Festive lollipop lady ban over health and safety

A lollipop lady has been banned from wearing festive fancy dress because of safety fears.

Margaret Russell, 54, has delighted pupils, parents and motorists in Millbrook, Southampton, for two decades as she collects for charity.

But after a complaint by two parents, the city council said she could not take children across the road unless she wore her reflective coat.

Mrs Russell, a grandmother who is collecting for the mayor of Southampton's appeal fund, said:

"I was pretty cheesed o... (43 more words)

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