'Fly-tipped' sugar beet cleared from road in Suffolk

The sugar beet had stretched more than 100m along the roadside

Chris Brayford
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The sugar beet piled on Old Norwich Road in Suffolk (Suffolk Highways)
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The sugar beet piled on Old Norwich Road in Suffolk (Suffolk Highways)

A farmer in Suffolk has apologised after storing a 'huge pile' of sugar beet on the roadside. Suffolk Highways reported on Tuesday (January 16) that a large amount of sugar beet had been ‘fly-tipped'...

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