Fury at Whitby's 'Mumbai'

PEOPLE have reacted with anger as a mounting pile of rubbish has built up at a Whitby skip hire business.

The waste disposal site on California Road has been leased by family-run business Wharton's Skip Hire for the past three years.

In January, the Whitby Gazette reported how fears were raised about the waste and possible pollution at nearby Calla Beck - a site of scientific interest as it is the only salt water marsh along the east coast for 100 miles.

The firm said it submitted a retrospective licence application at a cost of Pounds 6,000 last year to the Environment Agency so it could use a machine called a Trommel to sift through the waste.

However, owner James Wharton said it has still not been granted which is why they have allowed the waste to pile up so high.

At a meeting of Whitby Town Council on Tuesday, councillors agreed to write urgently to...