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A busy Hull car park used by visitors from across the country has been left covered in human faeces after homeless people took up residence in its stairwells.

Commuters have called Osborne Street car park “disgusting” after making the grim discovery of the human waste and food remains on several levels of the multi-storey car park.

One woman, who works nearby and does not want to be named, says she “daren’t go in the back stairwells” where a homeless man was seen “laid out” on Tuesday morning.

Piles of faeces were seen on three different landings in the venue, along with graffiti, food waste including chicken bones, rubbish and what appeared to be dried vomit.

The woman says she has even taken to walking up the car ramps to get out of the car park in an attempt to avoid the “piles of poo” and the people who have taken up residence on the staircase, which she says were reported to the council almost three weeks ago.

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Osborne Street car park is run by Hull City Council and the authority say they are looking at ways they can stamp the problem out.

The car park opened last year and is primarily used by shoppers, visitors to Bonus Arena for events and people working in Hull city centre, but anyone visiting on Tuesday morning would have been greeted by piles of human waste and graffiti saying "Keep calm and smoke spice".

Explaining the current situation, the woman said: “I was walking down there the first time and one of my colleagues said ‘is that a s*** down there?’

“It’s not nice for us to see every day. It’s disgusting. It’s not how you should have to start a day. Today there was a man laid out on the staircase.

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“I’d feel quite intimidated if I had to walk there by myself.

“I won’t walk up the back stairwells now. I’ll walk up the ramps instead which isn’t good for safety.

“It’s mainly since it has opened. We try to fight to get a parking space outside so we don’t have to go in.”

The part-time city centre worker also claims that people are being approached in the car park and asked for money by homeless people which is putting her and her colleagues off using the venue.

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“I’ve seen a few piles of poo on the stairway. There have been people getting approached at the cars and asked for money,” she said.

“They’re usually in the stairwells. It isn’t acceptable.

“Apparently on one occasion, a passer-by had tried swilling it and it had started dripping down one of the gaps onto a lower floor.

“It’s not setting a very good example. It doesn’t look good for the city at all.”

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Last month, a second city centre worker reported finding a pile of waste in a stairwell, although it is now clear the problem has not gone away.

Posting on Twitter, Lucy Hardaker said: “Just at work and parked my car @HullCityCouncil car park, Osbourne St car park for the @bonusarenahull & this has been 2 days! Any visitors coming to Hull this is not what they need to see and neither do I. Should be monitored more often.”

Acknowledging that action needs to be taken, a spokeswoman for the council said: “We are aware of the issue and have introduced security staff to patrol the car park. We are also considering a longer-term option of permanent staffing on site.

“To report any incidents of anti-social behaviour, please call 01482 300 300.”

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