This is the shocking moment a passerby confronts two suspected fly-tippers he believes were dumping a sofa at a national park beauty spot.

Niall Howard, 32, has been hailed a hero for ordering the couple, who he spotted taking the furniture from a large white Mercedes van, to take it back away with them.

He was driving through the Peak District National Park on Monday to visit family in Meltham, West Yorkshire, when he spotted the couple who appeared to be dumping the sofa.

The outraged conservation worker blocked the pair in to a lay-by with his pick-up truck and challenged them, shouting 'what are you doing?' as he filmed.

Mr Howard said: 'It's a beautiful part of the world up in the countryside, I think there's enough parts of this country that look a disgrace, and the countryside is something that, especially in West Yorkshire, is a part of the area we can be proud of.