Council chiefs in Bristol have apologised to motorists across the country for sending warning letters about the imminent Clean Air Zone, even though they were nowhere near the city at the time.
Several people from as far away as west Wales, Merseyside and Sussex contacted Bristol Live last week to complain that they had received letters warning they could be fined if they drive through the Clean Air Zone again after November 30 - even though they had not been in Bristol at all.
After Bristol Live broke the story of the gaffe on Monday morning, the council has now issued an apology to those drivers - although it did not address their principle complaint, that they had spent hours informing the police and the DVLA their car number plate had been cloned, when in fact it was the fault of the cameras installed by the city council.
