Parking space

The Court of Appeal has today ruled against a motorist who challenged what he believed to be an excessive parking fine for overstaying his allotted time on private land.

Motorists in England are to get a 10 minute grace period after a parking ticket runs out before they can be hit with a fine.

Britons are now spending nearly £8 billion a year to park their cars.

Local councils handed out an increased number of parking tickets last year, despite cutting back on traffic wardens, according to figures out today.