Transport operator says it was ‘insensitive’ for parking wardens to issue fines on cars as soon as police cordon was taken down

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Transport for London has apologised for issuing parking fines to motorists who had to abandon their cars following the terrorist attack at London Bridge.

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The operator said sorry for its “insensitive mistake” after penalty charge notices were handed out in Borough high street as police began removing the cordon on Wednesday morning.

A notice was visible on the windscreen of an Audi on the street by the afternoon.

The fines, which can be up to £130, will be cancelled, a TfL spokesman said.

He said: “We unreservedly apologise for our insensitive mistake. These fines should never have been issued and will all be immediately cancelled.”

It is understood there will be wardens in the area for the rest of the week but no cars that have been parked within the police cordon will be fined.

On Wednesday night, armed police made three more arrests in east London in connection with the London Bridge terror attack. At about 10pm, officers from the Met’s counter-terrorism command, along with firearms officers, arrested two men on a street in Ilford, east London, while a third was arrested after a warrant was carried out at a home in Ilford.



Of the two arrested on the street, a 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of the preparation of terrorist acts, as was the 29-year-old man arrested at the residential address in Ilford.

The 33-year-old man also arrested on the street was held on drugs charges. All three men were detained at a south London police station.