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Slip and trip award from council

A woman has received £3,500 compensation in a claim against the council after she was injured in a fall in a public place. She was walking along a street when she went to cross a busy road. As she went to cross the road she tripped on the base of a bollard which was in the road causing injuries to her hip.

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