An area along Medlock Road has become a hotbed for fly-tipping over several months. Images show the staggering extent of the problem, with abandoned fridges, mattresses, and toys, and even a sheep’s skull among the piled-up rubbish. Credit: Vicky AkinThe Woodhouses resident owns a cleaning business, but says he would be concerned to approach the rubbish out of fear of ‘syringes, dirty diapers, and rats’. “Over the years the villagers have organised clean ups, but the area is soon blighted again with rubbish,” he said. We have cleaned this site a number of times already and another clean-up is already scheduled to take place on Monday.