Pride organisers last night said they had cleaned up Preston Park in record time.

The park was left littered with food and rubbish the day after more than 110,000 revellers descended for the annual Pride festival.

Event organisers launched a £25,000 clean-up operation and pledged the park would be back to normal by yesterday.

Apart from one small wooded area where some rubbish and glass were still being collected, the park is being used again by locals.

Brighton and Hove City Council also sent inspectors along who have given the park the thumbs up.

Pride operations manager PJ Aldred said: "The council has been down and said it was fine. There are some concerns over the remaining glass but we are working on that.

"We are more than happy with the clean up. It has been quicker this year than previously and that's down to more resources and more manpower."

Park user Nick Benn, of Larkfield Way, Brighton, cordoned off a section of the park on Monday because it was still covered in rubbish.

Mr Benn, 47, said he had found used toilet paper, underwear, used condoms, faeces and pornography.

He said: "This is a serious health risk. Even is all the litter is cleared, it is still not a safe environment for children or indeed anyone."

He said that despite talking to Pride organisers it had not been cleared.

But Ms Aldred said: "The area where Mr Benn has found the mess is a very inaccessible, steep bank at the north end of the park.

"It's off the beaten track, difficult to reach and walk around and not somewhere children would play.

"A lot of the rubbish he has found was there long before Pride.

"But we are committed to fully clearing the park, including removing rubbish we did not leave and will be continuing the clean-up operation until we have managed it."

Childminder Barbara Neville was also concerned after seeing glass left on the park.

Mrs Neville, in her 60s, took her 18-month-old charge to play football in the park and noticed the tiny pieces of glass just before she let him out of his buggy.

Mrs Neville, of Balfour Road, Brighton, said: "There are all these tiny pieces of glass everywhere. We had to walk across half the park before we could find a small area that was safe to play in.

"It really worried me that there is still all this mess so long after the festival.

"My main concern is that children on school holiday can't use their local park."

Ms Aldred said they were aware of the remaining glass and are working with the council to clear it up. She added the council had been in the park clearing the glass with a special machine which sucked it up but they were working section by section to make sure it was all collected which took time.

She said: "They will be there as long as it takes. There has been more of a problem with glass this year and next year we will do more publicity in advance and more signage on the day to encourage people not to bring or leave grass in the field."

A council spokesman said: "The clean-up operation is still in progress and we would ask the public to adhere to the wishes of the Pride organisers and stay away from the park until the clean-up operation is complete."