Advertising boards ban

Edinburgh City Council will ban advertising boards from the streets of the Scottish capital, in a move that has received support from sight loss charity RNIB Scotland.

The charity said advertisement boards and other street clutter deterred people with vision problems from leaving the house.

Bollards, bins, cars parked on the pavement and shared space schemes were among the most common obstacles.

Sandra Wilson, chair of the charity and blind herself, said: ‘A third of blind and partially sighted people surveyed by RNIB said they had been injured by pavement clutter when walking outside. Some felt so intimidated they ended up staying isolated in their homes. This is surely unacceptable.’