Pictures showing a mountain of delivery boxes by recycling bins have been unearthed, showing that Britons are turning to online shopping during lockdown. The numerous piles of cardboard boxes were photographed today outside a recycling centre in Richmond, Surrey. Britons are now in their third week of lockdown and have seemingly turned to online shopping … Read more
A father has blocked a bin lorry in the street in a 30-minute standoff after being told his recycling could not be emptied because it had an empty Pot Noddle tub. Robert Watts, 44, claimed when his wife Linzie, 29, offered to remove it, bin men still refused as the rubbish would now be ‘contaminated’. … Read more
Households have been urged not to undertake major clear-outs during the coronavirus lockdown to stop the rise in fly-tipping. There have also been calls on the Government to designate recycling centre workers as part of an essential service, to help prevent the problem. It comes as fly-tipping has surged as much as 300 per cent as … Read more
A millionaire businessman led a vigilante gang who beat to death a man he wrongly suspected of burgling his daughter’s home. Neil Elliott, 44, was convicted of manslaughter at Teesside Crown Court for his ‘leading role’ in the death of Michael Phillips, who was savagely beaten at his Hartlepool home in County Durham last June. … Read more