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Saxon Pit at Whittlesey was evacuated last night after reports of a hand grenade being found.

Environment Secretary George Eustice says a criminal investigation is under way at Saxon Pit, Whittlesey, into dumped waste.

A few minutes earlier than scheduled, the first of two 300ft brickwork chimneys were brought crashing down in controlled explosions.

Published: 11:54 AM February 4, 2021    MP Steve Barclay remains angry that illegal waste is not being removed from Saxon Pits, Whittlesey, where a recycling plant is now proposed. - Credit: Steve Barclay/Terry Harris MP Steve Barclay says it is “not acceptable” that a recycling plant could go ahead in Whittlesey within the same disused brickworks where illegal waste has been dumped.  “The Environment Agency is inviting comments on the application for an environmental permit application to build a waste recycling plant handling 500,000 tonnes a year at the Saxon Pit former brickwor...

Cllr Boden, also the leader of Fenland District Council, said: “We face having a minimum of 122,858 tonnes of non-conforming waste in Saxon Pit.   “Of the borehole samples of that waste analysed by the Environment Agency, 86 per cent have been found to contain sufficient chemical contaminants to render them hazardous.    Chimneys at Saxon Pits which are likely to be demolished - Credit: CCC “The EA, without any consultation with local representatives, has clearly become inclined towards just leaving this hazardous waste in situ, capped in a manner which has not been fully disclosed t...