Dead rats, broken beds and a VHS tape... Fury over 'disgraceful' pile of rubbish dumped in Oldham cul-de-sac

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Shocking photos show a pile of fly-tipped rubbish dumped in an Oldham cul-de-sac. Neighbour Quentin Crooks said he is ‘sick to the back teeth’ of the rat-infested mess outside his house.

The homeowner, who has lived in Werneth for more than 20 years, has reported the issue to Oldham Council - but t READ MORE: 'Carnage' as evacuated residents hear 'screaming and crying' after blaze breaks out in flat “I live right by Wellington Road so I see it all the time - it’s just filthy,” Quentin, 51, told the Manchester Evening News. “It’s not just an environmental health hazard - it’s dangerous.

There’s broken furniture, dead rats, dumped beds, broken glass and who knows what else there.” While on a walk with his friend earlier this week, Quentin said he spotted a recent pile of dumped waste - which included a chest drawer with a single VHS tape inside claiming to feature a New Year's Day Concert from Vienna.

Quentin said: “When I’ve reported things to Oldham Council before, they’ve told me that if I think there might be something suspicious there then I should take it to the police but I'm not prepared to touch anything like that. “I don’t know what’s on that video tape and I'm certainly not, on the council’s advice, taking it to the police.” Quentin said the problem is it's an "unadopted road" - which, according to the Highways Act, means local authorities do not need to maintain it. “The unadopted line does not wash with me,” Quentin said. “If it had gates then I'd accept it was an unadopted, private road but that’s not the case. “They call it an unadopted road but there’s access from the two main roads that run parallel to it so people use it quite frequently. “There’s a school nearby and the children are very often