内容摘要：VE Day was declared on 8 May 1945, after Britain and its allies formally accepted Nazi Germany's surrender after almost six years of war.

VE Day was declared on 8 May 1945, after Britain and its allies formally accepted Nazi Germany's surrender after almost six years of war.

Failures to empty dog waste bins have left wheelchair users with "no choice" but to ride through faeces, a woman claimed.Ness Bobby-Rose, 57, said pavements in the Prettygate area of Colchester had become "absolutely disgusting" due to overflowing bins.

It left her regularly having to ride through puddles to clean the faeces off the wheels of her chair, she explained.Councillor Martin Goss, head of waste at Colchester City Council, said staff sickness had disrupted a series of recent collections.Ms Bobby-Rose said she was left clearing mess from her front garden, in Prettygate Road, due to overspill from nearby bins.

"It’s a public health issue and it should be avoided," she told BBC Essex."The paths are relatively narrow in certain places, and I literally cannot avoid running over [dog waste] with my wheels... It's a nightmare."

Ms Bobby-Rose said she was often left using a stick to pick mess from out of her wheel treads.

Her comments came after the city councilAn investigation into the cause of the spillage was continuing with the issue having been declared a major incident by the West Midlands Resilience Forum, comprising three local councils, health agencies, police, fire service and organisations responsible for water and waterways.

Mr Lidderth said the EA was carrying out a thorough investigation and working on-site at Anochrome Ltd, which deals in surface coatings and sealing, after the firm said it "regrettably" released the chemicals."We are looking at everything that has happened around that cause and will be working with them to make sure that something like this doesn't happen again," he said.

Sodium cyanide dissolves in water and can have serious adverse health effects if people or pets come into direct contact with it, the council advised.Anyone who has had direct physical contact with water along the affected stretch of the canal and is feeling unwell, should seek health advice via 111 or 999 in an emergency, a spokesperson for the authority added.