Gnomes banned by elf and safety!
A pair of friendly gnomes have been banned from a block of Black Country flats under strict new health and safety rules.
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Linda Langford has also been told to remove her 'welcome' plaque on the grounds it is a fire risk. Sandwell Council insists it is 'common sense' to ban the gnomes and a senior councillor defended the move as potentially 'life-saving'.
The pottery gnomes – one hitting an anvil and the other reading a book – have been outside Miss Langford's flat in Sedgley Road West, Tipton, since she moved in nine years ago.
An ornamental tortoise on her window sill must also be taken down.
