[Acrylic-bob]

I notice that in Clayton the residents have been complaining about litter strewn streets. Only to be told by HBC's Cleansing Manager, Steve Riley, that Clayton's street sweeper could change his route to deal with problem areas but that this would mean that other areas would go untreated.

This was reported in the Observer, on the same day it carried a full column article by the numerically and linguistically challenged Peter Britcliffe, in which he said "That's why here at the Council we need to work even harder to improve your public services, so that you get value for money and the job well done."

Which, if true, would be a novel departure indeed. Sounds to me like the cue for another round of pointless feasibility studies. 'CLEAN, GREEN, SAFE AND LOCAL' my backside!