MORE than 100 tyres have been dumped along a Hampshire road in the latest fly-tipping incident.

The tyres appear to have been placed an intervals on an unmade road between Burley and Ringwood.

They are thought to have been thrown out of a van or lorry as it travelled along the track near Verely Hill Car Park.

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New Forest District Council is working with the Forestry Commission, which owns the land involved.

The tyres are believed to have been fly-tipped in the past 24 hours. The council is urging witnesses to come forward by e-mailing any information to customer.services@nfdc.gov.uk.

It follows several other incidents in which tyres and other items of waste have been dumped in the Hampshire countryside.