‘Putrid’ fly tip containing 30,000 tonnes of rubbish found off M57 – who’s behind it?

Some 30,000 tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish has been discovered (Picture: Liverpool Echo)

A Merseyside council is searching for the people behind what is thought to be one of the largest flytips in British history.

A site just off the M57 in Kirkby, Merseyside, is now filled to the brim with 30,000 tonnes of rubbish dumped there illegally.

Police have yet to find who’s behind the crime, but passersby noticed diggers working on the site without permission in November, prompting concern.