Members of the public have come forward with concerns about fly-tipping at a waterway which has recently become much worse in Bicester.
And one active litter picker has claimed he was threatened by a group of teens as he tried to tidy up the town.
Jeff Andrew, from Bicester, sent in pictures to this newspaper of the fly-tipping taking place at a waterway that runs across Boston Road in the Glory Farm area of Bicester.
Mr Andrew said: “It’s a long running saga. We’ve tried desperately to get help and clear up the fly-tipping that of late has just got worse and worse.
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“Victoria Prentis is involved and hopefully will push the clean-up forward. To be honest I’m not hopeful.
“Where do we go from here? I’ve been trying to sort this out for over 20 years and all it’s becoming is worse.”
There are fly-tipping concerns in Bicester (Image: Jeff Andrew)
Jamie Jessett, founder of Bicester Litter Pickers, also shared some unwelcome news which took place over the weekend.
On Saturday, Mr Jessett was litter picking around Superdrug and B&M on Sheep Street, in Bicester, when he was approached by a group of young men who shouted verbal abuse at him.
Mr Jessett said: “I received a lot of verbal abuse. They called me a nonce and a tramp, and they were throwing litter around and engaging in threatening behaviour.
These teenagers were pictured on Sheep Street (Image: Jamie Jessett)
“They followed me into shops and continued to shout horrible things.
“I took a photo of them and they ran away after that.”
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This story was written by Matthew Norman, he joined the team in 2022 as a Facebook community reporter.
Matthew covers Bicester and focuses on finding stories from diverse communities.
Get in touch with him by emailing: Matthew.norman@newsquest.co.uk
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