The agency has set out efforts to monitor and secure the 150-metre long rubbish dump, saying safety of local residents is ‘our top priority’.

The safety of residents near a mountain of illegal waste in Oxfordshire remains “our top priority”, the Environment Agency said as it outlined how it was securing, monitoring and managing the site.

Work is continuing to look at options for removing and disposing of the 150-metre long illegal waste tip in Kidlington, the Environment Agency (EA) said, although it could not give a timeline for when it would be cleared.

The vast illegal tip, in a field alongside the A34 and just metres from the River Cherwell, has provoked widespread outrage and has been declared a “critical incident” by the EA.

The agency found significant amounts of what is thought

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