1 week ago Birmingham refuse workers' defiant message on first anniversary of bin strike

Speaking from the Perry Barr Depot in Birmingham, striking refuse worker Mike Masters defended the industrial action — despite the mountains of rubbish piling up on the city streets

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1 week ago Piles of rubbish still swamp Birmingham streets as strikes reach one year mark

It's been exactly a year since bin workers in Birmingham downed tools in a dispute over pay and work conditions, and the situation is seemingly further than ever from being solved

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2 w. ago Dying cat dumped 'like piece of rubbish' in Greater Manchester river at Christmas

The cat was 'discarded like a piece of rubbish' and left to die when it was abandoned in a park over Christmas

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2 w. ago What happened next: Maggots, rats and growing despair – a year of the Birmingham bin strike

Action began in January, before an all-out strike in March. For locals, the flytipping, vermin, maggots and mess are taking a huge environmental and emotional tollIt’s an icy cold winter morning, and 80-year-old Mohammed Bashir is armed with a broom, tackling the large pile of rubbish that has accumulated outside his terraced house in Small Heath, Birmingham.This has become an almost daily activity for Bashir since the city’s bin strike started 50 weeks ago and, like many in the city, he is starting to lose patience. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Fury as mountains of Christmas rubbish pile up on the streets of Birmingham after nearly 12 months of bin strikes

ENRAGED residents in Birmingham have been left "ashamed" and "depressed" by the state of their roads amid the ongoing bin strike. As rats roam the litter-strewn streets and bins overflow with rubbish in the wake of Christmas, locals have told of their deep frustration with the continued dispute. Shocking photos now show mountains of festive...

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3 w. ago Mountains of Christmas rubbish pile up on Birmingham streets as strike goes on

With no sign of an end to the bin strike in Birmingham in sight, Christmas joy has turned to dread for many residents as their rubbish continues to litter the streets

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3 w. ago Dumped Christmas trees and tinsel litter the streets of Birmingham amid year of bin strike misery

Disgusted residents in Birmingham have told of their fury after bins were left brimming with overflowing waste just a couple of days after Christmas.

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3 w. ago Boy, nine, has Christmas 'ruined' after present from his parents is dumped in bin by Evri driver

All nine-year-old Louis Tremblay, from Bransgore in Hampshire, had wanted for Christmas was a flip book from US YouTuber Andymation.

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3 w. ago Love Island Dejon dumps Meg days before Christmas in brutal split

Dejon Noel-Williams and Meg Moore have announced to their social media followers that split up, seven months from when they met on ITV2's hit reality show Love Island

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4 w. ago 'I'm furious over reason son's girlfriend dumped him but people say I'm wrong'

A mum has expressed her frustrations about her son getting dumped by his girlfriend 'right before Christmas' after refusing to propose to her, leaving the mum furious with the girlfriend

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4 w. ago My weirdest Christmas: I was flirting wildly with my crush – then a rogue wave ruined everything

At a Barbados beach barbecue, I attempted to attract the attention of handsome Dwayne. I ended up with drenched hair and no sunglasses or bikini topChristmas in Barbados is different. Forget snow and scarves – we do Christmas in flip-flops, sweating through church services and pretending to feel festive because there’s tinsel on a palm tree. Everyone’s singing Mary’s Boy Child as if they’re auditioning for Caribbean Idol, and someone’s auntie is halfway through a bottle of Mount Gay before 11am.But my weirdest Christmas was when I was about 19 – that magical age when you’re convinced you’re grown, but you still have braces. My mum had taken me “back home” to spend the holidays with family. I was excited because 1) I needed a break from university, 2) I could finally escape the British winter, and 3) I was ready to find a husband. Continue reading...

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