lockable

"I always thought that was particularly odd because he was adamant that the door was lockable and he only tried 50% of the lock," he said.

However, the guidance says where possible mixed-sex toilets or changing facilities should be provided, with lockable rooms intended to be used by one person at a time, in addition to single-sex facilities.

He began refining an idea for a lockable pouch and started building prototypes using materials he sourced from a hardware store.

The doctor said that the changing room would ideally have individual, lockable changing cubicles to give people more privacy.

Sarah Gayton, shared space co-ordinator at the National Federation of the Blind, said: “We want to see e-bikes stored off pavements, in lockable docking stations where they remain standing upwards, so visually impaired people can walk without having to fight these extra obstacles.”