It sounds like the council was quite reasonable. They refused to close the road. Doing so would isolate some people due to other road closures. The film company also didn't bother to apply for them to lift parking restrictions on that road. If you park on a double yellow, you can't complain about being ticketed.

I've seen over zealous traffic wardens. If you have the proper permissions, it's easy to get the ticket invalidated. Also, the cost of the tickets will be chump change compared to the other costs of most films.

So they get their request denied and now have to deal with the consequences. What is so news worthy about parking tickets?

Lol I know exactly which traffic warden (tbf there re two well known wardens), he often issues tickets in Ellesmere port. When vaccinations happen at the Civic hall ( Ellesmere port) he'll come around and catch all the old dears who can't find a space in the library carpark & find it difficult to walk from the local supermarkets carpark. The guy is a menace.

What is that strange matte blue panel van thing?