× A COUPLE have been hit with a hefty fine for dumping rubbish - after waste recovered by council officers contained their names and address.
Numerous bags of rubbish and household items were left abandoned at Sandy Bridge Lane, Shafton.
However, enforcement officers - who sifted through the waste on the hunt for evidence - found letters which led them to the unnamed pair.
This led to to a £400 fine and a fresh warning from the council that fly-tipping will not be tolerated after last year saw a rise of more than 1,000 incidents - to 5,254 - from the previous year’s figure of just over 4,000.