Love not everlasting as locks to go from bridge

WEIGHT OF PADLOCKS IS 'AFFECTING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY'

- By JOEL MOORE

LOVE locks on a Nottingham bridge are set to be removed over concerns they are weighing down the structure.

Wilford Suspension Bridge which connects The Meadows and West Bridgford over the River Trent - is covered in the sentimental padlocks.

Often placed by couples, friends and families as a symbol of lasting love, the bridge is one of many across the world that's become synonymous with the locks. But water supplier Severn Trent says the padlocks are making it unsafe for pedestrians to walk across. Signs posted on the bridge say “the weight of the locks is affecting the strucctureal integirty of the bridge and are causing some damage”.