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"We will certainly see costs increase," he added as the California-based firm announced gloomy profit and revenue forecasts.

"It feels like the litter picks aren't making any difference, the litter and the fly-tipping is coming back twofold. It's a gloomy place to be in, it's depressing," she said.

In her speech on Thursday, Badenoch struck a gloomy tone in her opening remarks, telling activists the results would "be different this year".

A fifth soldier sounded less gloomy about the situation.

Cold easterly winds will be replaced by much milder south-westerly winds that will bring an end the recent cold and gloomy weather.