Reform council puts up temporary traffic lights around dead deer as removal workers sent home due to extreme heat

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A Reform-led council has been slammed after it put up temporary traffic lights around a dead deer as it was too hot for workers to remove the carcass.North Northamptonshire Council closed off a 50m stretch of the A6116 near Corby because council workers had been sent home amid Britain's ongoing heatwave.The country sweltered in exceptionally hot and humid weather for a second consecutive day on Thursday, with rare red weather warnings continuing into Friday.Now, the Conservatives on North Northamptonshire Council have slammed Reform, accusing the council's response as "absolutely ridiculous".

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Oundle councillor and leader of the local Conservative group Helen Harrison told The Telegraph: "The council has a duty to remove dead and wild animals from the highway."If the temperatures were not so extreme that they prevented the putting up of traffic lights and cones, then they were clearly not so extreme that it would prevent the picking up of a small animal...

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