A Lanarkshire street is being filled with junk, beds and prams - because no one knows who owns it.
Kingsbridge Drive in Rutherglen is regularly being filled with discarded rubbish, raising fears it'll lead to rat-infested streets.
South Lanarkshire Council previously cleaned the street on a goodwill basis but recently stopped the service due to budget cuts which meant their only focus is on land belonging to them.
And no-one has been able to find out who actually owns the lanes.
A further one off clean-up took place last week following complaints from residents there as a "goodwill gesture" from the Council, but no long term solutions have been offered.
One resident told Lanarkshire Live : "It's disgusting the amount of things being dumped there - the bed was sitting there for weeks and it's no wonder there's rats in the area with that amount of rubbish sitting there.
"This is becoming an ongoing problem there and also nearby, as the likes of Kingsacre Road and Kingsheath Avenue are the same."
Scotland's Land Register contains no information on who has ownership of the lanes.
Rutherglen Central and North councillor Andrea Cowan helped to arrange a one-off clean-up, but told Lanarkshire Live a solution needs to be found for the long term, or the problem will simply be repeated.
She said: "The real difficulty here is that no one seems to know who does actually own the lanes.
"I recently asked Property Services to make an enquiry with the Registers of Scotland to determine ownership, however, there is nothing recorded in the Land Registry and to find out more a Sasine Register search would be required and this can be a costly exercise.
"At my request, Housing Services have agreed to carry out an initial Sasine enquiry however, they can only allocate a limited amount of funding and if this initial search does not prove successful, they cannot commit to pursuing the matter to a conclusion as the cost could run to thousands of pounds and often an owner cannot be traced.
"Hopefully if ownership is determined a maintenance programme can be put in place.
"I appreciate this is a problem for local residents.
"A long-term solution still needs to be found and while much depends on ownership being established, I am more than happy to liaise with residents to try and find a way forward."
A South Lanarkshire Council spokesman told us : "According to our records, we have no ownership nor responsibility for the lanes in Kingsbridge Drive.
"However, we have arranged a one off clean up as a goodwill gesture which was completed last week."
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