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You’ve played your part in our clean-up campaign

SMART: The alleyway from Sainsbury’s in Windermere Drive to Randwick Close in Warndon, Worcester. Organisers are delighted with the clean-up campaign is going.

3:40pm Monday 2nd August 2010

WORCESTER residents’ enthusiastic response to our clean-up campaign has delighted the council.

Litter-picking village group is an example to us all

DEDICATED: Hallow Village Community Group are often to be seen out in force clearing up their neighbourhood streets.

11:20pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

A COMMUNITY group which has been litter picking for three years is an example to the rest of Worcester.

The people who clean up the streets while you sleep

A street cleaner tackles litter which has been thrown on the ground – despite being just yards from a bin.

11:40pm Tuesday 27th July 2010

THE last thing people enjoying a night out think about is pollution. Generally, revellers are more concerned with the blisters on their feet than putting their kebab box in the nearest litter bin.

Clean up after your dog or you risk £1,000 fine

PLEASE DON’T LEAVE A MESS: Worcester has 240 dog bins, which are emptied up to three times a week. 05422001

11:30pm Monday 26th July 2010

BAG it and bin it is the message to dog owners to help keep the city’s streets clean.

Mediaeval wall could be worst city grot spot

HERITAGE: The overgrown mediaeval city wall, which runs along City Walls Road in Worcester. 34488201

10:00am Friday 23rd July 2010

A WORCESTER historian has urged people take a litte more pride in their heritage by not dropping their litter.

Worst 'grot spot' so far tackled by team

CLEAN SWEEP: Worcester City Council operational cleaning team working in Prestbury Close, Blackpole, yesterday with Ray Webb busy at the wheel of a Johnston compact sweeper during a tough operation. Picture by John Anyon. 29047101.

10:00am Thursday 22nd July 2010

THE scourge of dog mess has been tackled in one city street thanks to the Take Pride in Worcester campaign.

John sets a fine example helping keep our city clean

HAPPY MAN: John Wakefield just loves to be out and about on his rounds across Worcester.(29046003)

10:00am Wednesday 21st July 2010

CLEANING Worcester’s streets is both rewarding and satisfying, according to John Wakefield.

Firms get behind tidy-up campaign

PATROLLING: New Worcester Street Rangers: Eliot Langfield, Karen Massey and Colin Merison in Worcester’s High Street meeting visitors.13462205

12:40pm Tuesday 20th July 2010

BUSINESSES in Worcester are backing our campaign to clean up the city’s streets.

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Upload your own grotty snaps for us

10:40pm Monday 19th July 2010

FOR the past week, alongside Worcester City Council, we have been running a campaign to tackle the litter louts and get the city cleaned up. Now it's your chance to show us the areas you're unhappy with - and get them sorted out!

Community garden is looking a picture

GARDEN TIDY: Ruth Davies, of Arboretum Residents Association, and Community Support Officer Kylee Berry at work. 28043902

6:24pm Sunday 18th July 2010

PEOPLE proud of their Worcester community have been keeping a beauty spot tidy for everyone to enjoy.

Campaign for cleaner city has your support

HARD AT WORK: Worcester City Council employee Trevor Tongue clears litter in George Street, Worcester. 28043402

4:40pm Saturday 17th July 2010

READERS have been getting behind our clean-up campaign aimed at sprucing up the streets of Worcester.

Help us find the best places for city’s bins

KEEP IT CLEAN: Malcolm Cox, operations manager at Worcester City Council, and, right, Roger Knight, deputy leader and portfolio holder for a cleaner and greener city, with the recycling bins in Hylton Road, Worcester. Picture: Paul Jackson. 50387102

9:50am Friday 16th July 2010

THE city council is looking to move bins around Worcester to make sure they are in the most effective places possible – but the help of residents is needed.

We're to blame for gull menace - video

GULLIBLE: Andy Staples of Red Kite Pest Control swaps the gulls’ eggs to fool the birds in order to control the population. (28042205)

10:00am Thursday 15th July 2010

LITTER is not just unappealing on the eye, but draws some of the biggest pests to Worcester.

Golden goal in cleaning up our city

SITTING PRETTY: Truro won the gold award in the Clean Britain Awards last year.

10:00am Wednesday 14th July 2010

A NEW campaign launched by your Worcester News to help clean up the city, could help clinch a top award.

COMMENT: Join us and show your pride in city

COMMENT: So when did you last visit the optician?

7:30am Tuesday 13th July 2010

IT IS all too easy in this day and age to moan and complain about the world around us. But it is just as easy to turn words into action and do something about problems in our communities.

Let's take some pride in our city

BIG MESSAGE: Mayor of Worcester Mike Layland unveils a banner outside the Guildhall, watched by, from left, Georgia Smith, Coun Simon Geraghty, Coun Roger Knight, Malcolm Cox, Carl Day, Brenda Francis, Mike Harrison and Robert Maggs. 27040101

6:10am Tuesday 13th July 2010

A STAGGERING £1 million is spent every year keeping Worcester’s streets clean.

Cleaning up your city - video

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6:00am Tuesday 13th July 2010

ANYONE wanting to take pride in their neighbourhood is being encouraged to band together and help clean it up as part of our brand new campaign.



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