Parents and dog walkers in Arnold have voiced their concerns over "ridiculous" amounts of rubbish left in their local children's park. The state St Mary's Park was left in recently also prompted an outpouring of condemnation on social media.
On February 6, a post in the Arnold Community Group UK read: "If anyone is thinking of taking their children to play on St Mary's Park play park, I wouldn't bother, it's full of smashed alcohol glass, rubbish and trolleys!" The park is behind St Mary's Church on Church Lane.
Since that post, Councillor Michael Payne, deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council, has also taken to Facebook to announce that he had cleaned the park. He said he "cleaned all litter and debris from the entire play park, surrounding paths and benches", removed four trolleys and requested that Sainsbury's collects them, and is also "taking this matter up with the local police team".
