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Hayley Parker & Joe Smith

Drivers baffled by double yellow lines painted in alley too narrow for cars to fit down

Drivers have been left scratching their heads at the decision to paint double yellow lines down both sides of a tiny street less than five feet wide.

Bird Cage Walk in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, is 4ft 6in wide in places, prompting members of the public to question the need for the local council to paint the lines, with one calling it "a waste of paint".

Puzzled residents took to social media after the alleyway was featured in a story about fly-tipping, all asking the same question, why bother with the double-yellows?

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