The sunny weather on Saturday (August 9) brought out sunbathers and chatting groups of friends in Cambridge . However, the heat also appears to have had some negative side effects.

Alongside reddening skin and sweaty foreheads, this list of unwanted ramifications appears to have included a propensity for littering. The Saturday evening scene opposite The Mill pub in Laundress Green and on the edge of the River Cam , was strewn with plastic cups and bottles, according to an onlooker who snapped a photo of the area.

Locals commenting on a public, Cambridge-based Facebook group described the sight as "utterly disgusting," "disgraceful" and "totally out of order". Others pointed out the fact there are bins nearby, along the path across Sheep's Green.

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