Bolton's untidy streets shame (From The Bolton News)

Bolton's untidy streets shame

3:57pm Thursday 24th April 2008 in

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BOLTON has some of the untidiest streets in the North-west, a new survey has found.

Research carried out by the GMB Union puts the town near the bottom of a national league for street cleanliness.

Statistics based on a report by the Audit Commission show 19 per cent of the borough's streets were assessed as dirty in the 12 months to March 31, 2007.

Bolton was placed in equal 36th position out of 43 councils in the North-west.

The cleanest area was Carlisle, while the dirtiest was Stockport.

Across the UK, the figures showed a marked improvement on those for the previous 12 months, with the number of clean streets up 14 per cent.

Paul McCarthy, GMB Regional Secretary, said: "Overall we are seeing an improvement in street cleanliness across England and Wales.

"This is good news for our environment and testament to local councils and their street cleaners."