A bollard at the Lidl supermarket in Netherfield has been painted again after cars kept crashing into it. The post, rapidly becoming infamous amongst the population of the Nottinghamshire suburb, was collided with on a regular basis by customers of the shop.

It was previously bright yellow and four-feet tall, having replaced a smaller bollard that was removed and increased in size to make it more visible. But the size increase clearly wasn’t enough - and now, black hoops with a fluorescent trim have been added to its design in a further attempt to curb the repeated incidents.

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