Anger as Lanarkshire street 'used as dumping ground' for rubbish

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A Lanarkshire street is being filled with junk, beds and prams - because no one knows who owns it. Kingsbridge Drive in Rutherglen is regularly being filled with discarded rubbish, raising fears it'll lead to rat-infested streets.

South Lanarkshire Council previously cleaned the street on a goodwill basis but recently stopped the service due to budget cuts which meant their only focus is on land belonging to them.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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One resident told Lanarkshire Live : "It's disgusting the amount of things being dumped there - the bed was sitting there for weeks and it's no wonder there's rats in the area with that amount of rubbish sitting there. "This is becoming an ongoing problem there and also nearby, as the likes of Kingsacre Road and Kingsheath Avenue are the same."Scotland's Land Register contains no information on who has ownership of the lanes.Rutherglen Central and North councillor Andrea Cowan helped to arrange a one-off clean-up, but told Lanarkshire Live a solution needs to be found for the long term, or the problem will simply be