{"id":494135,"date":"2026-02-27T18:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/494135\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:50:09","slug":"blatant-and-appalling-fly-tipping-as-boat-dumped-in-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/494135\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Blatant and appalling&#8217; fly-tipping as boat dumped in fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was not known where the boat was last moored but there are numerous lakes nearby while the River Great Ouse is also close to where it was found.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A council spokesperson added: &#8220;Dumping rubbish is a serious offence which can lead to those responsible receiving heavy fines and a prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This includes waste such as household waste including white goods (washing machines, fridges, etc.), builders&#8217; rubble, garden refuse and dumped watercraft.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">McMurdo added: &#8220;Those disposing of such need to be reminded of their obligations to dispose of materials properly and through registered carriers \u2013 in this instance clearly this was not the case&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was not known where the boat was last moored but there are numerous lakes nearby while the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-494135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}