16 h. ago Minister visits Birmingham amid calls for Government to intervene in bin strike

Local government minister Jim McMahon will meet council chiefs in an effort to end the strike, which has seen tonnes of rubbish piling up.

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16 h. ago ‘Rats the size of my arm’: Horrified Birmingham residents plead for end to bin strikes

In Birmingham, 17,000 tonnes of rubbish remains uncollected across the city.

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25 h. ago Union boss tells Angela Rayner ‘government can’t sit on hands’ over Birmingham bin strike row

Leaked letter reveals Unite's Sharon Graham told Deputy PM: 'Let me be very clear that the pay of these workers is being cut by a Labour Council under your watch.'

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40 h. ago JK Rowling stickers on campus ‘not a transphobic dog whistle’, tribunal told

Academics Dr Deirdre O’Neill and Michael Wayne are suing the University and College Union (UCU) over criticism of their film about trans issues.

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52 h. ago How Birmingham bin strike's buried the city in 17,000 tons of rubbish, unleashed huge rats and a disgusting stench... as tempers flare: ROBERT HARDMAN

The children are just a few feet away. I can hear them on the other side of the fence. They must be able to smell it: a mountain of leaking bin bags, foul-smelling waste sacks and suppurating wheelie-bins

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57 h. ago Birmingham bin strike: Rats seen roaming freely as waste piles up in hot weather

Rats are roaming freely with an average of 10 rodents spotted per hour on Birmingham streets as rubbish piles grow larger and residents are now losing patience with the striking workers

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3 d. ago Government accused of ‘washing its hands’ of Birmingham bin strike problem

MPs also heard a resident of the Edgbaston area of the city claimed to have been ‘bitten by a rat’.

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3 d. ago Birmingham declares major incident over bin strike as MP says resident 'bitten by rat'

Council estimates 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected around the city

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3 d. ago Birmingham City Council declares major incident over bin strike: Chaos as 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected as picket lines block rubbish trucks at depots

Members of the Unite union in Birmingham are holding an all-out strike which has led to rubbish piling up in the streets.

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3 d. ago Major incident declared over bin strike as 17,000 tonnes of waste left to rot

The all-out strike has led to rubbish piling up in the streets and residents complaining about rats

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3 d. ago Birmingham City Council declares major incident as bin strike continues

The council says bin lorries are being prevented by picket lines from leaving waste depots.

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3 d. ago Birmingham bin strike escalates as council declares major incident

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3 d. ago Birmingham bin strike escalates as council declares major incident with giant rats invading homes

Birmingham City Council has declared a major incident over a bin strike and said that picket lines blocking its depots are preventing waste vehicles from collecting 17,000 tonnes of rubbish

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4 d. ago Angela Rayner told to call emergency Cobra meeting and send in private firms to break Birmingham bin strike as rubbish piles up and giant rats move in

The Tories are demanding action from Communities Secretary Angela Rayner over the deepening industrial dispute that has left large parts of England's second city looking like bomb sites.

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5 d. ago Which people do you serve again? Fury as Labour MP in British city piled high with rubbish requests new airport is built... in Kashmir

Tahir Ali, Labour MP for Birmingham which has been plagued with bin strikes and piled high with rubbish, has backed calls for a new airport to be built in Kashmir.

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5 d. ago Conservatives calls for Cobra meeting to deal with Birmingham bin strikes

The Tories also urged the Government to send in private sector binmen to ‘bust the local authority refuse service strikes’.

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7 d. ago Birmingham bin strikes: Unite brands council 'absolutely disgusting' in scathing statement

Birmingham's bin strike is into its third week - and it has resulted in mountains of rubbish piling up outside homes and on grass verges, which has attracted vermin

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9 d. ago Union criticises ‘sluggish’ negotiations to end Birmingham bins strike

Unite claims any chance of a breakthrough is being ‘hobbled’ by commissioners who were drafted in to help with the council’s finances.

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1 week ago Mountains of rubbish blight one side of Birmingham street amid bin strikes

On one side of Chelworth Road in Birmingham, the pavement is immaculately kept but directly opposite, on the verge run by the bankrupt city council, it is swimming in filth.

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1 week ago The Birmingham street where locals are bitterly divided by two pavements as mountains of rubbish pile up on one side amid bin strikes

On one side of Chelworth Road in Birmingham, the pavement is immaculately kept but directly opposite, on the verge run by the bankrupt city council, it is swimming in filth.

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