A back street resembled a small tip after a 'disgusting' case of fly-tipping which took the council THREE hours to clean up this morning.

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A mound of rubbish containing everything from planks of wood, furniture to children’s toys, books and even old bank records were discarded at Back Belmont Road East on Sunday (October 13) evening at about 5pm.

Local resident, Kevin Harwood, was washing dishes in the kitchen when he heard the noise. He said:“I was in the kitchen when I heard a loud bang and could see that something was dropped from under my gate.

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“I went outside to see what it was, but the van had got away before I was able to see who had dumped the litter, but I reported the incident to the council straight away.

“This is the second time in twelve months that this area has had fly tipping, it needs investigating as it can’t continue like this.”

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This comes amid long-running concerns about fly-tipping and other environmental issues like littering across the borough in recent times.

Three teams from the council arrived at the scene to clean the mess on Monday morning (October 14) and a spokesperson from the council said that they were “currently investigating” to find the culprit.

It took the teams around three hours to completely clear the area.

Another local resident said: “This is something that’s happened before in this area, people think they can get away with it because we’re located behind the pub.

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“It’s disheartening to see people dump rubbish, there’s kids on this street and it’s really unsafe – it’s disgusting.”

In recent years Bolton Council have introduced tougher powers to deal with fly-tipping in Bolton.

Last month the council seized two vans under new powers to combat fly-tipping in the local area.

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This includes raising fines for littering were raised from £150 to £300 and from £400 to £600 for fly-tipping. 

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And the registered owner of a vehicle will be liable for the fine if litter is seen being dropped out from a moving or parked car ­- currently the local authority can only issue if the person responsible for littering is identified.

Cllr John Walsh said: "This is unacceptable anti-social behaviour which causes distress to residents who try and keep their properties tidy. 

"I'd like to thank the council who took around three hours to fully clean the area, they worked tirelessly to ensure it was returned to it's original state.

"We are currently looking at the CCTV footage in the local area and I hope that this will identify the guilty parties involved."