A LACK of witnesses or evidence is to blame for an extremely low number of fly-tipping incident resulting in enforcement action, according to a council. Figures showed that in nearly 2,000 reported incidents of flytipping in the Barrow borough, fixed penalty notices were issued just four times. The figures refer to 2019/20 and showed and placed the borough behind the average for the whole of England for enforcement. Only 1.38 per cent of more than 975,000 incidents nationally resulted in fixed penalty notices. Fly-tipping incidents in the Barrow borough in that time included household waste being dumped near to Walney’s Avon Street allotments, which was later set alight.
DESPICABLE : Ponting used Facebook to send the photo THE actions of a man who shared a private image of a former girlfriend have been described as despicable . Rhys Ponting avoided been jailed for sending a sexual image of the woman to her friend in the revenge porn incident. The 22-year-old admitted to disclosing a private sexual photograph when he appeared at South Cumbria Magistrates Court. The court heard the victim had been left feeling damaged and upset after the incident. Ponting had threatened to send photos to the victim s family and friends if she did not give him money, the court heard.
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