An angina sufferer, who says he would have to drag his wheelie bin the length of two football pitches to be emptied, has blasted Bradford Council for ignoring his pleas for help.

Heart attack victim Roland Potter, 63, a retired former technical officer at the Council's environmental health department, received his new bin two weeks ago - and he says it hasn't been emptied since.

And he says the situation has arisen because Jester Place, in Mountain, Queensbury, where he lives, is too narrow for the dustcart to reach the bin and the bin is to heavy for him to move.

"It seems a great unresolveable problem," he said.

"When we got the bins we asked how they were going to be picked up and were told we'd have to drag them out to the end of the street, which is the length of about two football pitches.

"We are supposed to get them there by 7.30am, wait until they are collected and drag them all the way back again. Another lady here is 85 and she can't trail these bins along."

He said several phone calls have been made to the Council but the situation still seems impossible for the pensioner and his eight neighbours.

Mr Potter said: "The smell nearly knocks you off your feet now. We asked if we could have the old dustbins and black bag system? All they can say is we'll look into it."

Bradford Councillor Harry Mason (Lab, Queensbury) said he was aware there had been problems with wheelie bins in the village but had always found the cleansing department very helpful

"Anyone who has physical problems in handling one of these bins should contact the hotline and I am sure they will arrange an alternative," he said.

A spokesman for Bradford Council's cleansing department promised to collect the rubbish as soon as possible.

But he denied it had received any complaints and said special arrangements were available for elderly and disabled people.

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