Residents of Hangleton and Knoll weren't surprised by the Christmas present the refuse collectors left them - bins full of stinking refuse.

It has happened year on year for a while and although residents keep declining the kind offer of this "Christmas present", the refuse collectors keep leaving it behind.

The refuse collectors must think we are lonely at Christmas. They know, by leaving the stinking refuse behind them, we will have the company of foxes, rats and seagulls.

-Stan Steward, Hove