Rats the size of cats, piled up bin bags, fights over waste collection – these are the scenes in Birmingham right now because of a bin strike. There were scenes of utter chaos in Moseley on ...

Strikes by refuse workers in Birmingham have led to scenes of chaos, with bins piling up on streets, reports of rats, and some residents saying their recycling hasn't been collected in a month ...

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Rubbish bins are being left uncollected on the streets of Birmingham after hundreds of refuse collectors walked out indefinitely. Nearly 400 council bin workers in the UK's second-largest city ...

A woman walking past rubbish that has been piling up in Sparkhill, Birmingham (Picture: Anita Maric/SWNS) Bin bags piled up high, rats and cockroaches – these are the scenes in Birmingham over ...

Hundreds of bin collectors are set to strike into summer as rats the “size of cats” dig through rubbish bags piling up outside Birmingham’s front doors. Nearly 400 Unite the Union workers ...

Refuse workers lined up in front of the Tyseley depot on Tuesday morning An indefinite all-out strike for bin workers in Birmingham is under way, as rubbish continues to pile up in the streets.

An all out bin strike is about to get under way in Birmingham. Not for the first time in our city's recent tumultuous history, the streets of Birmingham are filling up with unemptied bins as the ...

The mayor of the West Midlands has demanded a resolution to the ongoing bin worker strikes in Birmingham on the eve of a full walkout by staff. Refuse workers have staged a series of one-day ...