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Kings Dinner Cafe can now stay open until 3am

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

Alan Davies.

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.

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

Pictures shared in TECS Panel

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.

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 litter

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

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.

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

McDonald's proposed plans for Southampton Road

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

Councillor Grainne Rason

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

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.

Hampshire in top ten worst places for litter related animal incidents

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

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 bottle

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 Rahman

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

Highways England contractors doing a litter pick at Farlington Marshes

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 Rahman

Will litter in Southsea and South Downs be our legacy? | Blaise Tapp
Facemasks, the banging of saucepans on doorsteps, social distancing, and furlough are just a few of the highlights through which 2020 will be remembered for generations to come.
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 pandemic

Litter on scenic shoreline leads council to take action

Emma's corner shop, Highfield Stores, Waterlooville.

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

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

Colourful Addis Ababa market.

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

Colourful Addis Ababa market.

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

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

Rubbish left abandoned on Southsea Common after heatwave weekend

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

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 Council

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