"MINDLESS people" have been criticised for dumping rubbish, including traffic cones, bricks and a shopping trolley, in a Hereford pond.

The picturesque duck pond in Hereford's Mill Street, behind Castle Green, has long been a popular spot in the city centre.

But it has been blighted by people ruining the setting, with traffic cones, an Asda shopping trolley and red bricks seen i in the water

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Sharing pictures of the rubbish strewn around the outskirts of the pond, as well as in it, Hereford Times Camera Club member Trevor King called the culprits mindless.

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He said: "This is the state of the duck pond in Mill Street after mindless people have dumped loads of rubbish in it."

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It appears the items had been dumped on the lake when it had frozen last week.

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Pictures taken by Roger Corder showed the "sorry state" of the pond.

After spearheading a clean-up campaign in 2017 alongside Colin James and Keith Marston, Coun Jim Kenyon said: "People can remember, like me, learning to stand up and walk, holding onto the railings there. It's an iconic part of Hereford."

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