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Sweeping your own front door... ?
Grandmother Betty Davies has swept the street clean outside her house for the past 62 years without so much as raising an eyebrow.
The 88-year-old widow prides herself on keeping her front doorstep and pavement pristine.
But after one of her daily tidy-ups, a council worker knocked on the door of her home in Splott, Cardiff, to warn her she could be taken to court.
Mrs Davies was told she could be breaking litter laws and might be fined for brushing the leaves into the roadway.
Neighbours in the quiet terraced street immediately rushed to defend her and dubbed the warning "political correctness gone mad".
The uproar forced council chiefs to climb down and assure residents they would not be fined for sweeping leaves into the road.
Mrs Davies, a retired school cook who has lived on her own since her husband Bryn died 20 years ago, was incredulous at how she had been treated.
The grandmother of 13, who also has three great-grandchildren, said: "I was just doing what I've been doing for more than 60 years, keeping my front door neat and tidy.
"I'm always afraid of people tripping over the pile up of leaves so I was sweeping them into the gutter in the road.
"After I had spent a few minutes with my broom I had gone back into the house when there was a knock on the door.
"It was a council worker in a fluorescent jacket who I had seen earlier clearing up on the other side of the street.
"He said: 'Do you realise you could be fined for doing that'."
The pensionser said she had given the council worker a "piece of her mind" and told him "I've been doing that for 60-odd years, young man".
She added: "I just couldn't believe it - it's the first time I've been given a telling-off for sweeping my front door clean.
"I have always done it - it was the way my generation were brought up.
"You would think they would spend their time chasing litterbugs and vandals rather than people who really care about their homes and the streets they live in."
The 88-year-old is regarded by her neighbours as one of the most houseproud women in Wilson Street, Splott, which is where singer Shirley Bassey grew up.
Until just a couple of years ago she used to scrub the front doorstep and pavement on hands and knees but has had to give that up because of her age.
Neighbour Sharon John, 32, said: "Betty is always jolly, very fit and healthy and gives a lot to the community.
"To warn her about litter was completely uncalled for and council workers like this should just get a life."
Another neighbour, Mary Merchant, 59, said: "This is the same as children banned from playing hopscotch in the street - it's political correctness gone mad.
"These street cleaners pick up pieces of rubbish with their ridiculous clippers instead of using proper brushes."
A Cardiff council spokesman said: "We apologise for the comments made to Mrs Davies.
"We want to assure people we won't fine them for sweeping leaves onto the road from the front of their home."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-497007/Grandmother-brushed-doorstep-62-years-told-council-face-court.html#ixzz1WWSkP7Bg
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As bank deposits flow from Greece to Switzerland, the odds of another crisis flare-up in Europe look assured. "Follow the money" is an old and wise adage. To understand what's happening in Europe -- and why there is more trouble ahead -- we can follow the money literally. I'm talking specifically about depositor money in banks. As the WSJ reported last week:...
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