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A mass closure of public toilets is one of several drastic measures taken by Manchester City Council as a way of clearing its budget deficit. The council has this week detailed its £109m saving cuts plan over the next financial year, and said the cuts were forced on the city. All public toilets will close under the cuts, except those on Mount Street, and swimming pools at Levenshulme and Miles Platting will shut.

A council wants to stop money being flushed away via its public toilets. Cornwall Council plans to save a seven-figure sum, and is currently contacting all parish and town councils as part of a comprehensive review of the service.

A toilet block in Somerset is going under the hammer today (Thursday, December 16). The former public facility and a patch of surrounding land will go on sale in London and is being tipped to fetch more than £20,000 at auction. The unusual lot is described as a "stone-built single storey former public convenience arranged beneath a pitched tiled roof".

Staff members at Dorney Lake, situated on the Berkshire-Buckinghamshire border, have reported illegal swimming and criminal damage to facilities. Police say will be making surprise visits to the private lake and to the area over the medium term. Security is a concern as the 2km (1.2-mile) stretch of water will be the venue for the various rowing events at the Olympics in two years’ time.

Toilet Turnstiles installed a coin operated turnstile last month at the prestigious Trocadero Centre, which houses leisure amenities and shops, and covers more than 500,000 square feet. Located on the corner of Piccadilly Circus and Shaftesbury Avenue, its history goes back to the late 1700’s and was originally the site of the London Pavilion. “The management at the Trocadero Centre were very impressed with the set-up.