Dumped rubbish blocks road

Friday 1st May 2009, 1:56PM BST.

Fly-tipping; Upper Ludstone, ClaverleyA Shropshire road was left completely blocked after a huge pile of rubbish – including a double bed and builders’ rubble – was dumped by flytippers.

Claverley farmer Andrew Nicholls discovered the mountain of rubbish on Ludstone Lane, near Hill End, off the B4176, when he went to feed his animals on Sunday afternoon.

He said: “It is just completely out of hand to be honest.

“That was the worst I have ever seen. They just drove up the lane and tipped it on the move.

“There was lots of builders’ rubble, electrical items but the double bed on the top was the piece de resistance,” he added.

Mr Nicholls, Claverley’s former parish council chairman, said the culprits struck during daylight hours some time between 8.30am and 5pm.

He said fly-tippers had also dumped a load of rubble in a gateway the previous Thursday morning. These were the latest in a series of incidents which have occurred along the lane near Mr Nicholls’ farm.

“This is the first road at the top of the bypass and there aren’t any houses down here,” he added.

He said that as soon as officials started charging for waste disposal the problems increased and that he had informed Shropshire Council and the police.

“If people are aware of it perhaps they will keep their eyes open but we are holding our breath until next time,” he added.

Chris Edwards, Shropshire Council’s assistant director for environmental maintenance, said: “Shropshire Council has introduced new procedures in order to investigate all fly-tips across the county.

“This involves analysing the tipped material which could lead to a prosecution. We ask the public to be vigilant and encourage them to report any incidents of fly-tipping to us on 0345 678 9006.”


  1. 1
    andrew finch

    People who do this realy are scum , sly, and every other word than can be used for low life.

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  2. 2
    Angry Englishman

    What the hell is wrong with people?!?! Have people not heard of Council Tips?? I hope they are found and prosecuted! Not just a slap on the wrist like usual!

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  3. 3
    Inspector Clouseau

    Ah, Monsieur Nicholls, the phrase is “piece de LA resistance”, can you English feuls not learn unother language?

    I see someone has been a noughty minky here!

    We are looking for a builder who has recently separated freum his lover. Have you idiots not seen Cassablanca? Round up the usually suspects!

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  4. 4
    Lucy W

    Andrew I see you are struggling with alternative words for ‘low life’ and so as to help I have made a list of 34 alternative words. I am not sure how many will be edited out by the Shropshire Star, but here’s the list anyway:
    Muppets

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  5. 5
    Zola

    Somebody must have seen a double bed being loaded onto a pick-up or into the back of a van.I hope the article jogs someones memory as these people deserve to be caught,although im sure they would only receive a slap on the wrist,if they were.

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  6. 6
    Woody

    Andy, how about:

    guttersnipe, amoeba, moron?

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  7. 7
    David

    Some poor family arrive at their new home with their removals van only to find all their prized posessions have fallen off, and all you lot can do is criticise !

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  8. 8
    dean

    they should really bring in stronger punishment for people who do this kind of horrid thing

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  9. 9
    david egerton

    the problem is that Councils are all getting rid of their commercial rubbish collections to docotr their performance figures to improve recycling performance to hit government targets. If you are a white van man now you cannot even use the tip, even if you offer to pay they refuse entry, thus fly tipping is on the increase

    Councils and governments must do more in these harsh economic times especially to help small businesses have access to affordable and good quality recycling and disposal services

    They have a legal duty under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to arrange collection of commercial businesses waste but they are ducking it, we must hold them to account and make them do thier job or fly tipping will only increase

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  10. 10
    the cothercot kid

    disgusting, but makes a change from the rocks at harley bank

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  11. 11
    jon barret

    bring back hanging or jail atleast for people like this – there must be finger prints on it, or tyre tracks or something, we should do more enforcement for this terrible crime

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  12. 12
    Tory Boy

    THIS IS THE EU’S FAULT WITH ALL THEIR REGULATIONS HINDERING LOCAL BUSINESSES THEY ARE TOO POOR TO AFFORD A SKIP HIRE! GET BROWN OUT AND CUT TAXES NOW

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  13. 13
    Tory Boy

    This is because of fortnightly rubbish collections, the service is rubbish and thats becuase Labour and the socialist EU have conspired to cut your services. Look at this mess they have made by cutting back on pick ups of rubbish. A vote for conservatives is a vote to bring back weekly bin day, our chairman eric pickles has promised we will bring back weekly rubbish collections, not listen to EU diktats on recycling and slap people with fines, we will cut your council taxes and do the job we’re paid for (once a week every week)

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  14. 14
    Lucy W

    How do they know this wasn’t an accident?

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  15. 15
    John

    Tory Boy, once again you are speaking rubbish, you are a verbal fly tipper. You can get a skip for £40, private or business, don’t go creating excuses for this kind of appauling behaviour.

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  16. 16
    tc

    Tory Boy – I am in awe….whatever the issue you create some tenuous link back to getting the tories back into power. If only you used your talent for the good ;)

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  17. 17
    Lucy W

    John & tc: isn’t Tory Boy’s comments a true word said in jest?

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  18. 18
    Woody

    Tory boy, this story is not for political rhetoric, it is about a lazy person disgarding their rubbish.

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