Residents on 'one of Britain's grimmest streets' say their homes are invaded by rats due to mountains of rubbish which can be seen from space and haven't been cleared in 10 years.

Locals living on Nineveh Road, in Handsworth, Birmingham, have criticised council bosses who have left the festering piles to fester near their properties for a decade.

The huge mounds of fly-tipped trash have been dumped in an alleyway which runs between their street and Bacchus Road blighting homeowner's lives for years. (Video - SWNS)