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A woman wearing glasses, a navy floral dress and a blue cardigan, a man wearing a grey Newcastle United sweatshirt, and a woman wearing a blue jacket. They have their arms around each other's shoulders and are all smiling at the camera.

Five Peterborough stories you might have missed

The possible closure of a hub for vulnerable adults and a community gym causes concern in the area.

A group of women wearing hi-vis jackets and holding large orange bags. They are armed with litter pickers ahead of a collection.

Litter pickers collect 36,800 pieces of rubbish

Rambling groups, schools and businesses all play their part to clean up their county.

Seven men standing in a line. They are all wearing orange high-visibility tabards and all but one are wearing blue baseball caps. In front of them is a large pile of blue bin bags. A street sign nearby reads "SHAKESPEARE ST".

'Bin strike frustration is turning into anger'

A group of volunteer litter-pickers in Birmingham say they are desperate for a resolution.

Birmingham & Black Country

A group of four people smiling at the camera. Three of them are adults and one is a National Star student who is wearing shades and a dark hat and coat. They are in a grassy children's park. Two of the adults are also holding rocks that have been painted.

Students pick more than 12kg of litter from park

Students from National Star College have been litter picking at Clyde Crescent Park in Cheltenham.

Gloucestershire

A table-football table in some shrubbery. The handles are rusted but the blue and red players, facing in opposite directions, remain intact. The base of the table is dark and faded from water damage and mould.

Football table and 'wine bush' found in clean-up

Litter-pickers in Peterborough find all sorts of rubbish during the Great British Spring Clean.

A man holding a two-foot-high poster featuring a big pound sign in Union Jack colours and the words "Keep the Pound" and "Conservatives". He is wearing a hi-vis waistcoat and a black T-shirt and holding a litter grabber and a pink plastic bag.

Roadside litter-picker unearths pieces of history

Chris Thorogood clears rubbish near Braintree, even though the council thinks it is too dangerous.

Dozens of black dog waste bags arranged in a circle on the playground grass

Volunteers clear 156 dog poo bags from playground

Scunthorpe Litter Pickers shares a picture of waste collected from Everest Playing Fields.

Trees are dotted on either side of a pathway in Hafren Forest.

Litter fears as TikTok sparks forest visitor surge

Hafren Forest has gained popularity on social media, leading to an influx of visitors.

Bags of rubbish

'Our home is not your tip' - anger at TikTok tourism

People living near a Welsh forest react to scenes of rubbish and litter left by a surge in tourism.