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As he was writing citations to the public piddlers, a cab driver stopped and advised the officer that a woman had jumped into his idling Crown Vic and pulled smoothly down the block.

Police used pounds 40 on-the-spot fines - rising to pounds 60 if unpaid after 28 days -to deal with the public piddlers. But figures releasedbycommunitysafety minister Fergus Ewing also revealed that fixed penalties were handed out for more serious offences including riotous behaviourinapub,vandalism, and being drunk in public while in charge of a child.

Events in the Northumberland Hall include local folk band Piddlers Pot on Monday, a Jazz Night with the Ray Thompson Jazz Septet on Tuesday and dancing to the Castle Band on Wednesday.

To keep youngsters from losing patience and growing cranky on the potty, Silly Goose, Evanston, Ill., provides Piddlers - brightly colored, fish-shaped, foam targets.

THE PIDDLERS' FRIEND Mothers coping with potty training need all the help they can get - so how have Britain's "mommies" managed without Toilet Target Fish?