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Evening Standard
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Grant Williams

London council apologises for sign warning that people feeding pigeons face five years in prison

Brent Council has apologised after taking down signs which threatened residents with a prison sentence of up to five years or an unlimited fine if they were caught feeding birds.

A wildlife officer described the signs near the bridge at Kilburn London Underground Station as “shockingly heavy handed and clearly illegal”.

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