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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1 week ago Birmingham train delays as bomb found near railway line in Washwood Heath

Train services between Birmingham New Street and Nuneaton have been disrupted after a wartime mortar device was found at a trading estate near the railway. A 100-metre exclusion zone has been set up

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1 week ago Family pay tribute to man, 31, who died after horror attack outside cocktail bar as cops appeal for witnesses

A HEARTBROKEN family has paid tribute to a 31-year-old man who died following a horrific attack outside a cocktail bar. Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward as efforts continue to bring those responsible to justice. Joshua Johnson-Hector, 31, was assaulted outside Savanna bar on Bristol Street in Birmingham at around 4.15am on Sunday,...

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2 w. ago TALK OF THE TOWN: v.v. clumsy! Helen has a Bridget Jones moment in the mountains

TALK OF THE TOWN: When the writer and creator of Bridget Jones, Helen Fielding, took a trip to a US mountain resort over the Christmas break, she experienced her own 'Bridget moment'.

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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 Mudslides bury cars and homes up to their windows in California town

At least three people killed across state since atmospheric river storms began earlier this weekMudslides buried cars and homes up to their windows in a California mountain town as a powerful storm system brought the wettest Christmas in decades to the southern part of the state.As much as 12in of rain fell across the area on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service, triggering flooding and washing out roads. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago From turkey to Christmas pudding, creative ways to use up your festive food leftovers

MANY families buy mountains of food for Christmas Day, but much of it will go uneaten. Don’t scrape your leftovers into the bin, though. Make your grub — and cash — go further with these ideas for extra festive food . . . TURKEY: Leftover turkey is traditionally used in sandwiches. But if you want to try something...

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3 w. ago Five dead in horror Christmas Eve helicopter crash on Africa's highest mountain

The helicopter crashed on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania on Christmas Eve, killing five people, including two foreigners who had been picked up in a medical evacuation

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