More commonly associated with the humble role of being somewhere for visitors to wipe their feet, council chiefs have raised the mat's status to that of 'tripping hazard'.

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Residents on a council estate have had their doormats taken away for being a "fire and trip hazard". The mats were removed from outside properties on the Kinsman estate in Bodmin, Cornwall, last week.

A pensioner has been ordered to get rid of her door mat because it's a fire hazard - despite living there with a mat for 17 years.

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Residents on a council estate have had their doormats taken away for being a "fire and trip hazard". The mats were removed from outside properties on the Kinsman estate in Bodmin, Cornwall, last week.