27 h. ago Ruben Amorim given encouraging Man Utd verdict just days after shock exit confession

BID DEBATE: After Manchester United's latest defeat, Ruben Amorim is questioning whether he's the right man for the job as pressure continues to pile on the Portuguese boss with the sack becoming an increasing possibility

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8 d. ago Rubbish behaviour! A third of motorcyclists have been hit by litter tossed out of car windows

Chris Palmer from Exeter (inset) says he's been hit by litter thrown at him - including cigarette butts - while riding his BMW as 37% of bikers complain about being pelted.

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2 w. ago Birmingham bin strikes laid bare as refuse collectors to lose up to £8,000 each year

Unite says Birmingham City Council has "been playing games" after the union found the authority - declared bankrupt in 2023 - has decided to now cut bin lorry drivers' pay

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2 w. ago Hopes fading for end to bitter Birmingham bin strike after council revealed plans to cut drivers' pay by £8,000 prompting outrage from unions

Unite said the move by the city council to downgrade wagon drivers' pay amounted to an 'escalation' in the dispute.

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2 w. ago Woman ordered to clear front garden tip complete with trolley laden with shopping

Sharon Cochrane's front garden has become an 'eyesore' tip after broken furniture, household appliances and bags of rubbish have been stacked up in front of her bungalow in Hunstanton

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2 w. ago Travellers pitch up caravans in Birmingham parks near playground and school as council battle against illegal encampments continues

Around 17 caravans and other vehicles are at Parkdale Park, in West Heath while another group have set up a camp five miles away at Kings Heath Park.

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2 w. ago Fire plea after Birmingham resident burns recycling inside home amid bin strike

Rubbish has been piling up in the streets since hundreds of bin workers walked out on March 11 in a dispute with Birmingham City Council.

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2 w. ago Fresh talks over Birmingham bin strike to be held on May Day

Conciliation service Acas will be involved in the meeting for the first time since the row flared earlier this year.

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2 w. ago Grim reality of Birmingham bin strikes health crisis is laid bare in secret council dossier

The bin strike in Birmingham is now in its seventh full week, with talks between the council and the Unite trade union resuming on Wednesday - and full rubbish bags line streets

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2 w. ago How CAN Labour MPs campaign for a Pakistan airport while rubbish piles up in streets? Multiculturalism has failed: MATT GOODWIN

As I write this, mounds of bin bags are continuing to pile up on Birmingham 's festering streets. Fly-tipping is rife, as are the rats - some as big as cats - that scurry through the streets.

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3 w. ago ‘I’ve woken up with them on my face’: Portuguese millipede infestation horrifies Wellington

Residents in the city’s south despair amid swarm of putrid-smelling arthropods that mate inside buildingAt a visitor centre on the south coast of New Zealand’s capital, the blustery, briny wind is no match for the smell of thousands of decaying millipedes, which reek like decomposing vermin and rotting fish.Along the streets of Wellington’s Ōwhiro Bay, dead curled up millipedes are piled up on the footpath, as live ones march along the street. One resident says her neighbours collected five rubbish bags worth of the creatures in a week from around their home. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘I’ve woken up with them on my face’: millipede infestation horrifies Wellington

Residents in the city’s south despair amid swarm of putrid-smelling arthropods that mate inside buildingAt a visitor centre on the south coast of New Zealand’s capital, the blustery, briny wind is no match for the smell of thousands of decaying millipedes, which reek like decomposing vermin and rotting fish.Along the streets of Wellington’s Ōwhiro Bay, dead curled up millipedes are piled up on the footpath, as live ones march along the street. One resident says her neighbours collected five rubbish bags worth of the creatures in a week from around their home. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Councils lose over half a million jobs in ten years as new research lays funding crisis bare

As its funding crisis has deepened, Birmingham council has lost tens of thousands of workers

Economics

3 w. ago Easter BINNIES! As rubbish bags continue to pile high in Birmingham SEVEN council workers are seen emptying one car full of litter as strikes continue

Staff were based at several mobile refuse collection vans at Birmingham Central Mosque Car Park on Sunday to help clear the overflowing streets of waste.

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3 w. ago Voices: ‘Give councils more money’ Independent readers weigh in on Birmingham bin strikes

Birmingham’s bin strikes are widely seen as the result of decades of political neglect and a worsening funding crisis in local government

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3 w. ago SHARON GRAHAM: 'Why should Birmingham's bin workers carry the can for a crisis made by others?'

Birmingham City Council is guilty of pumping out false narratives in the media regarding the ongoing bin strike, writes Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite

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4 w. ago Birmingham bin strike cannot continue, council leader says ahead of fresh talks

Unite the union says if guarantees that no worker will lose money could be put into writing by Birmingham City Council, a deal could be closer.

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4 w. ago Birmingham locals fume over 'diabolical health hazard' that's 'making kids sick'

Fed-up Birmingham locals have demanded the council act straight away to end the rubbish crisis that has left locals fearing for their health as huge rats scurry among the debris

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4 w. ago Birmingham council ‘on track’ to clear bin backlog by weekend

Uncollected waste had peaked at 22,000 tonnes as the strike continues

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4 w. ago Birmingham bin boss urges striking workers to reconsider ‘very fair’ offer

Birmingham needs to ‘get back to normal’, the council’s bin boss said as residents report seeing ‘cat-sized’ rats and workers fear losing their homes.

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