Council relaunches crackdown on Union Jacks after public fury forced staff to stop tearing flags down
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Sheffield City Council has relaunched its crackdown on Union Jacks after public fury forced staff to stop tearing the flags down.
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During a council meeting, Emma Windle, who manages the street cleaning for Sheffield City Council's highways contractor Amey, said her workers had been inundated with "a lot of abuse".
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "It was quite shocking how we were treated by the public.
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It was very threatening and very aggressive."The issue was raised at the meeting by councillor Mark Rusling, who voiced his "solidarity" with the workers who faced the brunt of the public backlash.
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