'Doctor Who' star Christopher Eccleston launches foulmouth rant against park litter

Actor Christopher Eccleston has said he hopes “nature takes its revenge” on the people who drop litter in his local park.

The former Doctor Who star - who was born in Salford, Manchester - has posted a foulmouthed rant on Instagram, raging about the “s**t” that has been dropped in Salford’s Heaton Park.

Eccleston, 55, fumed in the video: “I’m walking in Heaton park in Prestwich in Salford - it’s one of the most beautiful parks in the country and I’ve been coming here since I was a kid.

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“It really is a beautiful place and it’s covered in s***. By people who have picnics and leave their Coke bottles and their wrappers, their s*** everywhere - used nappies! They just foul it up.

“And I tell you what - I hope nature takes its revenge on you, every single one of you that leaves s*** on the floor and in the park.

“What you’ve done to Heaton Park is disgusting and I hope the planet turns round and s***s on you.”

Manchester City Council agrees with the Thor: The Dark World actor and has staff picking up litter in the grade II-listed park every day during the summer.

Luthfur Rahman, executive member for skills, culture and leisure at the council told the BBC litter dropping is viewed as "anti-social" and "potentially dangerous".