The fight against dog poo

Dog mess can be a big nuisance but one part of East London has found a new way to tackle the problem.

Barking and Dagenham council has come up with a plan to find the smelly culprits who leave dog poo around, and warn them to change their ways.

They'll take samples of the dog poo that's not been cleared up, and trace it back to the offending dog.

Ricky went to find out more.