Eastleigh's rat and people problems

I've just been wandering round Eastleigh's town centre with Matthew Myatt, freelance photographer, Sam Snook, local expert on the sewers of Eastleigh and Robert Quane, Conservative Candidate for Eastleigh Central. Matthew showed us heaps of rotting rubbish, bags of discarded food, piles of cardboard boxes and as we watched some large rats scuttled about. Matthew explained that at 2 or 3 am the place was live with large rats. Sam added that with such abundant food and hiding places the rats hardly need to live in the sewers any longer because they can rest up in the piles of rubbish.

What is to be done about this? Well these firms pay their taxes to the Borough for their refuse to be disposed of. But the bins are full and overflowing. Clearly some people are neglecting to do their duty. Council workers, Environmental health Officers and Shopkeepers may all share some of the responsibility.

These areas are reminiscent of the squalour of London's streets in early Victorian times (not that I was around then, you

understand). They clearly pose an enormous health risk. We feel that they ought to be brought to the attention of the Eastleigh public.

Photograph 1 Rear of Kwik Save

Photograph 2 Rear of The Works

Photograph 3 Rear of Dominos Pizzas

All photographs Copyright of Matthew Myatt

Borough Council attempting to cut down trees in Recreation ground

Check out this website for details of a murderous plot by our Council.

http://www.everyoneweb.com/savesid/