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BBC News
7 days ago
- Automotive
- BBC News
Cleethorpes Douglas Road bins 'not emptied for weeks'
Residents in a part of Cleethorpes say their bins have not been emptied for weeks because refuse lorries cannot access their living in Douglas Road said the issue was because of the number of parked cars making it impossible for lorries to Silkstone said: "It's just over-full. The cars are parked near the corner and the bin lorries can't get round, so the bins don't get emptied."North East Lincolnshire Council said it was thinking of enforcing parking restrictions on a section of the street. Sidney Sussex ward councillor Sophia Farren is supporting residents who want something to be done about the parking said: "We're focusing on this one street."We do need to have some consultative work done in our communities to find out how we can alleviate this parking problem and sort this issue out." Farren said she was concerned the issue was a consequence of overdevelopment and unsuitable properties transforming into houses of multiple occupation (HMOs).Another resident, Robert Palmer, said: "Some of the houses are being turned into HMOs. Where are all the cars going to go? "It's going to get worse unless something is done about it."The council said it had written to residents in December and would be writing to them again regarding the problem of parked vehicles on the corner of Douglas Road and Laurier authority added: "We are currently considering installation of enforceable parking restrictions on this corner to assist, but this will need to go through the legal process in the coming months."In the meantime, we request that residents do not park on the corner of the street on collection days so that we can access the street and collect their waste and recycling." Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Private refuse collector fined £2,000 after he simply left piles of clients' rubbish among his own bins instead of proper sites
A private refuse collector has been fined more than £2,000 for dumping piles of rubbish outside his front door instead of taking it to a proper disposal site. Daniel Morgan, 34, charged people to take away their old furniture, ripped-out kitchens and tyres. Morgan - who operated business Dan's Disposable Services - had already been warned after complaints about him leaving bulky items including a three-piece-sofa, kitchen work tops and window frames outside his door. But Morgan carried on using the pavement in Sunnybank Street in Aberdare, South Wales, 'as a refuse skip' despite the warnings. A court heard the dumped rubbish took up the full length of the property and made the public footpath completely impassable. Images show how Morgan left a heap of tyres, door frames and huge bags of building waste that completely blocked the pavement for pedestrians. A third complaint was then received - and council officials found panes of glass, a mirror, a builder's tonne sack full of waste, worktops, a broken-up sofa frame and springs, cushioned seating and a plastic patio chair. Mr Morgan was issued with a £100 Fixed Penalty Notice - but ignored it along with another three. Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates Court fined him a total of £1000, £770 costs and £400 Victim Surcharge, totalling £2170. He denied fly-tipping but failed to turn up to court. Councillor Ann Crimmings, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's Cabinet Member for Environment and Leisure said: 'We didn't have to travel far to find the offender in this case as he chose to literally mess on his own doorstep and ruin the street for his neighbours and wider community. 'Despite a number of warnings, Mr Morgan chose to continue using the public highway as his own personal skip. 'Not only were the items unsightly, but they were unsecured and dangerous to the public.'
