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The landfill's operator says it "unequivocally refutes" the allegations raised by an MP in a debate.

PROTESTERS blocked off a line of delivery lorries during a demonstration, including a truck from a Barrow business.

Some locals describe is as like 'old, used nappies'. Others 'like faeces'. Steve Meakin, from Poolfields — a mile from the tip — says it's 'like having a rotten egg in your top pocket'. Resident Suzi Stringer whose bedroom looks out onto the landfill site. The Environment Agency said hydrogen sulphide levels recorded at the site exceeded World Health Organisation guidelines Waste management company RED Industries said it was 'acutely aware of the communities' concerns' and work was under way to 'seal an extensive area of the site'. The odour given off is causing stress, anxiety and sleep...

BBC News By Sophie Madden media captionSilverdale landfill stink: 'We can't live like this' For hundreds of households the terrible smell emanating from a landfill site near their homes in Staffordshire is affecting their health and lives. The BBC went to meet some of those affected. Every evening after dinner, Annie Miles and her husband Lee Hughes have a routine. Towels are rolled and put down to block the gaps beneath doors and cover air bricks. Doors to the pantry and utility rooms are sealed with tape and an air purifier is switched on. They live about 800m from Walleys Quarry, a landfi...

Stop the Stink campaigner Nathan Wint with one of the 'Batman' air purifiers Want Stoke-on-Trent news emailed to you direct from our journalists? Sign up to our newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice Families have united to raise money for air purifiers to help people cope with the stench from a landfill site. Residents l...