Fly-tippers dump piles of rubbish at playground

Huge piles of rubbish dumped and left to rot at a play park since March have made parents and children "sick to their stomachs", councillors have heard.

Yew Hills Road play area in Huddersfield has become a fly-tipping "grot spot" with old mattresses and luggage also strewn about the green space, a meeting was told.

One ward councillor told of Kirklees Council's cabinet that "children should be able to play safely there" and volunteers should not have to pick up the waste.

The council said part of the issue was the local authority's budget restraints but that it would do "whatever we can to make it safe".

The pile of black bin bags at the Thornton Lodge Park keeps growing but apparently "does not warrant covert monitoring", said councillor Jo Lawson.

She said she was also concerned about waste being collected by volunteers.

Ms Lawson added: "There are bags of litter still waiting to be collected from a litter pick on Manchester Road within my ward that have been there since February. We should be championing our volunteers, not making them think what is the point":[]}