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A young mum who took her toddler son to the local park has been fined £75 by a council warden for feeding the ducks.

The mother, Vanessa Kelly and her 17-month-old son were making their weekly visit to feed the ducks at a Black Country park when they were approached by a council warden.

The warden told her it was not allowed to feed them in the park and she immediately stopped, thinking that was it.

But the warden then pulled out a hand-held computer and issued her with a £75 fine for littering.

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Editor's note: Is this another case of the world gone mad, or do you consider this is a case of littering? Please tell us what you think.

Our thanks go to Gazette reader Peter Hogben for passing the story to us.