BIN LETTER IS RUBBISH; Council chiefs' baffling letter scoops Golden Bull award.

Byline: By Tim Stewart

COUNCIL chiefs have been named and shamed for spouting gobbledygook.

The Plain English Campaign's Golden Bull awards aim to embarrass those who abuse language.

Fife Council won an award for a letter about bin collection times.

It read: "Your bin will be emptied week beginning the 20th March 2006, then next collection would not be until the week beginning the 10th April 2006. Thus having to wait 3 weeks for collection.

"Therefore we are to provide a normal collection on your normal Collection day week starting the 3rd April and again on your new collection date, week starting the 10th April, then thereafter every 2 weeks."

Supermodel Naomi Campbell also received an award for talking nonsense.

She landed the Campaign's top "honour", the Foot in Mouth award, for saying how much she adored traditional English food, then adding: "There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta."

The Crafts Council of Ireland were also recognised.

They sent out a circular that read: "The re-writing of the vocabulary of intemporal Irish heritage is a possible vector for submissions on the condition that this transposition is resolutely anchored in the 21st century through a contemporary lens that absolutely avoids drifting into the vernacular."

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NOTE: Wheely bin' SHAMED: Campbell