Staff at a wildlife charity have declared that they are furious after a fly-tipping incident which they found just hours before welcoming an 'influx' of guests for the Easter holidays.
Fifteen large drums of vegetable cooking oil, equivalent to 225 litres, were dumped in the car park at Northumberlandia, some of which had been set alight and scorched the surrounding grass. The discovery was made by Northumberland Wildlife Trust volunteers on Monday morning, just hours before guests were expected to arrive for Easter school holiday activities.
The site on Blagdon Lane, Cramlington, is no stranger to rubbish dumping, with items such as car tyres, shopping trolleys, clothes, and even a filing cabinet abandoned on the site. Though the site welcomes more than 10,000 visitors each year, it is looked after by the charity's estates officer Peter Ernst and a small team of volunteers.
