We should be investing more in public loos and encourage businesses that are making a fortune from extra licensing hours to put their hand in their pocket and pay for more conveniences.

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Armed with more modern conveniences than many proper homes, the fort has a TV, wall-mounted speakers, desktop computer, air conditioning, shelving, and fluorescent lights.

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Connectivity and online services are much more than just conveniences or entertainment sources.

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Our research indicates that these consumers have their eyes on the same things generations of Americans have demanded: a nice home, one or more cars, modern appliances and conveniences, beautiful clothes, electronics, a good education for the kids, better health care, and more travel and leisure.

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Delegates at the conference, partly organised by the Keep Britain Tidy group and the British Toilet Association, are debating whether authorities could charge more for the use of public conveniences.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | London | Lack of public loos ruins streets

More importantly, the habit of paying for sanitation, by using public conveniences, was long established among its inhabitants.

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