The fly

When the gardener and the other man dialled 999, the incident near Great Yarmouth was handled by Suffolk Constabulary. However, Norfolk police have now taken ...

The alleged fly-tipper was stopped by a gardener and another man by the driveway of the Coast Road property before getting locked in and then making a escape, driving through a hedgerow and onto a field belonging to Potters Resort. [a man was locked inside the grounds of a property on Coast Road](https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/crime/hopton-fly-tipper-escape-after-getting-locked-in-9214708#article-comments-coral) after he allegedly dumped garden waste - including hedge trimmings, broken fence panels and an old ladder - on a driveway. Norfolk Police have opened an investigation after a man was caught on camera allegedly fly-tipping at a private property in Hopton.

Peter Melemendjian, who lives in Little Ellingham, says the problem is so bad now "there's almost always flies buzzing around you". | ITV News Anglia.

A council spokeswoman said the authority has “received an increased number of fly complaints in the Great Ellingham and Little Ellingham area”. We believe that the current weather conditions will increase life cycles and the number of insects present. "While we can engage and take action in respect of premises and commercial processes, we are not able to control flies or insects in the general environment."

Peter Melemendjian from Little Ellingham says several other residents in the village have the same problem.

"We believe that the current weather conditions will increase life cycles and the number of insects present. She added: “Despite officers making a number of visits we have been unable to identify a source but have issued advice. Melemendjian said that his family moved to the village in 2018, and were inundated by flies even then. In 2020, an investigation by South Norfolk Council found that a farm had been “a significant source” of a similar problem in Hingham. And he said he was aware of several other residents in the village and neighbouring Great Ellingham experiencing similar issues. "Eating, inside or out – if you’ve got them inside – can be a nightmare.

I am a British citizen living in the US. I applied for renewal of my British passport four months ago and HM Passport Office confirmed receipt of my old one ...

There’s no expedited service for passport applications from overseas, but those with urgent needs can, for a fee, apply to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office for an Emergency Travel Document (ETD). The overwhelming majority of applications are completed within the published time frame.” It tells me that it states “clearly” that people applying from overseas should allow longer, but nowhere on the government website can I see where it provides time scales. “My grandson’s US passport has expired and if he doesn’t get the UK one in time they won’t be able to fly,” he writes. The Passport Office is currently advising of waits of up to 10 weeks for new passports while it works through a record number of applications following Covid lockdowns. More than 16 weeks later, the status update merely says: “We have received your old passport.” My elderly parents live in the UK and are not in good health and I’m unable to make plans to visit them.

A former County Durham pub and hotel has become the target of 'scumbag' fly-tippers after the boarded-up exterior has been hit with cabinets,…

Alongside the post, the agency shared two examples of the fly-tipping that The Chilton Country Pub and Hotel has seen recently, while social media users moved to condemn those that have dumped rubbish. Posting on their social media channel, the county council wardens said: “We are currently investigating waste that has been fly-tipped at The Chilton Country Pub and Hotel in Chilton Moor. Following the fire, the venue has also been subject to continuous fly-tipping, which has seen Durham County Council’s wardens investigate who is beyond the dumping of waste at The Chilton Country Pub and Hotel. For the last couple of years, The Chilton Country Pub and Hotel in Chilton Moor, near Houghton-Le-Spring, has been sat derelict after a succession of failed attempts to run the once popular venue. In the last few weeks alone, furniture, boxes, cans, bottles, and bin bags have been appearing outside the Chilton Moor facility – leading to the wardens appealing to members of the public for help. A former County Durham pub and hotel has become the target of fly-tippers after the boarded-up exterior has been hit with cabinets, bin bags and even a double bed.