The same council that tried fining a little girl for selling lemonade has issued a penalty notice to a cycle shop for setting up a free bike pump.

Isambard's Cycles tweeted that it will no longer offer the pump to passing bikers, after Tower Hamlets Council threatened them with a fine.

Jobsworths from the authority allegedly demanded they are paid 'for the privilege' to use the pavement outside the shop.

It comes after 100 miles of London roads were closed for the Ride London event.

Isambard's Cycles tweeted that it will no longer offer the pump to passing bikers, after Tower Hamlets Council threatened them with a fine

The council said: 'The area outside the shop is narrow and it is already difficult to get a pram or a wheelchair past the shop, without these items being displayed'

Criticising the council on Twitter, the store wrote: 'First #lemongate now #airgate.

'Sort your enforcement officers out.'

They added: 'Tower Hamlets are fining us for having this free pump outside for cyclists to use.

'As of next week it will no longer be available.

'If we want to provide a free pump for passing cyclists, Tower Hamlets expect us to pay for the privilege.'

Just this month the council's enforcement officers caused a five-year-old girl to cry after shutting down her homemade lemonade stand.

The furious owners of the cycle shop slammed the council on Twitter after being visited by officers three times

The young entrepreneur set up stall for music lovers as they made their way to the Lovebox Festival in East London.

Officials said she and her father, Andre Spicer, were 'trading without a permit', near their home in Mile End and fined her £150, which was later overturned.

Mr Spicer, a professor at City University, told the Evening Standard: 'It’s not like she was trying to make a massive profit, this is just a five-year-old kid trying to sell lemonade.

Officials said the girl and her father, Andre Spicer, were 'trading without a permit', near their home in Mile End and fined her £150, which was later overturned

'She sobbed all the way home and was telling me: "Dad, I’ve done a bad thing". She was very upset because she was proud of selling it, and this really soured the experience.'

A spokeswoman for the local authority said: “We are very sorry that this has happened.

'We expect our enforcement officers to show common sense, and to use their powers sensibly. This clearly did not happen.

'The fine will be cancelled immediately and we will be contacting Professor Spicer and his daughter to apologise.'

In a statement, Tower Hamlet Council said the shop had repeatedly failed to apply for a licence that would

'The area outside the shop is narrow and it is already difficult to get a pram or a wheelchair past the shop, without these items being displayed.

'A week later they had still not applied for a licence so we issued a fine for having goods on the highway.

'We then visited again last weekend and they still had not applied for a licence so we said that we would fine them again.

'We will visit the shop for a fourth time this week to offer help in applying for a licence and, if they do, we can review the latest fine.'