Environment group slams soap litterbugs

An environmental charity has launched a campaign to clean up soap characters' bad litter habits.

Keep Britain Tidy have asked soap audiences to report littering in Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Eastenders to them.

The campaigners plan to contact soap bosses and ask them to show the offending characters facing the consequences of littering.

Spokesperson Jill Partington said: "We like our soaps to reflect reality, and people’s bad habits are part of this. In the real world, if you are caught littering you will be fined. It is illegal after all!"

The 'Soapland Litter Watch' will take place on Mondays between 7pm and 9pm.

Eastenders' Dot Branning (June Brown) and Corrie's Becky McDonald (Katherine Kelly) have already fallen foul of anti-litter campaigners for throwing cigarette ends on the floor without punishment.