Girl leads needle clean-up campaign

A schoolgirl from Sutton in Ashfield is helping to drive home a serious message about drugs.

Becky Carter, 10, is unable to play in her local park because so many used needles are dumped there.

She has won a competition to design a poster which will now be displayed across the county telling addicts to "Don't drop it, swap it".

Becky says she has been personally affected by the issue.

Information leaflets

She said: "I don't like to play in the park because lots of my friends say they have found needles there.

"Now we have to play in the street where accidents can happen."

Nicola North of the Nottingham Drug Action Team, said: "The children play in areas where there are a lot of open spaces and needles have been found.

"Needles have been found in playgrounds and parks and children seem to be the people who find them."