Residents 'shocked' as village is blocked in by 80ft-long mound of dumped rubbish
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Residents have described their "shock" at waking up to discover an 80ft-long mound of rubbish blocking the only road to their Staffordshire village. Jeremy and Tammie Roney, who own the Mercia Distillery, were among those blocked in due to the huge, 10ft-high waste pile on Watery Lane, near Curborough.
Speaking to Sky's Sarah-Jane Mee on The UK Tonight, the couple said the pile was made up of "household waste [and] building waste" - and even included needles. "It's quite shocking really," Mrs Roney said. "You have to see it to believe it. It's a mixture of different materials.".
The village's only other access road is currently shut due to roadworks. The authorities have been "brilliant" and while residents thought the removal process could take a week, they've managed to clear the 30-tonne mound of waste in just two days, she added.
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