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People angry as woman gets blue badge for her condition

Naomi Griffiths has been accused of stealing parking spaces but says she needs one as much as anyone else Originally Publish By Neil Shaw bluebadgeaware/unsplash A hotel manager says she gets accused of ‘stealing all the disabled spaces’ – as people suggest she is being ‘lazy’ by claiming a blue badge for her endometriosis. Naomi…

New Blue Badge owners could face £1,000 fine for making common mistake that has instant fix

There are also several ways people with a Blue Badge could be prosecuted for misuse by their Local Authority.   Originally Publish By Linda Howard Image: Amit Bansal/unsplash Blue Badge holders could face a hefty £1,000 fine if they continue to display it when they no longer need it, or it has expired. Earlier this…

Number of people with disabled parking badges increases

The eligibility criteria for blue badges was extended in 2019 to include people with non-visible disabilities such as Parkinson’s, dementia and epilepsy. bluebadgeaware/unsplash More than one in 22 people in England have a disabled parking badge, a higher proportion than before the pandemic. There were 2.57 million valid blue badges at the end of March…

More than one in 22 people in England have a blue badge

Amit Bansal/unsplash There were 2.57 million holders of blue badges at the end of March last year, figures show. More than one in 22 people in England have a disabled parking badge, exceeding the proportion before the pandemic. There were 2.57 million valid blue badges at the end of March last year, analysis of Department for Transport (DfT) data…

Driver fined £220 for improper use of blue badge parking permit

Originally Publish by By Layth Yousif image by Jakub Pabis/unsplashimage by Jakub Pabis/unsplash A driver has been convicted for improperly using a disabled person’s badge as part of a council-driven effort to tackle blue badge disabled parking fraud. The case was convicted at Luton Magistrates’ Court this week for misuse of a blue badge parking…

Bedfordshire woman who used daughter’s blue badge to skip £2 parking ticket hit with £1,000 bill

Originally publish by itv.com image by Jakub Pabis/unsplashimage by Jakub Pabis/unsplash A woman who used her daughter’s blue badge to avoid a £2 parking ticket has been hit with a bill for nearly £1,000 after being taken to court. Nasharie Oluwa, 35, used the badge to go shopping while her six-year-old daughter was at school,…

Woman prosecuted for misusing child’s Blue Badge

Originally Publish bedford.gov.uk image by Jakub Pabis/unsplash A woman has been fined for misusing a Blue Badge when she parked her Mercedes in a Bedford Borough Council car park. Nasharie Oluwa, 35, of Ethelred Lane, Great Denham, pleaded guilty in writing at Luton Magistrates’ Court to one offence of misusing a Blue Badge. The Mercedes…

Clapham man fined £220 as part of crackdown on Blue Badge fraud

Originally Publish By Olga Norford image by Jakub Pabis/unsplashimage by Jakub Pabis/unsplash A driver has been fined for improperly using a disabled person’s parking permit as part of a council crackdown on Blue Badge fraud. David Maggs, of Milton Road, Clapham, was found using his wife’s Blue Badge while she was not present, claiming he was…

Blue badge fraudsters fined over £3k for illegally using cancelled passes to park in Bexley

In one case the pass had been cancelled after the owner died Originally Publish by By Olivia Beeson image by Jakub Pabis/unsplashimage by Jakub Pabis/unsplash A South London borough is cracking down on blue badge usage after a number of people were prosecuted for misusing them last year. In 2023, 26 prosecutions took place for…

Dartford and Greenwich drivers fined after Blue Badge misuse in Bexley

Originally Publish by  Emily Davison image by Jakub Pabis/unsplash Two motorists have been issued with fines following Blue Badge misuse in Bexley, as Bexley Council warn of “dire consequences.” Two people were found guilty of Blue Badge misuse at the Magistrates Court in November 2023. Albert Coveney of Wilmington Court Road, Dartford, was found guilty of displaying…