I was out before nine am this morning delivering leaflets I should have delivered earlier on the way in to the office, when I stumbled across this propped up against a fence, on Nottingham’s ring road, Western Boulevard.

I wasn’t sure what it was at first – something industrial looking and a heap of electronics. A fish tank hood, maybe? When I got closer it became clear it was a traffic light. You know, a red, amber, green type traffic light head, or in this case, red, amber and No Right Turn. Its bulbs were still attached, and some of its workings spilled on the ground.

So, I called it in to the Council, telling them two things were worrying me: one, that there was tipped rubbish on the pavement, and that two, probably somewhere nearby, a traffic light was missing…

It was surprisingly light, when I tried picking it up. All made of heavyweight plastic, not the metal it looks like it ought to be.