WE HAD a problem with rubbish lining some of the roads in Garswood.

Someone complained at a local council meeting, and about three months later St Helens Council cleaned it all up.

So please find out when and where your local council meets and go along with a few other people and register your complaints. It does work.

Before Christmas the Co-op wanted to build a store in Garswood – and the majority of people who went to the meeting about it raised objections.

I have been informed that the planning application has been withdrawn.

So give it a try. The next meeting in Garswood is on the March 11. I am going about two issues – recycling and the lack of an out-of-hours dog warden service.

So remember: please go to your local council meetings!

Joan Parkinson, Garswood