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A graffiti protester is vandalising streets, benches and walls in a bid to get the council to take action on the state of the city. Spray paint has appeared across Brighton telling the council to clean the city up and house the homeless. The graffiti in North Road (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus) It comes after tents were erected in front of some of the city's main tourist spots.

The graffiti has appeared in some of the city's busiest tourist spots just as the weather improves and thousands of visitors descend on Brighton's streets. The dirt was collecting under the bus stop (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus) A tent pitched in Queen's Road, near the main railway station entrance, has been called "not ok" by the tagger, while council officers have been told to wash a pile of dirt under a bus stop in North Street. This comes after graffiti slamming the council was removed last month when it was spotted along the length of a bench in New Road.



The sprayed text in New Road (Image: Andrew Gardner / The Argus) The council's policy states it will remove any offensive graffiti within 24 hours of it being reported. Offensive graffiti can include hate comments, extremist sentiment, anti-faith and swear words. But Brighton and Hove City Council say the person - or people - responsible for the graffiti are only adding to the problem.

Councillor Gill Williams, cabinet member for housing and new homes, said: "By creating more graffiti, they are creating additional work for our teams, m.

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