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A former oil and coal power station engineer has made it his mission to pick up three miles-worth of litter in Dursley every day to help the…

A former oil and coal power station engineer has made it his mission to pick up three miles-worth of litter in Dursley every day to help the…

Olive Press News Spain Reflections on the 'hurt' of Brexit and the British future in Spain \n');document.write('\n \n\n');} The UK finally said farewell to the European Union on January 1 as the Brexit trade deal kicked in. It’s a moment that genuinely led to moments of personal reflection for me over the futility of it all, but at least some consolation to be living in Spain, which is still under the EU umbrella. This final unshackling UK unshackling from the EU was much more profound in my mind than a few British fishing boats now being allowed to catch more mackerel.

But the county's quiet army of litter pickers is still going about it's business. Nancy Strickland, pictured, was doing some seasonal hedge clearing when we spotted her. She says she and her two children regularly find rubbish thrown from cars or blown in from nearby Stanley Park. "It is a busy road, and people seem to just throw stuff out of their windows," she said. "We seem to be in the right place for people to throw MacDonald's wrappers out, and all sorts of other things too.We even found a bicycle seat - which beggars belief really!" Group litter picking walks are currently ...