Year in jail for dumping old tyres in Shropshire

A 42-year-old man has been jailed for 12 months after thousands of old tyres were dumped illegally at two sites in Shropshire and Mid Wales. A 42-year-old man has been jailed for 12 months after thousands of old tyres were dumped illegally at two sites in Shropshire and Mid Wales. Mark Watts, who had stored at least 42,500 worn tyres illegally at his then home at Abercynllaith, Penybont, and at Broad Oak Farm, Whitchurch, was jailed at Mold Crown Court yesterday. Watts, now of Redwood Drive, Burntwood in Staffordshire, admitted two charges of illegally dumping tyres and two charges of failing to remove them in 2008 and 2009. Full story in today's paper