Pupils caught littering will be confined to school at lunchtimes

The youngsters will be targeted outside takeaway shops in an attempt to clean up Whittlesey town centre.

Pupils at the Sir Harry Smith's Community College will be banned from leaving school premises at lunchtimes if they are caught littering.

The campaign, run in conjunction with Fenland District Council, has been piloted in the town over two months.

'Nicer environment'

The council ran a "Be Seen to be Clean" anti-litter campaign in Whittlesey in 2007 and made presentations at school assemblies.

Matthew Smart, a police community support officer in Cambridgeshire, said: "The police, the school and Fenland District Council are committed to tackling littering.

"Police and PCSOs have been patrolling the local area near to the school and anyone who is seen dropping litter, who is a pupil of the school, will receive one week's ban from leaving the school at lunch.