ladbible homepage
ladbible homepage
  • iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK
    • US
    • World
    • Ireland
    • Australia
    • Science
    • Crime
    • Weather
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV
    • Film
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • Netflix
    • Disney
  • Sport
  • Technology
  • Travel
  • Lifestyle
  • Money
  • Originals
    • FFS PRODUCTIONS
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Archive
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content Here
  • SPORTbible
  • Tyla
  • GAMINGbible
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • FOODbible
  • UNILAD Tech
UK Village Can't Open Windows, Sunbathe Or Have BBQ On Hottest Day Of The Year

Home> News

Updated 13:58 17 Jun 2022 GMT+1Published 13:57 17 Jun 2022 GMT+1

UK Village Can't Open Windows, Sunbathe Or Have BBQ On Hottest Day Of The Year

It's going to be a glorious Friday for most of the country - but not the poor residents of one village.

Jake Massey

Jake Massey

google discoverFollow us on Google Discover

It's the hottest day of the year in the UK - and conveniently, it's fallen on a Friday.

That right there is a recipe for BBQs and beers in the sun; but for one village, this sadly won't be the case.

Not the place to be at the moment.
SWNS

Silverdale, in Staffordshire, has earned itself the unfortunate title of 'UK's smelliest village', meaning enjoying the sunshine there will be s**t - 'cause everywhere stinks of s**t.

Advert

The stench is emanating from the controversial Walleys Quarry landfill site, which locals claim has left the village smelling like 'rotten flesh' and 'dirty nappies'.

And the 29C heat there today is only going to enhance the pong, and bring with it swarms of flies.

Builder Ashley Hawe - who has lived within half a mile of the site for six stinky years - said he was dreading the hot weather.

"It's going to be terrible," he said.

"They keep saying it's getting better but it isn't getting better, it's getting worse.

"And why would you want to go outside when you can see that mountain of waste? When it's sunny we have to go somewhere else.

"We've lived here for six years. It's a nice neighbourhood here, everyone's lovely, but you can't do anything about the smell, if you complain they just fob you off."

Ashley ain't happy.
BPM

Donna Lovatt, who lives within a mile of the quarry, said the s****y smell leaves her feeling ill.

She added: "We know the warm weather is coming and we can't enjoy it.

"The smell is that bad it stinks like excrement. It can be really horrendous, it makes you feel sick.

"When the weather's hot we have to shut the windows because of all the flies, it's terrible."

The quarry was converted to a landfill site in 2007, and resident Peter Malam reckons it's done permanent damage to his senses.

He said: "I think it just destroys your smell. My smell isn't like it was when I was 40."

The ongoing stench has sparked thousands of complaints and protests from locals, and Red Industries - the company that runs the site - was previously issued with an enforcement notice by the Environment Agency for breaching its licence.

The locals understandably hate it.
BPM

In a statement, Walleys Quarry said: "As the Environment Agency's own reporting data shows, emissions levels have reduced significantly due to ongoing efforts made by Walleys Quarry Ltd.

"Emissions are at a very low level the vast majority of the time."

LADbible has contacted Red Industries for comment.

Last year, a spokesperson for the company said: "We recognise that we are hosted by the local communities in which we operate and are acutely aware of their concerns regarding our landfill operations.

"We have voluntarily curtailed operations to accelerate an extensive capping programme which will seal a substantial and extensive area of the site.

"This capping programme will continue throughout the remaining life of the quarry, which will stop accepting waste in December 2026, at which point the area will be restored to green field."

Featured Image Credit: SWNS/BPM

Topics: UK News, Weather, Weird

Jake Massey
Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

X

@jakesmassey

Recommended reads

Millions of Brits face four-hour waits as new airport rules come into force todayGetty Images300,000 Brits working from home issued warning after major benefit cutGetty Stock ImagesNatasha Lyonne responds as she was 'escorted off flight' after Euphoria premiereMichael Loccisano/Getty ImagesDriver who has no license kills grandmother, 70, after exploiting legal loophole that allows him on roads aloneMEN MEDIA

Advert

Choose your content:

an hour ago
2 hours ago
4 hours ago
  • Getty Stock Images
    an hour ago

    300,000 Brits working from home issued warning after major benefit cut

    The government has scrapped a widely used money-saving method for Brits who work from home

    News
  • MEN MEDIA
    an hour ago

    Driver who has no license kills grandmother, 70, after exploiting legal loophole that allows him on roads alone

    Nigerian national Timothy Kusemi was driving without a licence when he hit and killed pensioner Susan Whittles in 2023

    News
  • NBC
    2 hours ago

    Missing mum made morbid social media posts days before she went overboard on boat

    Was Lynette Hooker murdered by her husband?

    News
  • Kennedy News and Media
    4 hours ago

    Man 'totally shocked' after cancer diagnosis linked to oral sex from decades ago

    Jeff Bradford said his symptoms were initially dismissed as something else

    News
  • MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in the UK
  • UK set to be hit with 'blood rain', scientists warn
  • Brits braced for hottest day of the year so far
  • Naked cleaner whose prices start at £125 has one strict rule that her clients can't break