A man has been arrested in connection with the illegal dumping of a mountain of waste by a river in Oxfordshire.

The 39-year-old, from the Guildford area, is being questioned after his arrest by Environment Agency (EA) officers.

The dumping of tonnes of waste in a field alongside the River Cherwell, outside Kidlington, came to light recently after campaigners posted images of the scale of the waste mountain. Fly-tippers dump ‘mountain’ of waste in Oxfordshire field Read more

Local MP Calum Miller has called for the government to issue an urgent directive for the clearance of the illegal dump in his constituency before it causes irreparable damage to the river.

The criminal investigation into the waste dumping is being led by the EA.

Anna Burns, the agency’s area director for the T

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