A NATURE-LOVING dog owner who gave her pooch a trim in a local park was slapped with a £75 fine - for littering.

Judith Barnsley took her one-year-old cockapoo Disney to Locke Park for a quick cut last Friday but soon found herself in trouble with Barnsley Council's enforcement officers.

The 64-year-old, of Park Grove, Barnsley, says the reason she took Disney to the park was so the hair could be picked up by nesting birds.

The Chronicle contacted Barnsley Council which said it was 'reviewing the evidence' to establish whether an offence had been committed. Officials then did a U-turn and said the fine would be revoked.

** The full story appears in the Barnsley Chronicle, dated May 8. **