They're a great British invention that have guided countless travellers home late at night. But now it seems cat's eyes - or at least the name - will be scrapped.

The move follows reports of concerned tourists fearing that animal cruelty had become a standard practice on our country roads.

Signs saying "cat's eyes removed" were being read too literally so, after a string of mix-ups, Suffolk county council decided to replace them with signs warning of "road studs" ahead, and from now on the council will only refer to them that way.