State of Whitchurch's toilets leads to council call

Drug takers and drinkers have left public toilets in Whitchurch in such a mess cleaning contractors have asked town councillors to step in. Broken bottles and syringes have been found.

Whitchurch Town Council has been asked to help after the company which maintains toilets in White Lion Meadow was faced with so much glass and so many used syringes they were unable to safely clean them.

The issue was brought up at Thursday night's Whitchurch Town Council meeting.

Councillor Peggy Mullock, mayor of Whitchurch, said the news has concerned councillors who plan to organise a meeting to see how they can tackle the problem.

She said: "The town council is very concerned as members of the public, including children use the toilets. We are calling for a meeting with police, Tesco's, Shropshire Council, and youth workers."

Councillor Mullock said the cleaning contractors had informed the council of broken bottles, blood and used syringes in the toilets.

Councillor Doris Ankers said she was disgusted and that the council were in discussions about leasing them from Shropshire Council.

She said: "We are supposed to be leasing them from the county, but we have had quite a number of problems with them and need to decide what we are going to do with them.

"What we did say at the meeting is that we could open them from 9am to 4pm, which would hopefully stop some of the problems."

Councillor Mullock added that a decision about leasing the toilets wouldn't be made until after the meeting with other authorities.