Residents on 'one of Britain's grimmest streets' say their homes are invaded by rats due to mountains of rubbish which can be seen from space and haven't been cleared in 10 years.
Locals living on Nineveh Road, in Handsworth, Birmingham, have criticised council bosses who have left the piles of waste to fester near their properties for a decade.
Locals living on Nineveh Road, in Handsworth, Birmingham, have criticised council bosses who have left the piles of waste to fester near their properties for a decade.
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00:00 But that power was there for ages.
00:07 Because the cost of it is high.
00:16 But the council do have statutory duties and they are the ones who have got to get involved.
00:21 Where you have a load of people like this, it is only the council that can get involved.
00:26 [Sounds of water and wind]
00:45 When the councillor abandons, it is all sorts of garbage, rubbish, even the cat doesn't seem to be afraid to go there.
01:06 You can actually get on further over, you know that plank, I think that plank is, you have to be careful if you want to get further up.
01:14 It goes around, there is more rubbish around the site.
01:18 The council are well aware of it, it is not something we have been happy with.
01:24 [Sounds of wind and traffic]
01:47 Even if we wanted to do some maintenance on it, you know you can't do it because there is a pile of rubbish around the back.