Weston-super-Mare Town Council has brought its dog bin emptying service back in-house after several years of mixed performance by the previous private contractor.

A Town Council spokesman said: “A cross-party working group of Councillors discussed how this could be achieved. The Grounds Team successfully emptied all Weston Town Council dog bins this week. Please bear with us whilst we adapt the service to meet the needs of the residents. We are aware certain bins need more than one empty a week and this will be accounted for. Over the next few weeks we will also be re-labelling all our dog bins to help distinguish between ours and North Somerset’s.

“We recognise the service which has previously been provided was unacceptable and inefficient. We hope you see an improvement over the next few weeks. Should you have any reports of overflowing/full dog bins moving forwards, please email admin@wsm-tc.gov.uk with the bin number, date and time. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.”