The state of the riverbanks at Finchale Abbey and the overflowing bins as been a problem for a few weeks. I am confident we are getting on top of it.

Clean and green and rangers teams have been down today, and volunteers have also been helping to clean up.

Some of the people visiting the site quite clearly have had no respect for this wonderful beauty spot and should be utterly ashamed of themselves!

Leaving huge amounts of rubbish all over the place ruins it for everyone else, and a fair amount ends up in the river too polluting it and heading off to other areas and the sea.

So a huge thank you to everyone who has helped to clean all this up after we raised the concerns.

Before and after at one site: