News

A man who waited 12 months to have a disabled parking bay outside his home watched in horror last week as the road was resurfaced the day after it had been painted.

Ken Stevenson, 78, from Portland, Dorset, who suffers from arthritis in his knees, was delighted when the yellow bay was painted. But, while the work was being done, he received a letter informing him his road was to be resurfaced the next day.

Having received the letter on April Fools Day, Stevenson assumed it was a joke until workers appeared the next day to start resurfacing.

Weymouth and Portland Council said it was resurfacing a road nearby but "due to a discrepancy between street naming and numbering" the work incorrectly extended into Stevenson's road, covering the bay.