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Plea for help after major blaze caused by a campfire

Rubbish at Barton Field, Leigh Parkplaceholder image

Travellers leave field near football ground but bags of rubbish remain

Alcohol and drug paraphernalia left in Gosportplaceholder image

Alcohol and drug paraphernalia found as police crack down on yobs

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Clear up underway as visitors flock to Southsea in sweltering weather

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“Clean Up Clanfield” campaign launched with community litter pick

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Council waste review calls for better reporting and public awareness

Kings Dinner Cafe can now stay open until 3amplaceholder image

Another takeaway can stay open until 3am despite fears of locals

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Watch: Pensioner, 85, fined £150 for littering - while on litter pick

Video grab from heartbreaking footage showing 'waterfalls' of 3,000 bits of rubbish including drinks cans and Santa hats left by people on Mount Snowdon.placeholder image

'Waterfall' of rubbish cascades down Mt Snowdon in heartbreaking video

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Litter and fly-tipping row as councillor is accused of 'staging' photos

The epic weekend has come to an end with crews wasting no time to clean up and start taking down the stage.placeholder image

The clean up begins in earnest after an epic weekend - in pictures

Clean Up Britain founder John Read wants more to be done about motorway litterplaceholder image

Rubbish dumped on motorway...what do we pay our council tax for?

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These are the 20 most common acts of kindness

Arthur Reading, 99, A D-Day veteran, helped young people to clean up the beaches in Southsea ahead of the Normandy Landings commemorations. Pictured is Arthur in the middle of the Lord Mayor and Mayoress of Portsmouth.placeholder image

D-Day veteran joins young people to clean beaches for commemorations

McDonald's proposed plans for Southampton Roadplaceholder image

Plans submitted for new multi-million-pound McDonald’s

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Warning over disposable vapes that "look like sweets to attract kids" Noni Needs

The RSPCA has received almost 13,000 reports about animals found severely injured, trapped, mutilated, choked or even dead from carelessly discarded litter over the past four years.placeholder image

Hampshire in top ten worst places for litter related animal incidents

UK zoo celebrates birth of world’s rarest Visayan warty piglets - with pictures placeholder image

World’s rarest piglets born in UK zoo

A fox in Willesden, N W London, which was lucky to be alive after his head got stuck in a carelessly discarded plastic bottleplaceholder image

Thousands of animals get hurt by litter each year

Groups of people enjoying a day outside as lockdown restrictions are eased on 31 March 2021 Pictured: Groups of people at Southsea Common, Portsmouth Picture: Habibur Rahmanplaceholder image

Litter left along Southsea coastline 'increases' as lockdown rules are eased

Highways England contractors doing a litter pick at Farlington Marshesplaceholder image

Litter levels increased at Farlington Marshes during lockdown

Rubbish left on Southsea Common on Friday morning, June 26, after the hottest day of the year. Picture: Habibur Rahmanplaceholder image

Will litter in Southsea and South Downs be our legacy? | Blaise Tapp

Michael Hill, 27, decided to start the litter picking group after he lost his job at a catering company due to the coronavirus pandemicplaceholder image

Litter on scenic shoreline leads council to take action

Emma's corner shop, Highfield Stores, Waterlooville.placeholder image

Support the little Hampshire shops that supported you in lockdown | Emma Kay

From left, Wayne Dixon and Koda; Lissie Pollard from The Final Straw Solent; Lizzie Hibberd and Charlotte Goswell, Bird Aware rangers; Anna Parry, Bird Aware partnership manager and Spencer Dawson, Bird Aware brand and communications lead. Picture: Suppliedplaceholder image

This man and his dog are walking the entire coastline of Britain – and picking u...

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Forget that famine and Bob Geldof, modern Ethiopia is stunning – ZELLA COMPTON

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Forget that famine and Bob Geldof, modern Ethiopia is stunning – ZELLA COMPTON

I’ve been out of the country for the past two weeks enjoying a lovely holiday in probably one of the unlikeliest of places. Yes, the family and I went to Ethiopia. And I can tell you for a fact that it’s not like your immediate image of those starving children in the 1980s scattered across a desert wasteland.

Zella Compton

Southsea Common was covered in litter after the weekend, which saw the hottest day of the year so far. Picture: Jason Bucknerplaceholder image

Rubbish left abandoned on Southsea Common after heatwave weekend

Staff at The Osbourne View, Hill Head, who picked litter on their local beachplaceholder image

Pub staff help clear beach and streets in annual litter pick

Fly-tipping is nationwide. Here's Penn Lane, Wibtoft, which was closed for five hours after a fly-tipping incident. Photo by Rugby Borough Councilplaceholder image

LETTER OF THE DAY: It's difficult - and expensive - to get rid of rubbish

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