Fly-tipped heap an 'environmental emergency'

A mountain of waste fly-tipped in a field is an "environmental emergency", a local nature volunteer has said.

Charlie Henry, from the River Guardian Network, speaking from the site on Monday, said: "We really need help... it's a disaster."

The Environment Agency (EA), which is carrying out tests on the nearby River Cherwell, called it a "sickening case of large-scale illegal waste dumping", and said it shared the public's "disgust".