My three-year-old son came up to me in the garden with one that he had picked up off the floor, that had been crawling round after climbing out the bin, which is full of them.

Let's just say it was a good job he knows not to eat them. What if this happens to a child who does eat them? When will the council realise this is a problem?

Perhaps when one of their own children eats them – then I am sure something will be done about it, but then again we seem to be under a council that does not really care about problems like this.

I understand we are not the only area with this problem, but why don't all the areas take note and do something about this especially during the summer months?

We do our best to keep our bin as clean as we can by putting in bin liners and double bagging things, cleaning the bin every time it is emptied and keeping the bin out of the sunlight but they still appear. What more can we do - are we now meant to keep children inside just in case maggots are about?

It's disgusting and I am sure there must be some health and safety issue around this.

Let's bear in mind that they come from flies who like nothing more than relaxing on a decent pile of dog or horse poo.

Lisa Hartley
Disabled Children's Team
Heanor Library
Ilkeston Road
Heanor