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BBC News
20 hours ago
- Health
- BBC News
Bishopthorpe village 'smells like putting your head in a toilet'
People living in a village near York say they are having to keep their windows closed at home due to a mystery stench that has plagued them for is unclear what is causing the stink in Bishopthorpe, but a number of residents have suggested it could be farming activity or a nearby sewage treatment works."It's a real strong, horrid smell that you can't escape," said Sarah Lewis. Fellow villager Jude Hanson added: "It smells like sewage, like sticking your head in a toilet."Yorkshire Water said it could not confirm if its sewage plant at neighbouring Naburn was the source of the odour, but it was temporarily changing some of its operations "as a precautionary measure". The village is surrounded by agricultural land and is also near Yorkshire Water's Naburn Wastewater Treatment Works and Sludge Conditioning residents said they thought the stench had got worse during the recent period of hot weather and had complained to both the Environment Agency and Yorkshire Water."My little one's bedroom was 28 degrees the other night and I just couldn't cool it down with fans and you can't have the windows open because the smell comes in and it's rancid and makes you feel sick," said 37-year-old Mrs Lewis."I'd say the last three years it's been particularly bad and it's been getting worse and worse and this year it's been the worst it's been."Bridget Lowe, 70, who has lived in the village for 10 years, added: "There were a couple of evenings when it was really hot when the smell was all through the house and it was nauseating." Ms Hanson, 56, who lives close to the river, said: "There's an overwhelming smell to the extent that we've actually put candles in the house to try and get rid of it."At the weekend my daughter was visiting and she was going 'this is horrible, I've got friends coming, I'm so embarrassed and it smells disgusting'".The Environment Agency urged anyone who "notices any unusual smells or odours that concern them" to report them."Our team takes these reports seriously and will investigate to ensure compliance with environmental regulations," a spokesperson said. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Daily Mail
20 hours ago
- General
- Daily Mail
Aussie shocked by source of vile 'stench' coming from a bedroom during rental viewing in Melbourne
A prospective renter was horrified to discover a Post-It Note warning about a dead possum causing a 'stench' in one of the bedrooms in the rental. An anonymous member of the Facebook group 'Don't Rent Me' shared details of their recent visit to a three-bedroom home in Melbourne 's east. 'It was absolutely perfect for us except there was a foul smell coming from one of the bedrooms,' they wrote. 'Then I saw this note stuck to the door.' They shared a photo of a blue Post-It Note with the handwritten message: 'All furniture in here to hard rubbish b/c (because) dead possum smell'. The hopeful renter followed it up with a neighbour while they were throwing out their own rubbish. 'They said they heard there's a dead possum in the roof and it's the second time in six months but (the landlord) refuses to fix the roof or entry holes,' they continued. 'Current tenants are moving out as stench makes it uninhabitable. There were a lot of people viewing the house... Apart from the stench, it's a really nice house.' Daily Mail Australia has reached out to the landlord for comment through contacting the real estate seller Ray White. Aussies were quick to share their thoughts about the smell in the comments. 'Run! What else won't the landlord do maintenance on if they won't do maintenance on something like that?' one person said, using multiple red flag emojis. A second said: 'That's disgusting and I'm pretty sure unsafe.' A third person shared a warning that the stench might never leave the property. 'You will never completely get rid of the stench it will be in the carpets through the plasterboard where the decaying liquid has seeped into plasterboard,' they said. 'Give it a very wide berth. If you put it as a condition on your application, you will not be accepted to start with.' But one person said the previous tenants should have addressed the problem. 'Surely it would have been less of an expense for the previous tenants to simply organise and pay for the possum removal themselves and to put up a nesting box in the nearby area?' they questioned. Consumer Affairs Victoria has noted the law 'doesn't always say who is responsible for fixing or paying to fix a problem with pests, infestations or mould'. But it said: 'If the problem happens because of the building structure a renter can ask for an urgent repair. 'The rental provider may be responsible if a problem with the property has caused the mould or damp or allowed pests to enter and they have not fixed the problem.' One example given is if a hole in the roof lets in pests. But a renter could still be responsible if their behaviour contributed to the problem, such as if pests were attracted to rubbish they didn't remove.
