A critical incident has been declared over a 40ft-high mountain of waste after it was branded "utterly appalling" by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.

The vast fly tip stretches for 150 metres in a field alongside the A34 in Kidlington, Oxfordshire , and it's feared that the nearby River Cherwell could be affected.

Sky News drone footage captured the sheer scale of the rubbish pile, which is thought to weigh hundreds of tonnes and comprise multiple lorry loads of waste.

Image: The waste dump in Oxfordshire

The Environment Agency (EA) has declared a "critical incident" at the site, deploying additional officers to manage the area and progress its investigation.

The probe, dubbed Operation Nation, is following "several lines of inquiry" in a bid to hunt down those respons

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