Anyone living in a student area will be disconcerted just now by the piles of rubbish that they've left at the end of the year. The student residences have big piles. I've just come through the university and had a browse through one of the piles with a couple of guys about my age. We'll have to watch out for security, says I, we are security says another, we don't start till half seven. Never mind tea lights, shoes, towels, rancid food, crockery, files, folders, winter boots - the back lanes of Jesmond and Heaton are just the same.