A town councillor has approached a government office in a bid to save its public toilets.
A public toilet renowned for anti-social behaviour will be demolished if no organisation can be found to run it.
A woman was robbed of £120 in some town centre toilets. Police said the robbery was believed to have occurred at around 9.30am; however the victim was not discovered until 10.55am.
Pay to use a public toilet – or lose your loos. That is the choice being given to residents by a local council. One of the options being discussed by Chichester District Council to make budget savings is to make people pay 20p to go to the toilet in the area.
A disabled toilet in a Suffolk park may open for three months in a trial period. The town council have set up a trial which could mean the facilities in Eye reopen some time later in November.
Councillors are reconsidering a district’s toilet plans on a case by case basis. Next week Maldon District Council will be reviewing money paid to parish councils who want to run their own public loos.
Winner of the ‘top loo’ award was a pub in north Lincolnshire. The Joseph Morton was so impressive with its provision of a WC that inspectors gave it top marks for the Loo of the Year accolade.
A town faces an own goal of losing its only public toilet which is situated on its football field. South Western town St Blazey has been passed the responsibility of running the outbuilding by Cornwall Council due to budgetary cuts faced by many local councils.
There have been calls on a Midlands council to clean up its act regarding a town’s public toilets. More than 50 local people have signed up to urge Sandwell Council to keep its conveniences hygienic.
Retailers in a civil parish in Berkshire say a lack of toilets is putting shoppers off. Councillors in the town of Woodley are also calling for public toilets to be brought back, saying visitor numbers are affected.