Refined oil can be hawked on roadsides to motorists, a practice that is illegal but common.

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She said older donkeys who can't work are sometimes left on roadsides to starve or are sold to roving meat vendors.

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Body recovery teams pressed on with the grim task of searching for victims, many of whom are floating in canals, abandoned on roadsides and still hidden in flooded homes.

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Meanwhile, North Wales Police are appealing for information after a spate of thefts of manhole covers and scrap metal from roadsides on the island.

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The Road Haulage Association (RHA) is calling on lorry drivers to stop littering roadsides with bottles full of urine.

BBC: Lorry drivers urged to stop leaving bottles of urine