Town councillors asked about the situation regarding the installation of a bench at Brooklands Road, Wellington, at the latest town council meeting.

Town clerk Kathryn Hemensley told councillors that the four benches ordered in the previous financial year arrived just before the Covid-19 lockdown.

ID Verde had been short-staffed due to the number of staff shielding during the pandemic, so the benches had been stored.

The clerk said she would seek to progress the matter as she would be meeting with the ID Verde service manager shortly.