Great Yarmouth News : Search for 'fly-tipping'
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Monday 30th March 2009Top of the UK RIPA fly-tipping charts
Great Yarmouth council has used RIPA - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act - legislation to monitor fly-tipping more than any other council in the UK. The 61 cases where video surveillance was used in an attempt to deal with illegal tipping were ...
Thursday 14th December 2006
Mattress Dumping Parrot Man Pays The Price
Alan Cooper has been fined by local magistrates for dumping an old mattress in Sandy Lane, Belton, after being filmed by a local residents' CCTV security system. Fines and costs came to £300 in one of the few successful local prosecutions for the bor...
Saturday 9th December 2006
Police Cut Crime
Criminal damage reduced by 44%, fly-tipping down by 75% - Yarmouth's Middlegate Estate has benefitted from having a dedicated police team out patrolling the streets. The back-to-basics approach has clearly demonstrated the value of an 'old-fashioned'...
Friday 5th November 2004
Rangers' clean-up success
Great Yarmouth's environmental rangers are being hailed for their massive level of achievement. The scheme is being credited with bringing big improvements to the borough, tackling litter, dog fouling and fly-tipping. Environmental policy manager Mar...
