TWO councillors are to meet highway chiefs next month to urge a tougher stance on skip firms flouting highway rules.

Harrogate borough councillors David Simister and Fred Willis have received complaints from residents about overflowing and unlit skips parked on roads.

Coun Simister said: "We can take legal action and even ban persistent offenders from placing skips on roads, yet looking around the district very few firms appear to be taking notice."

Coun Willis said: "Some skips piled high with rubbish, sometimes spilling onto the footpaths and roads, have been allowed to escape action."

The meeting with officials follows a notice of motion presented by the councillors.