“We are committed to addressing community concerns and ensuring that Stoke-on-Trent is a safe and a great place for people to live, work and visit.”Ĭouncillor Abi Brown, leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, added: "More presence from services helps to make our city safe and help our residents and business owners feel safe. Inspector Hayley Eaton, from Staffordshire Police, said: “We’ve helped to co-ordinate the right support to help homeless people in the area in order to mitigate the impact on the homeless community themselves as well as local residents and businesses in Stoke-on-Trent. They have been working together to offer support to those believed to have drug and alcohol problems.Ĭolleagues visit wasteland off North Street, StokeĪs well as North Street, the Environmental Crime Team also cleared a patch of land on Hartshill Road. Now teams from Stoke-on-Trent City Council have joined Staffordshire Police and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue to help clean up the site and other 'grotspots' in the city as part of a week of action. READ MORE: Dealer peddling coke and heroin handed calling cards to addicts But repeated efforts to stop homeless people from congregating and living there had failed. Among the issues included fires getting out of control, people rummaging through bins and apparent drug use. The wooded area has been plagued by anti-social behaviour for a number of years after the camp known as Yak Yak Land was set up.įamilies living nearby say their lives were being made a misery by those staying there. Photos show discarded clothes, rubble and food packaging on scrubland off North Street, Stoke, and bordering the A500. This is the mess left behind by rough sleepers and fly-tippers at a former makeshift homeless camp in Stoke-on-Trent.
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