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Posted by The Echo Editor on September 26, 2007 2:49 PM | 

Computer problems put paid to our normal City Final edition today.. which meant that sadly we were unable to update readers on a couple of quite lively stories.

Echo reader Karen Evans walked into the office this morning with some strong news pictures from the fire on the City fans bus last night.

Thankfully no-one was hurt in the incident - which is quite incredible when you see the size of the fire.

We are all following the Cardiff Council parking story closely - and starting to pose questions about council leader Rodney Berman.

He is now facing a serious challenge - albeit a very late one - from Labour and Tories who are opposed to the new parking charges set to come in on Monday.

And if they stand firm they have the clout to kick out the plans, putting the council leader in an untenable position.

The Echo totally agrees with both parties, particularly Labour who today say that any parking charge rises should be held back until the opening of St David's 2. That would recognise the tough times that we are facing in Cardiff City Centre at the moment and would be seen as supporting traders, while encouraging visitors and shoppers.

At the moment it can look as if the city is actually trying to put off visitors and shoppers with its unreasonable parking fees.

I hope that the Liberals see sense and back off from this unpopular move.

Cardiff has suffered enough from the NCP's greedy parking fees. The council should be standing up for its citizens and its businesses and helping the city centre to prosper - not kicking them while they are down.

This is set to be a very interesting couple of days in County Hall - and we'll follow it with interest.


 

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