The Watford Borough Council has voted that parents cannot play with their own children in local playgrounds because they haven't had a criminal background check.
Playgrounds will be watched over by approved "play rangers" who will be the only adults allowed on the grounds.
"The Watford Borough Council policy has been attacked as insulting and a disgrace by furious relatives who say they are being labelled as potential paedophiles.
It will further fuel concerns over a growing nanny state amid the deepening row over the Government's new national anti-paedophile database."
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