Blue badge holder charges scrapped in Southampton car parks. CHARGES for blue badge holders in off street Southampton car parks have been dropped. Southampton City Council has now completed a six month trial of charges for blue badge holders and has now decided to withdraw the scheme. The trial ran from November 1 until April 30 and covered nine off street car parks in the city. The council said the charges were intended to encourage the turnover of vehicles so that spaces in high demand car parks were available for all car park users when they needed them. But having consulted with blue badge holders and with Spectrum throughout on the impact of the scheme and after reviewing feedback the scheme has now been withdrawn.
Egremont knife and knuckleduster man late for court due to sat nav error
Carlisle Crown Court
A man has admitted illegal public possession of a knife and knuckleduster, but was late arriving at court due to a sat nav error.
When he did finally enter the Carlisle Crown Court dock, 58-year-old John Sloan a man of previous good character faced two charges.
Sloan admitted the unlawful possession in a public place of both a bladed article and offensive weapon: a knife and knuckleduster, respectively.
Through his solicitor, he submitted a formal basis for guilty pleas to offences which were both committed at Wyndham Place in Egremont on April 7.