Apparently it's an AI generated image, which is worrying that it made it into a national news article.
See: completely smooth nearside tyre, gibberish text on numberplate, nearside alloy wheel spoke(s) missing/bent(?), weird text on hi-viz, weird roof tiles
It's probably been compressed but there are multiple pictures from different angles, and then a picture of the boarded up house with hazard tape all round it. I think it is real
Apparently it's an AI generated image, which is worrying that it made it into a national news article.
See: completely smooth nearside tyre, gibberish text on numberplate, nearside alloy wheel spoke(s) missing/bent(?), weird text on hi-viz, weird roof tiles
High res image here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CarTalkUK/comments/1bvk8vx/you_cant_park_there_mate/