.
A BBC Four documentary took a tour of the toilet’s physical history.
A spokesman for British Transport Police (BTP) reiterated that “vandalism has no place on the railway” after a spate of incidents in the north.
Under a new deal a council said it would give a £26,500 grant towards a parish council’s maintenance costs for its public conveniences.
The act of spending a penny is actually costing thousands of pounds to council taxpayers. Those dodging charges for public toilets are causing a stink for the finances of Cotswold District Council.