GLASGOW City Council have been forced to install bollards in a cemetery to stop careless fly tippers.

The authority stepped in to clear Lambhill Cemetery and Western Necropolis of hundreds abandoned tyres, wooden pallets and furniture in January following a report by the Evening Times.

But just two months later, fly tippers have returned once again.

The council said they will now be taking measures to ensure dumping on the land does not continue.

Bereaved families with loved ones buried in the cemetery have been subjected to unnecessary upset by the mess, which is being left just steps away from graves.

Jim Keeney, whose son is buried nearby, said the situation has caused his family upset.

He added: “I had hoped after the story ran that the situation would be fixed but it’s still the same.

“I see it every time I visit my son’s grave and it’s very upsetting.

“It’s only about 29 steps away from my son and to think that they’re coming in a walking over there is horrible.”

As previously reported by the Evening Times, it is believed drivers could be entering the cemetery at the the Maryhill Crematorium entrance and driving past gravesides before reaching the spot where the tyres are dumped.

Tyres are not accepted at Glasgow’s commercial waste disposal centres or as household waste.

A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said: “Fly-tipping in a cemetery is an appallingly disrespectful and callous thing to do. It is utterly disgusting that heartless individuals have had the audacity to do it not once, but twice at Lambhill.

“We did go out and remove dumped tyres in January and will do so again. We understand how distressful this must be for people visiting the graves of loved ones and, in a bid to prevent further incidents, we will be installing bollards in the cemetery to stop large, unauthorised vehicles such as vans accessing the site.”