FLY-tipping is blighting Keighley-district beauty spots.

Tyres and other rubbish are being dumped by louts.

At one Worth Valley hotspot – off Nab Water Lane, Oxenhope – CCTV cameras have been installed in a bid to catch the culprits.

Recently, several hundred tyres were dumped there.

And Keighley town mayor, Councillor Julie Adams, says many of the complaints made to her about fly-tipping relate to incidents near Keighley Tarn.

"There's no excuse for fly-tipping," she says. "If you have a vehicle to transport your rubbish to a beauty spot, you can as easily take it to the tip and dispose of it correctly."

She also urges anybody paying for the removal and disposal of rubbish to ensure the firm is properly licensed.

Bradford Council said it was working with colleagues in neighbouring Calderdale to crack down on offenders at rural Nab Water Lane.

A spokesperson added: "Action has been taken to remove the tyres.

"Because the location is rural, there have been a number of fly-tipping incidents in the area.

"The council has installed CCTV there and if evidence is captured, we will take robust action against the offenders.

"We will share any intelligence we have on the matter with Calderdale Council and are working together to crack down on these louts.

"Bradford Council actively investigates fly-tipping and we regularly take enforcement action against offenders.

"Last year we investigated over 2,000 incidents, issued over 50 fly-tipping fixed penalty notices and seized five vehicles involved in environmental crime."

Mobile CCTV cameras were used last year by environmental enforcement officers to catch fly-tippers in the act at various Worth Valley locations.

The equipment resulted in a number of offenders, filmed dumping rubbish, being landed with £400 fixed penalty notices or court prosecutions.

Councillors earlier in the year had approved an extra £300,000 in the budget to fight environment crime, which included the investment in additional cameras.

Details of Keighley-district wards with the most fly-tipping incidents were also published.

In a two-and-a-half-year period, more than 2,200 fly-tipping incidents were reported across the six Keighley-area Bradford Council wards.

The area with the highest total was Keighley Central, where 771 cases were recorded. The second-highest number of reported cases locally was in the Worth Valley, where there were 522 incidents.

The area locally with the third highest number of incidents was Keighley West, with 372, followed by Bingley Rural (259), Keighley East (205) and Craven (133).

Calderdale Council confirms it's also acting to tackle offenders. Director of public services, Zohrah Zancudi, added: "We understand the impact fly-tipping can have on communities and how this serious crime can blight beauty spots. We won’t hesitate to prosecute."

Fly-tipping can be reported to Bradford Council on 01274 431000 or bradford.gov.uk.