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Dog-walkers should not be blamed for this

I HAVE just read the News Post Leader article about Blyth seafront and find it very one-sided.

I, along with other locals, walk our dogs on Blyth Beach and like most law-abiding people we pick up our dog mess and place it in the provided bins.

I am not a hypocrite and do accept that a minority do not clean up after their dogs and I agree with your article that these people should be educated by the use of a stiff fine, however, the state of Blyth Beach cannot be blamed on a few inconsiderate dog walkers.

I have taken photographs which show you the state of the so-called Beach front million pound transformation – rubbish, broken glass, chip shop wrappers, burger cartons.

The new beachfront and beach huts were not included in the tourist guide for Northumberland this year.

Well, you can see why the tourist board obviously didn't like what they saw.

I wouldn't want my child running from a beach hut to jump onto the landfill site which is called Blyth Beach.

We can all rant and rave about this issue – all I say is along with the dog warden let's see a litter warden as well, because he would be a lot busier than a dog warden.

I say to anyone in the north east, visit the beach and you can see the rubbish strewn from one end to the other any day of the week, any time of the day.

MR K ARMSTRONG

Blyth.

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