TROWBRIDGE residents are being told to take care after needles were found near John of Gaunt School.

An admin for the Spotted in Trowbridge Facebook page found several needles at the top of the alleyway at Pitman Avenue by the school on Wednesday night.

In a Facebook post on the page, an admin wrote: "At 8.39pm, an admin took it upon themselves to call the Wiltshire Council, out of hours (As advised by 101) and provided a very detailed location of where to find these. "They were informed someone would attend "as soon as possible" to clean this away and acknowledged it was a possible danger to other people and noted the location provided was directly next to a school entrance.

"As we post this (Facebook post on Thursday morning), children are walking directly past (hopefully not on) those needles as they enter their school.

"Wiltshire Council - on behalf of every community member of Trowbridge, the admin of SIT would like to ask you - How long is "As soon as possible" and just how important, is the safety and well being of the people, to you??"

The Wiltshire Times has approached Wiltshire Council and the school for comment.