A campaign has been launched to blitz Ilkley's litter 'black spots' of rubbish dumped by drivers.

Street cleaners in Ilkley and Burley-in-Wharfedale operate only as far as the parish boundary but members of the Ilkley in Bloom committee want the council contracts changed.

Ilkley in Bloom's Wendy Hepworth told a meeting of the Parish Council's finance and general purposes committee that the contracts should be altered so the stretch of road between Burley and Ilkley would be cleaned as well.

She said that the Britain in Bloom committee were pressing Bradford Council to change the street sweeping contract so workers could spend a few hours a month clearing up litter from the paths bordering the A65.

A spokesman for Bradford Council said the contract didn't need to be changed because it already included the areas of concern. He said the contractors would be asked to pay particular attention to those areas and urged people to take their litter home to avoid a build up of rubbish.

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