BRISTOL'S transport supremo Gary Hopkins has been caught on camera parked on double yellow lines.

The Lib Dem councillor, in charge of the city council's transport department, was spotted in Cannon Street, Bedminster, by Julian Richards and his son, Mark.

They were having a drink in the Robert Fitzharding pub when they saw Mr Hopkins get out of his silver A-Class Mercedes car, which was parked on double-yellow lines next to a No Waiting sign.

He was also parked in a bus stop bay, which was marked out by a dotted yellow line – but there is no bus stop sign on nearby posts.

Mr Richards said: "We saw him cross the road but we didn't know where he had gone.

"After about 10 minutes, I thought, 'He's pushing the boundaries, parked on a bus stop and double yellows for all this time'."

Mark, of Bedminster, took the photos of the parked car. Mr Hopkins admitted he should not have parked on the double-yellow lines. He said: "We all make mistakes and that was a mistake."

But he denied that he said 'I'm not doing any harm', and explained: "What I said was, 'I'm not causing an obstruction'."