![HARD AT WORK: Keighley ‘Clean for the Queen’ volunteers last Saturday morning](http://test.test/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/HARD-AT-WORK-800x600.jpg)
Local MP Kris Hopkins led a small team of local volunteers in a clean-up of Devonshire Park in Keighley on Saturday morning, one of numerous ‘Clean for The Queen’ tidy-up events taking place across the country last weekend.
More than a million people are thought to have been out and about clearing up the places where they live to help celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday in April.
The campaign – backed by organisations including the Women’s Institute, the National Trust and the RSPB, as well as businesses including McDonald’s, Costa, Greggs, KFC and Wrigley and anti-litter charities such as Keep Britain Tidy and the Campaign to Protect Rural England – was the biggest community-led clean-up the country has ever seen.
Mr Hopkins said: “I am grateful to everyone who gave up their Saturday morning to ‘Clean for The Queen’.
![CLEAN FOR THE QUEEN: Keighley and Ilkley MP Kris Hopkins (back row, third from right) with ‘Clean for the Queen’ volunteers in Devonshire Park](http://test.test/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/clean-for-the-queen-800x600.jpg)
“It was much more challenging than we imagined because of the amount of rubbish that we found and, as always, I would encourage people to be responsible with their litter and either bin it or take it home.
“However, it was good to be able to do our bit to get a local spring clean underway in advance of Her Majesty’s 90th birthday next month.”
‘Clean for The Queen’ campaign director Adrian Evans said: “On behalf of the campaign, I would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to Kris and the other Keighley volunteers for supporting ‘Clean for The Queen.’
“They have been part of a campaign that has seen a million people stepping out of their front doors to make a difference to the way places look in every corner of the UK.”