IHAVE to take my son to school, which is 20 minutes' walk away, and push my daughter of three months in her pram.

Every Thursday, we have to leave earlier as we would be late otherwise because of wheelie bins left blocking middles of the footpaths. Some are even left lying on the ground.

I cannot push the pram past them. I am fed up of having to pick them up or push them nearer to the wall. I have lost count of how many times I have had to do this.

The dustbin men should show more consideration for people like myself with prams.

Why should I have to move them? All they have to do is put them against the garden walls.

Maybe they are trying to get the job done more quickly by leaving them anywhere, but a little consideration for others would be appreciated.

DEBORAH KING, Risedale Grove, Blackburn.

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