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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Matthew Cooper

Council appeals for help to trace fly-tippers who cut off homes and businesses

Fly-tipped waste being removed from Watery Lane near Lichfield (Phil Barnett/PA) -

A local authority is seeking video evidence to track down fly-tippers who dumped a huge mound of building waste stretching more than 40ft along a two-lane road, blocking access to homes and businesses.

Contractors began work to remove the 10ft-high pile of waste from Watery Lane, on the outskirts of Lichfield in Staffordshire, at first light on Tuesday.

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