Postmen refuse to deliver items to London street after it is overrun by RATS because of rubbish and decomposing food
Postmen have refused to deliver mail to a London street after complaints it is overrun by rats and strewn with rubbish and decomposing food. Residents living in flats in a service road behind London Road in Norbury, South East London have been told that postmen will not be back until it is cleaned up. Royal Mail sent a letter last Friday to inform residents and say until they are satisfied it is a rat free area, they will have to collect their letters from a nearby delivery office. Alternatively, they can nominate another address nearby where their mail can be taken. Royal Mail said it wrote to businesses and homeowners on May 20 and told Croydon Council about the problem. It said a clean-up only started after they raised the issue again with the council on June 1. Ian Clarke, the chairman of the Scots Estate Norbury Residents Association and the Love Norbury group said Royal Mail said: 'There is a major problem with rats there. 'One of the residents t...