A gym owner claims an area of wasteland close to his gym has become a "constant problem".
Mike Garner, owner of Evolution Fitness in St Helens said he is "fed up" of fly tipping behind his business, which the 38-year-old claims is negatively affecting his gym, as well as the wider area. Among the dumped rubbish is large amounts of drug paraphernalia, including used syringes.
Beyond the health risk from used needles however, the piles of waste on Duncan Street have been set alight twice in the past month, resulting in huge blazes which sparked large emergency responses. Mike told the ECHO: "We've put hundreds of thousands of pounds into this gym, and to have this dumping ground behind is just terrible.
