21 May 2026
The watchdog that oversees the Environment Agency told Channel 4 News it is comprehensively failing to regulate legal waste sites and it must completely rethink its inspection regime urgently.
By Emily Keen
“It’s like a living nightmare that you cannot escape from. It’s a really rotten egg, strong, gas smell. It just makes you feel sick.”
Jess Brown has been living with the stench from Jameson Road landfill in Lancashire for the last two years. Four years ago, she bought the house and moved to the area with her mother, who suffers from severe COPD, and daughter. They came for the fresh air.
