This Is Why Local Newspaper Comments Should Always Be Open....

Because they can find the humour in even the most depressing news:

Foul tenants are throwing used sanitary towels from their tower block home windows, it is claimed.

The issue has forced angry tenants to put up a notice in a communal area of the Malvern flats, Malvern, Southend.

The notice, seen by the Echo, states: “To whoever keeps throwing dirty sanitary towels out of their window please stop.

“Thank you in advance, all Malvern residents.”

Take it away, 'Echo' commentariat!

/applause