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\n After a young girl’s lemonade stand in east London brought a fine of nearly $200, the local council apologized. Now the girl’s family is calling on more kids to open their own stands.<\/p>\n

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A 5-year-old girl whose sidewalk lemonade stand brought a $195 fine in east London has been invited to set up shop at several markets and festivals, as supporters reach out to her family. The ticket was forgiven; now the girl’s father is urging more kids to open their own stands.<\/p>\n

Last weekend, Andre Spicer took his daughter to the end of their street to offer lemonade (50 pence for a small, 1 pound for a large) to people drawn to a music festival in a nearby park. But, as he said in a tweet that day, “She’s now sobbing, ‘I did a bad thing'” after four Tower Hamlets police officers descended on the stand, issued a fine, and sent them packing.<\/p>\n

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Took 5 year old daughter to end of our road to run lemonade stand. Fined £180. She’s now sobbing, ‘I did a bad thing’. Thx @TowerHamletsNow<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Andr\u00e9 Spicer (@andre_spicer) July 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Spicer’s tweet didn’t bring a response from the local council. But after he wrote a column for The Telegraph<\/a>, strangers began to praise Spicer and his daughter \u2014 and to wonder what was wrong with Tower Hamlets.<\/p>\n

“So, about the lemonade standard incident… we are very sorry that this has happened,” Tower Hamlets said in a tweet on the morning after Spicer’s column was published. It continued, “We expect our enforcement officers to show common sense, and to use their powers sensibly. This clearly did not happen.”<\/p>\n