I HAVE recently returned to Wirral after 30 years away.

During that time I have lived in many different areas and parts of the country.

Never in all those years have I seen anything like the level of rubbish and sheer mess dumped by the side of a railway as I did on a journey from Hoylake to Liverpool.

I felt ashamed that my travelling companion, from Wiltshire, should see my home area in such a bad way.

What's happened that has allowed this level of rubbish to build up?

Name and address supplied.