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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Alex Evans & Chris Slater

REVEALED: Council apologises for double yellow lines blunder | Rare Historical Photos

A council has apologised after painting double yellow lines around a van rather than moving it. It comes after an angry local resident pleaded with them to come and finish the job.

The dark blue Ford Transit van was parked on the pavement on a main road in Sheffield the council's line painting team came round to add new parking restrictions.

However, an image shared by local Joanna Hall showed that rather than having it towed, as it was parked on the pavement in the way of the works, they simply painted around it with the space where the van was parked left blank.

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