'Property prices have gone down. Nobody wants to live around here anymore. It's a dumping ground'

Students have sparked outrage after leaving piles of rubbish across Fallowfield as they head home for the summer holidays.

Photos show mounds of waste and overflowing bins in the south Manchester suburb, with sofas , laptops and even bongs among the waste dumped into alleyways. The weekend closest to July 1 has become notorious for fly-tipping as it marks the point when most shared student house leases expire.

And as they often only spend a year living in their properties, the occupants tend to ditch unwanted items before leaving. But pensioners living in Fallowfield, - where over 50% of the population are students - said the mounds of rubbish had 'ruined' the area and hit house prices.

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Nino Guglielmi, 83, who has owned a local hair salon for 60 years, said the streets near his home became a ‘dumping ground’ each year. Staring at the refuse in one alleyway, just off Furness Road, he said: "The students have left this weekend, and they’ve thrown all the rubbish all over the place. It’s absolutely ridiculous.

"They've thrown divans, they've thrown settees, they've thrown duvets, they've thrown laptops – you name it. They've thrown everything and then they go away.

"It ruins the neighbourhood. Nobody wants to buy the properties around here if you want to sell them because it's full of rubbish.

"The property prices have gone down. Nobody wants to live around here anymore. It's like a dumping ground, Fallowfield."

Nino, who moved to Fallowfield in the 1960s from Italy, said he had tried to tackle the waste with other residents as the problem worsened in recent years. But he had struggled with heavy lifting after suffering two heart