I REFER to your recent report regarding the appointment by Bournemouth Council of a street cleaning team.

I am sure it will please many Bournemouth residents.

I only wish that Poole Council would follow their example.

My wife and I have lived in Parkstone all our lives (we are both in our 70s) and have never seen it in such a bad state.

Our road hasn’t been swept for months.

Ashley Road is a disgrace, weeds and litter in abundance.

‘Poole is a beautiful place’, I don’t think so.

DEREK PARSONS Pearson Avenue, Parkstone