A stressed, locked down mother has hit out at the Royal Borough after 'bullying' traffic wardens called to tell her and her neighbours that their cars had all been ticketed and would be towed away if they did not move them at once.

Jane O'Driscoll, 44, says the unwelcome visitors knocked on Monday.

She is having to work at home in Adelaide Square, Windsor because of lockdown, while looking after her boys aged eight and 10 who cannot go to school.

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She admits that she and her neighbours had all forgotten about signs warning that 25 parking bays in Adelaide Square and Frances Road would soon be out of action during the day because of roadworks.

But she said: "We are all having to stay at home now so our cars were outside.

"Surely they could have been kind and decent and told us we must move without ticketing everybody. We all poured out of our houses to move but there was nowhere to park anywhere in the town.

"I asked the wardens to help me and explained I had had to leave the children. They were like zombies - they just kept repeating 'find a bay'. They said it four times.

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"I told them there weren't any anywhere and they just said 'use the leisure centre' which is nowhere near. It was not a nice way to behave - surely we should be supporting each other in these times.

"We are being told to stay home by the council and then they treat us like this."

The Royal Borough contracts out its traffic enforcement responsibilities to a private company.

Cllr David Cannon - who is the Royal Borough's lead member for public protection and parking - said: "I understand this lady's frustration. If the residents had contacted us ahead of time we could have made arrangements for them.

"I will look into this matter."