Time to clean up your act, Birmingham

Birmingham city streets are filthy. Hunting for a few geocaches earlier this week, I was appalled at the litter that had accumulated in every nook and cranny. Urban geocaching can take finders to some less than salubrious places so I’m not overly precious about grime but I can honestly say I’ve never seen so much litter in a city centre, not even in London. The rubbish piles were in marked contrast to the new, shiny Grand Central station but sadly, I couldn’t help thinking that it wouldn’t stay fresh and clean for long. Do the residents have no civic pride?