Pink alert over dog mess

♦ A council is painting unscooped dog droppings pink to shame offenders.

Great Sankey parish council had been inundated with complaints about dog mess left on its pavements and parks.

Councillors hoped when dog owners saw luminous pink paint everywhere, they would be too embarrassed to leave more mess behind.

A spokesman for the council in Warrington, Cheshire, said: “We hope it will encourage owners to clean up after their dog.”