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Hailey left the pavement and stepped into the carriageway as she banged the doors.

The street has a myriad of shops and hot food options but the queue which snaked along the pavement was only interested in one - fish and chips.

Several weeks later a large brown bear was captured on video running through the centre of the nearby town of Liptovsky Mikolas in broad daylight, bounding past cars and lunging at people on the pavement.

Rather than spend tax payers' money on administration and consultancy fees, councils will be able to invest in fixing pavements, dropping kerbs, installing seats, improving bus shelters and making streets safer for all, he added.

Before becoming a writer, I was a New York City dog walker, pounding the pavement Monday through Friday to pay the bills.