A FLY tipping hot-spot in Hakin was litter picked on Saturday morning, thanks to young volunteers and a local family.

As part of the nation-wide Great British Spring Clean, the vacant building plot off Woodbine Way and Croft Avenue was cleared of rubbish that had accumulated since the community clean-up over two years ago.

Despite the poor weather, Second Milford Sea Scouts, accompanied by their leader Natalie Waters-Booth, together with a mum, her teenage daughter and her friend, blitzed the eyesore site collecting about 30 bags of rubbish, together with larger items.

Pembrokeshire County Council provided the group with the equipment needed to carry out the clean-up such as scaled down litter picks and junior hi-visibility jackets for children.

Cabinet Member for the Environment and Regulatory Services, Cllr Huw George, said the council was ready to help any community group wishing to clean up the mess left by fly-tippers.

“Fly-tipping is a crime and anyone caught in the act is liable to prosecution," he said.

“It is also blight on our landscape and the young group that cleaned up this area of land in Hakin deserve huge credit for the effort they put in.

“Pembrokeshire County Council is committed to keeping our county clean and we’re able to help community groups clean up fly-tipping and excessive littering by loaning the equipment needed to carry them out.

“All they have to do is call our contact centre on 01437 764551 and we’ll be pleased to help.”

Litter pick organiser, Cllr Viv Stoddart, said: "The volunteers' public spirit made all the difference.

"When we gathered at the site, the amount of rubbish was daunting, but the young people and the supervising adults rose to the challenge.

"The successful clean-up could not have happened without the support of Pembrokeshire County Council."

Anyone wishing to report fly-tipping can do so online via www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/myaccount or through calling the Authority’s contact centre on 01437 764551.