'Mean-spirited' council chiefs delivered a 'Christmas surprise' to drivers on Boxing Day by issuing them with £70 parking fines.
Motorists in Bolton woke up on December 26 to find a traffic warden had slapped their cars with parking tickets by taking advantage of a loophole as Boxing Day fell on a Saturday.
As a Bank Holiday cannot fall on a weekend it meant tickets could legally be issued. Parking along that stretch of Ashworth Lane where the tickets were issued is banned between 7.30am and 6.30pm Monday to Saturday - apart from Bank Holidays, Bolton News reports.
So the warden was allowed to hand out tickets because it was a Saturday. Are you a driver who was given a parking ticket on Boxing Day?
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