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UK Power Networks said anyone entering a sub-station, other than trained engineers, was risking lives after thieves caused a power cut to hundreds of homes.

A mum expressed her anger over a car park barrier she says is dangerous. Karen Powley made the claim about a device at the Tesco store in Stalham, Norfolk.

A ward councillor has been instrumental in a fresh bid to reopen a north-western town’s last remaining toilets. Richard Silvester asked Bolton Council to provide the service after toilets were closed earlier this year.

A businessman has turned abandoned toilets into an ‘eaterie’ called Drovers Return to realise a dream after three years.

A community safety leader commented on the case of a 31-year-old who pleaded guilty to inhaling substances in various toilets.

A report which compares Home Office and British Crime Survey statistics from across England and Wales found the four highest levels of recorded crime were in London, Greater Manchester, Nottingham and Gwent.

The public’s concerns are still not being met regarding toilet provision according to a city council. Management company Aberdeen Asset Management resubmitted plans for a shopping precinct but Cambridge City Council, which owns the freehold on the land on which it is proposed to be built, has turned down the revisions.

In Parliament recently a speech has urged the provision of public conveniences for a multi-billion pound transport scheme. An MP said toilets should be included as a matter of course at a planned Crossrail link.

Magistrates ordered a man of almost pensionable age to pay compensation after he was responsible for racist abuse daubed on doors at Hebden Bridge train station. Police investigated after the messages were written on the back of doors in the male toilets on numerous occasions.

Fire chiefs in York plan to sell a car park in the city as a site for a new fire station. Bosses believe the existing station is no longer viable, explaining that its current premises are liable to flooding. The land sale has been approved by the city council.

Theft incidents at properties and facilities belonging to the national railway company shot up in the last financial year by more than half. Dyan Crowther, director of operational services at Network Rail, said cable thieves deny passengers the service they expect.

A district council is "overjoyed" at the price fetched for a sea front toilet block as funds will go towards building a new public toilet. Trevor Ivory, a North Norfolk district councillor, said he was "overjoyed" at the price obtained of more than £100,000 for the block in Norfolk.