Labour council installs squat toilets 'preferred by foreign visitors' that locals must pay to use

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A Labour council has opened a series of new "squat-style" toilets aimed at international visitors.Cambridge city council opened the public toilets, built for just £1million, last week - and admitted it was for the benefit of foreign tourists.Labour councillors claim the facilities "really enhance the cityscape" - but locals have hit out at the "crazy" £1 entry fee to use the loo.Heather Boyd, 60, said: "I certainly think if I'm going to spend £1, I'm not going to squat as well.

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That is absolutely crazy."Mrs Boyd, from the nearby village of Orwell, told the BBC: "I'd much rather they built just a normal set of toilets and charged nothing than one really slick one and charged a pound."The new block on Silver Street sits opposite Queens' College at the University of Cambridge, replacing a 1980s facility that suffered repeated flooding due to its proximity to the River Cam.It stands near the Mathematical Bridge, a famous wooden footbridge that draws thousands of visitors to the area every...

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