FULL marks to Hyndburn Council for getting tough on litter louts and issuing £50 fixed penalty fines (LET, September 27).

It's time Blackburn Council took a leaf out of their books and started doing the same -- and that goes for every area, not just the town centres.

Until they do, the problems of litter will just get worse. So, come on, Blackburn Council, start cracking down and quick. The decent, clean-living people of this town are fed up with having to put up with it. The town is getting a bad name, and so are the caring people in it.

H HAMER, Lowther Place, Blackburn.