All news on the topic: Parking tickets

Nerinder Singh claims he stopped briefly to read the parking restrictions before driving off. He says it's the second time he's been hit with a fine in recent months

Ratna Patel used the Upper Parliament Street car park in Nottingham in November but struggled to pay as the machine was not working - and then couldn't use the website

The council in Bridgend has launched an investigation after a number of cars were plastered with fake £70 parking tickets which have managed to fool several people

John Jones planned to take his red Mazda to get it cleaned at a retail park in Andover, Hampshire, but seeing it was shut, he said he returned in the afternoon - but received a £100 parking ticket claiming he'd been there five hours

A student has told how he resorted to extraordinary measures to stop people parking in paid-for parking spaces, but most of his fellow social-media users thought he'd wasted his time

Councils in Scotland now have the power to fine motorists caught parking on pavements, double parking, and parking at dropped kerbs by known crossing spots

A county court judgement ruled the order for Chris Burton to pay his ticket should be "revoked" after he submitted pages of evidence - including the size of the signs

Tradesmen say they are being stung with an extra £6.50 an hour levy if they drive a diesel van, on top of hourly parking changes which range from £2.50 to £6.35, according to reports

The major change will be brought in during December to some areas of the UK and will see drivers fined £100 if they break the rules

Scotland will have its first ban on pavement parking put in place in 2024, as Edinburgh council decided to crackdown on what many see as ‘nuisance’ parking. Now, other Scottish councils may follow suit

Drivers say they are being fleeced by local authorities who see parking as an easy target and an easy way to make money which brings them in billions of pounds in resources every year

A tourist was so infuriated by a 'money-making scam' that he received a parking fine, he wrote a song about it and plans to take the company to court

After discovering tickets on their cars that were parked in their own driveways, fed- up neighbors unleashed their fury at the unexpected fines from local police

On the female nurse's first day back to work after six weeks off due to illness, she found the note which told her to "keep her eyes open" under the windscreen of her car in Glasgow's west end

The 67-year-old said he will not pay the penalty 'out of principle' but is worried that debt collectors could turn up 'banging' on his door if the case is left unsettled

Michael Towey, 62, worked as a traffic warden for 25 years and has said if you get stuck with a ticket the best thing to do is just 'take it on the head' - he warns against trying to game the system

One area in Sparkhill, Birmingham saw almost 600 parking tickets handed out, with cars parked on junctions, double parking leaving councillors and traders unable to solve the problem.

Blue Badge holders should keep up to date on the regulations and guidance on renewing or misusing their card - or they may face being slapped with a £1,000 fine.

Toni Schiavone took a stand for Welsh speakers when he refused to pay a parking ticket he received in September 2020 and went on to win two court appearances

Retired repairman Peter Wills entered his car registration number into a ticket payment machine and paid for an hour's parking - but was stunned to receive a £100 charge a week later

Shoppers parking at Gloucester's Peel Centre have been given £100 penalty fines if caught leaving the retail park for the neighbouring shopping centre - which is owned by the same company

Residents living in Bargoed, Wales, have slammed the local council for a "shambolic" rule which means half of their street is fined for parking outside their own home

Out of 242 councils in England, eight removed their pay and display machines altogether whilst 14 had removed some, as the UK continues to move toward using smartphones for payments

Taxi driver Leonard Egbedi, 43, was taking a client 220 miles to Lewisham, south London, from Manchester when his car became trapped in a car park by a delivery truck

More councils could be looking to charge petrol and diesel vehicles more to park in a bid to reduce the number of polluting cars in city centres