Evidence of waste from primary schools and local authorities in south-east England points to possible large-scale corruption, expert says

Waste from local authorities in the south-east is among the vast mound of rubbish dumped illegally next to a river in Oxfordshire, it can be revealed.

The finding provides evidence of possible large-scale corruption in waste management, a legal expert has warned.

Household rubbish, partly macerated, remained rotting and stinking in a mountain of waste about 150 metres long and up to 6 metres high on Tuesday, in a field next to the River Cherwell outside Kidlington in Oxfordshire.