"The posts are a temporary measure because the green's got to be restored because it is damaged, " Mrs Dawson said.

BBC: Cookie's Crab Shop trade 'being harmed' in parking spat

Salthouse Parish Council laid temporary poles around Salthouse green, opposite Cookie's Crab Shop, last month to put an end to cars damaging the grass.

BBC: Cookie's Crab Shop trade 'being harmed' in parking spat

They did what comes naturally and wrote a bill that was all about transfer payments, temporary tax subsidies, green industrial policy, homeowner subsidies, 99 weeks of jobless benefits and all the rest.

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