Clare Body

Conservative members of North Herts Council have blocked a proposal to reopen public toilets at Bancroft in Hitchin and to provide proper toilet facilities at Baldock. They also refused to commit the council to keeping the bus station toilets in Royston open.

The council says that public toilets are not their responsibility.

The council’s refusal comes at a time when the dramatic fal in the number of public toilets has attracted national publicity.