Competition: Bargain Max says it was inspired by Tiger Patel s campaign A TOY company says that it has been inspired by recently elected Councillor Altaf Tiger Patel s campaign to launch a children s playground design competition. Bargain Max says that watching Councillor Patel highlight the poor state of the playground in Audley and Queen s Park last month helped the company come up with the idea of giving children in Blackburn the chance to draw up their ideal playground. The competition is open to children up to the age of 16, who will be in with a chance of winning a year’s supply of free toys along with an architect’s 3D model of the playground design.
A video showing litter strewn along Audley Range was shared by Altaf ‘Tiger’ Patel. In the footage he shows a long stretch of pavement on Audley Range littered with takeaway boxes and other rubbish on Tuesday February 16. At one section of the pavement, litter is piled together next to a car on a footpath most likely blown together into a pile by the wind. Within 24 hours of the Blackburn with Darwen Council being notified Mr Patel shared another video showing how the street had been cleaned and he thanks the council for their swift action. Mr Patel who has regularly highlighted litter and fly-tipping issues in the town said: “Within 24 hours Blackburn Council take action and they clean everything here. Thank you Blackburn council officials and I will request our area councillors as there are another 15 to 20 streets ring me yesterday. Maybe I will start to visit tomorrow to different streets.