Bid to beat graffiti

SPEAKERS from around the world will be coming to Sheffield to address a conference aimed at tackling graffiti.

The Anti-Graffiti Association is holding its first national conference to discuss vandalism in Sheffield during April.
The key speaker will be Martin Giles from Sweden who will explain how the problem is tackled in his country.
Sheffield Council will present a case study of how it tackles graffiti in the city by working with public and private sector organisations that have signed up to a Graffiti Charter.
The conference has already attracted delegates from all over the UK and abroad.
Also expected to attend are British Waterways, Scottish Heritage and West Midlands Police representatives.
Coun Harry Harpham, the council's Cabinet member for Streetscene, said: "It's really encouraging to have such an excellent response to the first national conference of this kind."
Log on to Sheffield Council's web site www.sheffield.gov.uk for full details of the conference. On-line reservation forms are available.