WELL done to the people who brought the atmosphere of a Marcos-era Manila rubbish dump to part of Swindon's town centre.

As we look forward to exciting and much-needed new developments at the heart of our town, it's comforting to know there are still folk willing to sabotage things for their own selfish reasons.

Sarcasm aside, there is no excuse for anybody fly-tipping, especially on such a huge scale, and no excuse for the heap of revolting garbage having been allowed to grow to such a size before being cleared.

It seems that certain businesses contributed to the mess.

If this proves to be the case, we hope the culprits are identified, publicly disgraced and fined enough to hit their bottom lines.

Ideally, they will be encouraged to move elsewhere, leaving businesses worthy of Swindon to move in.

A vandal is a vandal, whether they carry a spray can or wear a smart suit.