Raised a number of issues about the state of litter in Witton Gilbert and the roads to the village following another walk around over the weekend.

Areas I reported in January are still waiting to be tidied up, particularly the road from Sacriston to Witton and Potterhouse Lane. Hopefully this will get sorted soon, but generally there were a number of areas of the village with bad littering. I only hope that Labour listens to us and cuts Directors and Communications budgets instead of the frontline guys who do all the hard work! Also concerned as to whether the council has already cut back on the litter clearances which used to/usually take place after recycling collection days.

NEW REFUSE COLLECTIONS

Got told before the weekend that Witton Gilbert will get the new recycling wheelie bins before other parts of Durham due to having different collection routes. You can find out more information about the changes here: http://www.durham.gov.uk/pages/service.aspx?ServiceId=524