A blitz to rid Bicester of dirt, litter and rubbish is coming to the town next week.

Cherwell District Council is throwing extra resources into cleaning up the Glory Farm area of the town - including extra street sweeping, graffiti removal, litter picking, waste collections and anti-litter roadshows.

There will also be camera surveillance at fly-tipping hotspots and a car amnesty, where the council will take away unwanted vehicles free of charge.

A blue recycling bin sale will be held at The Cooper School, in Churchill Road, tomorrow, between 10am and 3pm.

Blue bins, for metal cans and paper, will be on sale for £15 - a £5 discount on the normal price.

Residents wanting to buy a bin will need to pay by cheque or credit card and be prepared to take the bins away themselves on the day.

The week-long initiative is part of Cherwell's Cleaner Greener campaign, which aims to build on the council's successful recycling scheme.

Council officials said similar events had produced good results in Kidlington and Banbury. In Kidlington, more than 33 tonnes of rubbish was collected, 140 residents made orders to have bulky items picked up from their homes and three unwanted cars were taken away.

In Banbury, 15 fly-tips were identified and cleared, 116 residents asked for bulky waste collections, 12 abandoned or unwanted vehicles were taken away and more than 300 new blue recycling boxes or bins were ordered.

Kieron Mallon, the council's executive member for the environment, said: "We now know that this is a popular and effective way for us to work with local people to improve and clean up their communities.

"The campaigns in Kidlington and Banbury have been hugely successful and I'm looking forward to impressive results in Bicester."

The neighbourhood blitz team will be in and around Bicester's Glory Farm estate from Monday until Friday.