But the celebrations in Norwich have now become bogged down in a spat between rival political opponents after a Labour candidate was accused of "shameless grifting" for claiming credit for the work.

The row started after Lisa Alston, Labour candidate for Town Close, praised work beginning to restore the Jenny Lind park toilets, which had been shut for a number of years.

She says she has been campaigning for the upgrade for the last two years, although she has not been a councillor.

Lisa Alston, who is hoping to stand as a candidate for Labour for Town Close in the upcoming May elections (Image: Beth Moseley)

But her comments have upset two rival city councillors in the ward who say they were instrumental in securing the £100,000 investment in the toilets as part of a budget amendment last year.

The councillors both left Labour en masse in 2023 in protest at the party's refusal to back a ceasefire in Gaza. One, Karen Davis, now sits as an independent, while........

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