Bolton . . . Come in and make yourself at home . . . I find the council's new slogan, offensive and belittling.

As a home owner, Bolton Council, and the government have made it quite difficult to live here.

Schemes to recycle, that have prompted outrage, with bi-weekly collections. I've never seen Bolton in the dire state it is in. It is now beginning to look like the many rubbish-strewn areas of say Merseyside, where this scheme has been introduced.

Hold your hands up Bolton Council. Stop copying other towns' failures to try and make it work for yourselves.

Gary Yates

Chorley Street

Bolton