RACIST graffiti has had to be cleaned off walls at a Bolton park twice in the last week.

Bolton Council was alerted to graffiti at Queen's Park last Friday, days after a complaint earlier in the week.

The words 'Kill the whites' had to be cleaned off an area of the park, known locally as 'the pie crust.' The message was signed by a group called 'The Heaton Boyz'.

A council spokesman said: "We are aware of these two incidents but we are not aware of any other incidents of racist graffiti at the park in the last year."

It costs the council £55 an hour to have the graffiti cleaned up and takes cleaning teams about one hour to complete.