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A group of three people - two women with short hair and a man, all middle-aged - stand around a yellow A-board, which has litter pickers and bin bags stuck to it.

Litter pickers scheme aims to tackle rubbish

Litter Champion Hubs have been installed in Stroud to encourage people to help clean the streets.

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A man in grey trousers and an orange, high-vis jacket picks up a discarded red drinks can with a litter picker. He is stood on the grass verge at the side of a dual carriageway and has a translucent bag containing more rubbish in his other hand.

Clean up of A2 ahead of anti-litter campaign

Some lane closures will be in place as the work is carried out over the next two weeks.

A Google Street View screenshot of the road entering Barrow, with a welcome sign.

'Disgraceful' litter problem on road into town

Westmorland and Furness Council is urged to tackle a growing litter problem on the A590.

A close-up of a light brown and white duck, which has a plastic six-pack beer holder around its neck.

Litter endangering region's wildlife, warns RSPCA

In 2024, the RSPCA received 87 reports of animals endangered by litter in the West Midlands.

David Edwards is smiling and leaning on a fence next to one of the sheep. He is wearing glasses and a green fleece. Behind the mesh fence there is a brown woolly sheep with a black and white face and horns standing on grass. Behind it there are several headstones.

Five Peterborough stories you might have missed

A round-up of stories you may have missed from Peterborough over the past seven days.

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World record for volunteer river clean-up smashed

More than a thousand volunteers met along the River Taff to take part.

A pile of fly-tipping in a county lane. Pieces of wood, electricals, mattresses and Christmas trees are visible.

'Tougher' fly-tipping and graffiti fines announced

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse dealt with 1,092 instances of fly-tipping in 2024.

A hand holding a Coke can that is faded. There is more rubbish on the ground in the background.

Rubbish more than 20 years old found along the A47

Mark Fishpool says the area has been neglected for years and is "an absolute nightmare".

Fly tipped rubbish on the ground outside. There are large cardboard boxes, children's toys, pizza boxes, wood, plastic and what looks to be a broken television and carpet. All have been left in a pile on the ground.

Council fines resident £1,000 for fly-tipping

The local authority in Basildon says it has increased patrols in the town to deal with the issue.