"People don't use the public car parks and tend to park in the town centre illegally in loading bays and disabled parking spaces, " she said.

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In Aberystwyth, vehicles had parked illegally on double yellow lines, in loading bays, disabled parking bays and even on pavements, which led to complaints about a parking "free-for-all".

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On the morning after that pool-deck encounter in Florida I headed out for a walk, and in the parking lot of the hotel I saw one of the Tokens loading his stage clothes into his car.

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