Illegal parking outside schools facing crackdown

8 October 2012 Last updated at 05:18 ET Help

Parents who park illegally outside schools are being caught on camera and could be fined up to £70, in a scheme run by Newcastle City Council.

A camera car parked in plain view outside West Jesmond primary school records the licence plates of cars whose drivers stop on double yellow lines or zig zag markings.

Fiona Trott reports.

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