Villagers in Dobwalls have been left stunned after they were refused permission to spruce up the new roundabout at the end of the new bypass. Parish councillors wrote to the Highways Agency to ask if they could landscape the 'eyesore', which is covered in weeds, but they were told it would be be a distraction to drivers and may cause health and safety issues.

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