A HEREFORD woman who was at the end of her tether after uncollected bins were attracting mice and rats at her block of flats said she is relieved the council has "finally" taken action.

Rosy Breeze who lives at Dartmouth Court in Tupsley said she returned from being away to find bin bags piled up around the communal bin area.

She said last week: “There are rats and mice in there now. It is really bad – there is a serious lot of rubbish building up now. I don’t know what to do.”

Initially a Herefordshire Council spokesman told the Hereford Times that FCC Environment, the council’s contractor, only emptied one general rubbish bin on their last visit because the bins were overfilled and there was a risk of moving and emptying overfilled bins.

But last Friday a team from FCC came to the block of flats and cleared the area.

Ms Breeze said: "They cleared it away at last. Now I can clean up with bleach and disinfectant."

The council would like to ask residents at the flats to try and recycle more to reduce the amount of black bag rubbish.

They also asked for residents to keep the bin area clean and free of clutter.