‘An abomination’: Lancashire town up in arms over stench from reopened landfill

Residents of Fleetwood say continuous foul smell from Transwaste site is making life hell and making them sick

In the week that many families took to the coast for the fresh sea air or the tang of fish and chips, visitors to one Lancashire resort inhaled a rather more unpleasant aroma.

“Welcome to Fleetwood,” read the local newspaper headline. “The town that smells of bin juice.”