We need this kind of policing in Newmarket to help those wonderfully public-spirited people who turned out recently to help clean up the town.

While the litter louts who have little or no moral standards are allowed to litter our streets, we will never have a town to be proud of.

It amazes me that people on a daily basis sit on the bench at the end of Wellington Street and drop litter when there is a bin only feet away.

These people should be fined £50 for each item – every chip, bit of paper, cup, lid, straw and chicken bone. The money collected in fines could be used to pay litter wardens.

It could also save the council money, which could be better spent perhaps to employ some traffic wardens to remove the other scourge of our society – the lazy motorist.

I live in Rous Road and I cannot believe the number of motorists, usually those driving expensive cars or 4x4 vehicles, who park on double yellow lines.

There is a car park less than 100 yards away. The council, for whatever misguided reason, narrowed the end of Rous Road at the junction with the High Street and it is a real nuisance, especially when turning left from the High Street into Rous Road.

You find these selfish, lazy people have parked in such a way as it is not only difficult to see round the corner but impossible for vehicles to pass.

Perhaps a few hefty fines dished out to these people, who have no respect for the law, would dissuade others.

It only costs 30p for three hours in the car park and it would do them good to get some exercise.

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