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The original payment was by card rather than coins - these machines don't accept cash. I have sent the council my bank statement showing the payment but this was ignored. I love this city. And utterly loathe its council.

Thanks Lady Seagull - I'm afraid my reference to the 70 quid was just sloppy English. What I should have said was that the council is now lining me up to pay that sum if my second appeal fails. This is an attempt to intimidate me into paying the £35 now of course. Thanks too for your encouraging...

Yes, they accept I paid and do not deny that the machine failed to issue a ticket when the payment went through. They say I should have found another machine and paid again and have rejected my appeal on the basis that I didn't display the ticket their machine didn't produce. The ombudsman...

40 per cent council surcharge on top of ticket for the privilege of using it to pick up aforementioned children? (And we live eight miles from the school in case anyone thinks we should walk.) A month or so ago we simply got a message 'app not working for this location' when attempting to use...

I am incandescent. My usual kerbside ticket dispenser in Chester Terrace has been erratic in issuing tickets lately. I have often had to wait ages after finishing the payment process and on one occasion nothing had emerged after ten minutes. Last month, my wife had to pick up the children...