A public notice issued by Nottingham City Council starts off with what is surely a contender for the longest sentence in the English language, writes columnist Denis Robinson.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (Malvern Hills District) (Civil Enforcement Area) (Waiting Restrictions and Street Parking Places) Consolidation Order 2013 (Variation) Order 2020 (Prohibition of Waiting and Disabled Persons Parking Place on William Tennant Way, Upton Upon Severn) Worcestershire County Council are to consider making an Order the effect of which will be to
prohibit waiting at any time on the following length and side of road in
Upton Upon Severn:-
William Tennant Way (west side) from a point 50.8 metres north of its junction with Lancaster close for a distance of 48.5 metres in a northerly and easterly direction.
Create a disabled persons parking place (west side)