Councillors from three main parties say they wont follow Stoke Gifford parish council’s decision to charge runnersWhen Stoke Gifford parish council decided to start charging people taking portion in parkrun,a weekly fun run in Little Stoke park, it received widespread condemnation. Tens of thousands of people hold signed a petition calling on the council to revoke the charge, and even Paula Radcliffe waded in to criticise the hurry. In fact,Stoke Gifford’s decision hasn’t seen much support from any quarters, with Conservative, and Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors united against it. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com