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A council-run survey found 83 per cent of residents in Whiteley, Fareham, Hampshire want to have the bollards lowered in a popular drive for a three-month trial period, a news report reveals.

The Cumbria-based WM Armstrong distribution company has just announced plans to invest a whopping 650,000 in its 90-strong vehicle fleet, a news report reveals.

Turnstiles are one of the most popular solutions used for restricting access to a specific location, especially when high traffic volumes are expected.

A 33-year-old from Fleetwood has been slapped with a rather hefty fine, for stealing a bollard from the entrance to Richmond Road in Blackpool.

Network Rail has recently had barriers installed at one of most dangerous level crossings in the Thames Valley, at Shiplake, on the Berkshire/ Oxfordshire border.

A new gate installed by a group of volunteers who look after the Tameside Local Nature Reserve went missing from its original position a few weeks ago, a report reveals.

When envisioning the future look of any high-status building, whether we’re talking about a public venue or one meant for corporate use, designers should also seriously take into consideration the overall look of the access control solutions installed within their premises and the way they blend in.

Planning permission has been granted for a new £10m multi-storey car park adjacent to Banbury station, in Oxfordshire, despite some serious concerns regarding the amount of traffic this development would bring about, a report reveals.

Traffic bollards certainly have their use in specific situations, especially when there’s a very clear and serious need to prevent access to a specific site. However, properly installing such traffic control solutions can be a difficult task depending on the specific location, and that also seems to be the case with the new traffic bollards installed by North Somerset Council on a weakened bridge in Worle.

There has been a steep rise in ‘cash claw’ fraud incidents in London. Criminals use a gadget to trap money inside the machine. The thief must take a transaction of money out to enable them to put the device in.

"If you’ll latch it, they will pay" seems to be the motto of a new campaign by the Los Angeles subway authorities, who’ve decided to mitigate the high number of "free entries" to the trains by installing secure access gates.

Charity tins were stolen from various shops during the afternoon of Remembrance Sunday last year.