BLACKBURN Rovers wheelie are the greatest according to Darwener Shane Gudgeon.

The 33-year-old from Hesse Street hit on a novel idea of preventing thieves taking his black wheelie bin by painting a Rovers' shirt design on it.

Now the idea is catching on with neighbours creating new designs for their bins.

Shane said: "We had a lot of problems with people stealing bins. I'm a Rovers fanatic and I decided to paint my address on the bin in the form of a Rovers' shirt.

"Now the neighbours' kids want things like Mickey Mouse and all sorts on theirs. So long as we don't get a Manchester United design, I'm not bothered. If we do, I think that would go missing!"

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